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March 29, 2007
The Red Sox finished the Florida portion of their exhibition schedule by playing to their fourth tie of the year, 3-3 against Tampa Bay at Fort Myers.
The Sox trailed, 3-1, heading into the bottom of the eighth, but got home runs from Alex Ochoa in the bottom of the eighth and Diaz in the bottom of the ninth to tie it. The teams did not play extra innings.
Boston received quite a scare in the top of the ninth when Jonathan Papelbon appeared to be spiked while covering first base on a grounder to the right side. He limped noticeably after the play and was visited by the team's training staff, but remained in the game and struck out the last two hitters he faced.
The Sox now are 13-12-4 in the exhibition season. They will conclude the preseason schedule with games in Philadelphia tomorrow night and Saturday afternoon, neither of which will be on either radio or television locally. After the Saturday game, they'll fly to Kansas City for a Sunday workout and then begin the 2007 regular season with a game against the Royals at 4 p.m. local time Monday afternoon.
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