2008
POST-SEASON
AL Playoffs Round 1


Sox vs Rays
Game 4
October 6

Starting pitchers:

Gavin Floyd (17-8)
vs
Andy Sonnanstine (9-10)

 		in Chicago
Sox in MUST WIN situation!

So what else is new? 		Momentum

Rays pick up "Mo" in first innning

Sox go for 1st inning "Mo" but get a no!
Rays half of first

  • B.J. Upton hits home run to deep left. . .
  • Come on, man! You just hit one yesterday!
  • Tampa Bay posts 1-0 advantage!

    Sox half of first

  • A.J. Pierzynski hits ball to deep right. . .
  • Gloveman Gary Gross goes for it!
  • A run, a leap, a catch = Putout!
    • Rays bat in the Third

  • B.J. Upton hits home run to deep left. . .
  • Look, dude! You just did that in the first!
  • Upton has now hit three round-
  • trippers in 6 innings!
  • Florida's finest have a 2-0 lead on the Sox!
    • Floyd (Gavin)Takes Early Shower

  • Crawford walks to lead off fourth. . .
  • . . . scores on Floyd (Cliff) drive to LF. . .
  • Floyd (Cliff) takes third on throw to plate. . . 
  • . . . and comes in on Navarro single!
  • No outs, score is 4-0, Ozzie goes to mound
  • And that's all she wrote for. . .

    Mister Floyd (Gavin)
  • Rays' one-two-three batters go 7 for 13, with 2 walks, 3 runs, 4 RBI's
  • Upton: 3 HR's in 2 games after hitting just 9 in the entire season
    • Tit for Tat I

    * Sox 4th: Paul Konerko goes long . . .
    * TB 5th: Rays get the run back . . .

    Tit for Tat II

    * Sox 6th: Jermaine Dye belts home run. . .
    * TB 7th: Rays counter with a run of their own. . .

    		Long-suffering Sox
    fans have now
    gone 3 years without
    a World Series title!
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