Rays 7-3 Rangers (27 May, 2008) Box Score

Tampa Bay Rays

31-20, 20-8 home


TEX
TB

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	5	0
1	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	-	7	16	0

S. Kazmir4-1

7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 10 K, 0 BB

S. Ponson3-1

5.0 IP, 12 H, 5 ER, 1 K, 3 BB

Rangers Hitting

hitters
I. Kinsler2B
M. YoungSS
J. HamiltonCF
M. BradleyDH
D. MurphyLF
C. Shelton1B
G. LairdC
M. ByrdRF
R. Vazquez3B
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	1	1	3	1	1	.292	.347	.458
4	0	1	0	0	1	.280	.340	.407
4	0	0	0	0	1	.327	.371	.589
4	0	0	0	0	3	.325	.434	.571
3	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.332	.476
3	0	0	0	0	1	.228	.371	.386
3	0	0	0	0	2	.267	.331	.393
3	1	1	0	0	1	.213	.284	.344
3	1	2	0	0	1	.366	.445	.548
30	3	5	3	1	12

Batting
2BR Vazquez 2 (9, G Glover, S Kazmir)
HRI Kinsler (7, 9th inning off G Glover 1 on, 0 Out)
RBII Kinsler 3 (31)
SFI Kinsler
Team LOB1

Baserunning
CSR Vazquez (1, 3rd base by S Kazmir/D Navarro)

Rays Hitting

hitters
A. Iwamura2B
C. CrawfordLF
B.J. UptonCF
C. Pena1B
E. Longoria3B
C. FloydDH
D. NavarroC
E. HinskeRF
G. GrossRF
J. BartlettSS
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	1	2	0	0	2	0	.267	.335	.359
5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.280	.319	.388
4	0	2	2	0	0	0	.308	.395	.434
4	0	3	1	0	1	0	.238	.346	.442
4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.247	.321	.466
5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.255	.293	.400
4	1	3	1	0	1	0	.369	.412	.468
4	1	2	3	1	0	0	.257	.342	.529
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.344	.330
4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.247	.298	.283
39	7	16	7	1	6	1

Batting
2BC Pena (5, S Ponson); D Navarro (8, J Rupe)
HRE Hinske (9, 5th inning off S Ponson 2 on, 0 Out)
RBIC Pena (30), B Upton 2 (31), E Hinske 3 (25), D Navarro (18)
2Out RBIB Upton, D Navarro
SFB Upton
Team LOB15

Rangers Pitching

pitchers
S. Ponson(L,3-1)
J. Rupe
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
5.0	12	5	5	3	1	1	94-53	3.63
3.0	4	2	2	3	0	0	61-36	4.40
8.0	16	7	7	6	1	1	155-89

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsS Ponson 11-3; J Rupe 2-7
Game ScoresS Ponson 21

Rays Pitching

pitchers
S. Kazmir(W,4-1)
A. Reyes
G. Glover
T. Miller
team

IP	H	R	ER	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
7.0	3	1	1	10	0	95-69	1.50
1.0	0	0	0	1	0	17-10	4.35
0.1	2	2	2	0	1	8-4	5.52
0.2	0	0	0	1	0	8-4	3.71
9.0	5	3	3	12	1	128-87

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsS Kazmir 4-6; A Reyes 0-2; G Glover 0-1; T Miller 1-0
Game ScoresS Kazmir 77

Scoring Summary

		TEX	TB
1st	C Pena singled to center, C Crawford scored, B Upton to second.	0	1
4th	B Upton singled to right, A Iwamura scored.	0	2
5th	E Hinske homered to right, C Floyd and D Navarro scored.	0	5
6th	I Kinsler hit sacrifice fly to left, M Byrd scored.	1	5
6th	D Navarro doubled to deep left center, E Longoria scored, D Navarro to third advancing on throw.	1	6
7th	B Upton hit sacrifice fly to center, J Bartlett scored.	1	7
9th	I Kinsler homered to left, R Vazquez scored.	3	7

Rangers
3
Rays
7

Game 1

27/5

Rangers
12
Rays
6

Game 2

28/5

Rangers
3
Rays
5

Game 3

28/5

Tropicana Field

12:10 AM, 27 May 2008

St. Petersburg, Florida

Attendance: 12,174

Game Time:2:43

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Chris Guccione
First Base Umpire - Tim Welke
Second Base Umpire - Chuck Meriwether
Third Base Umpire - Bill Welke

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	88	73	.547	-	W2
Seattle	85	77	.525	3.5	W4
Texas	78	84	.481	10.5	W3
Oakland	69	93	.426	19.5	L3
Los Angeles	63	99	.389	25.5	L6

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	94	68	.580	-	W1
Baltimore	91	71	.562	3	W3
Boston	81	81	.500	13	W1
Tampa Bay	80	82	.494	14	L1
Toronto	74	88	.457	20	L3

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S. Kazmir4-1

S. Ponson3-1

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