Haynes' 11th-Inning Single Gives Rays a 5-4 Win

Tampa winning streak at a season-best four
By Mike Buss,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 26, 2008 12:11 AM CDT
Haynes' 11th-Inning Single Gives Rays a 5-4 Win
Tampa Bay Rays' Carl Crawford, right, slides in ahead of the tag by Boston's Jason Varitek to score the game-winning run on Friday night April 25, 2008 in St. Petersburg, Fla.   (AP Photo)

Nathan Haynes singled with no outs in the 11th inning, driving in Carl Crawford from second base and giving the Tampa Bay Rays a 5-4 victory over Boston. Haynes lined Mike Timlin’s pitch to right field after Crawford, who scored three runs, began the rally with a single and stole second. Timlin walked B.J. Upton before giving up the game-winning hit.

The Red Sox stranded the potential go-ahead run in scoring position in the ninth, 10th and 11th inning. Scott Dohmann (1-0) got David Ortiz - the only batter he faced - to ground into an inning-ending double play with men at first and third in the top of the 11th. The Rays extended their season-best winning streak to four games. (More Tampa Bay Rays stories.)

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