Kevin Youklis was gunned down at the plate in the sixth inning with the game tied and nobody out, leading to third base coach Tim Bogar having to answer questions following the suspension of the game. (AP)

Setting the scene …

Nobody out. Sixth inning. Game between the Red Sox and Rays tied at  1-1. Kevin Youkilis at first base. David Ortiz at the plate. Rain getting appreciably heavier with each inning.

Ortiz rifles a ball down the right-field line, towards the wall. Tampa Bay right fielder Ben Zobrist scoops it up, throws to cut-off man Reid Brignac, who tosses a strike (slightly up the line) to catcher Dioner Navarro.

Youkilis is waved home by Red Sox third base coach Tim Bogar. The end result has Youkilis being tagged out by Navarro, allowing for the first out of the inning and plenty of questions for Bogar after the game. Here is what the first-year third base coach had to say after the game was suspended in the ninth inning, still tied at 1-1 (click here for the ‘Closing Time’ recap):

(What did you see?) “The ball hit down the line, wet grass, mud, right against the wall. I felt like they had to make two perfect throws to throw him out and they didn’t make two perfect throws but it was pretty close though. I obviously understand with no outs getting thrown out at the plate, but I thought there was a chance to take the lead.”

(Thoughts about holding the runner with nobody out) “I think it’s obvious in normal baseball that’s what you do. I just felt like it was an opportunity to score a run right there, especially with the conditions of the field. It was a play they had to make perfectly, and he was thrown out. That’s the way it goes.”

(Dealing with the uniqueness of Fenway’s dimensions) “For me personally that’s just a ball down the right field line. I know he was up against the wall. I thought he had an opportunity to score. You have to give them some credit too, they made a good replay. Navarro made a nice tag on a ball that was a little bit up the line. It wasn’t like he was out by 30 feet. It was pretty close.”

(Would you have done it again?) “I think so. The same scenario, with the weather the way it was, and what was coming. Obviously you can always go with the percentages of nobody out, hold him, and then you got your chances. At that point I just thought it was a good opportunity for us to pick up a run right there with nobody out. In hindsight, yeah, I should have held him. But if he scores we’re not talking right now.”

(Having to answer these questions) “It happens. I guarantee you before the year is over I’m going to be talking to you again. That’s baseball. That’s not going to change the way I approach the game. Obviously it didn’t work out for us so I’m held accountable for that, and I’m fine with that.”

(Was Youkilis slowing down coming around third?) “If you’re trying to say Youk was laboring, I didn’t think he was.”

(The dynamic of being a third base coach) “It’s a tough job. It’s not an easy job and DeMarlo [Hale] did it good, if not better, than anybody ever has. It’s kind of nice that he’s on the staff that I can go and talk to him. The best thing you can do as a third base coach is not see you guys, and I don’t think he talked you a whole lot.”

(Did you know there were going to be night’s like this one) “I think if there’s not a night like this there’s something wrong. I don’t think you’re going to be 100 percent every time. If someone is perfect every night they will have a job forever. It’s one of those things where you make a big decision, things don’t go your way and you’re accountable for that decision. That’s why I’m standing here, I’m accountable for getting him thrown out.

(Why you sent him) “I thought he was going to score, it just didn’t turn out our way. Statistically, with nobody out, sometimes you want to hold him. I just thought it was a good opportunity to score a run right there.”