Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 14,
Houston 10
When: 2:05 PM ET, Sunday, June 26, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Brian Gorman, 3B - Jim Wolf
Attendance: 23965
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Brian Gorman, 3B - Jim Wolf
Attendance: 23965
Final Scoring Summary
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Johnny Damon | LF | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .274 |
| Ben Zobrist | RF-2B | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .268 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .253 |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .228 |
| Sean Rodriguez | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .224 |
| Matt Joyce | PH-RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .310 |
| Casey Kotchman | 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .343 |
| Kelly Shoppach | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .182 |
| John Jaso | PH-C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .220 |
| Elliot Johnson | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .204 |
| J.P. Howell | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joel Peralta | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Adam Russell | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Wade Davis | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeff Niemann | SP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Justin Ruggiano | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .305 |
| Cesar Ramos | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Sam Fuld | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .241 |
| Juan Cruz | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Reid Brignac | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .182 |
| Totals | 46 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 25 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ben Zobrist (25), Evan Longoria (13), Matt Joyce (17), Casey Kotchman (14), Elliot Johnson (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Evan Longoria 2 (9), B.J. Upton (11) | |||||||||
| TB - Johnny Damon 4, Ben Zobrist 4, Evan Longoria 11, B.J. Upton 5, Matt Joyce 2, Casey Kotchman 3, Elliot Johnson 2, Wade Davis, Jeff Niemann | |||||||||
| RBI - Ben Zobrist (40), Evan Longoria 5 (33), B.J. Upton 4 (41), Matt Joyce 2 (38), Casey Kotchman 2 (22) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Evan Longoria 3 (18), Matt Joyce 2 (17), Casey Kotchman 2 (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B.J. Upton 2 (25), Kelly Shoppach (20), John Jaso (19), Sam Fuld 2 (24) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Kelly Shoppach (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Niemann | 3.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.58 |
| Cesar Ramos | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.12 |
| Juan Cruz | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.14 |
| J.P. Howell (W 1-1) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.31 |
| Joel Peralta | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Adam Russell (H 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.63 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.99 |
| WP - Jeff Niemann | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 66-43, Cesar Ramos 14-9, Juan Cruz 30-22, J.P. Howell 13-7, Joel Peralta 10-7, Adam Russell 4-3, Kyle Farnsworth 14-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 5-1, Cesar Ramos 1-2, Juan Cruz 0-3, J.P. Howell 3-0, Joel Peralta 0-0, Adam Russell 2-0, Kyle Farnsworth 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 16, Cesar Ramos 5, Juan Cruz 6, J.P. Howell 4, Joel Peralta 2, Adam Russell 3, Kyle Farnsworth 3 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Michael Bourn | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| Jeff Keppinger | 2B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .336 |
| Mark Melancon | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Sergio Escalona | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jason Michaels | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .203 |
| Hunter Pence | RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .315 |
| Carlos Lee | LF-1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Chris Johnson | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .244 |
| Brett Wallace | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .293 |
| Wilton Lopez | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Downs | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 |
| Clint Barmes | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .218 |
| Carlos Corporan | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .122 |
| J.A. Happ | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .292 |
| Jason Bourgeois | LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 |
| Totals | 36 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jeff Keppinger (6), Hunter Pence (22), Carlos Lee (20), Chris Johnson (18), Brett Wallace (19), Clint Barmes (11), Carlos Corporan (1) | |||||||||
| 3B - Carlos Lee (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Jeff Keppinger (2), Matt Downs (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Michael Bourn, Jeff Keppinger 7, Hunter Pence 2, Carlos Lee 5, Chris Johnson 2, Brett Wallace 2, Matt Downs 4, Clint Barmes 3, Carlos Corporan 2, Jason Bourgeois | |||||||||
| RBI - Michael Bourn (26), Jeff Keppinger 2 (13), Carlos Lee 3 (41), Matt Downs 2 (21), Clint Barmes (12) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Carlos Lee (17) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Chris Johnson (35), Clint Barmes (23) | |||||||||
| S - Carlos Corporan (1), J.A. Happ (3) | |||||||||
| SF - Jeff Keppinger (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Jason Bourgeois (4, 2nd by Cruz/Shoppach) | |||||||||
| SB - Michael Bourn (33, 2nd off Ramos/Shoppach) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| J.A. Happ | 5.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5.54 |
| Wilton Lopez (L 1-4; BS 3) | 2.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.18 |
| Mark Melancon (BS 3) | 1.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.11 |
| Sergio Escalona | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.08 |
| WP - Wilton Lopez, Mark Melancon | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - J.A. Happ 111-64, Wilton Lopez 47-29, Mark Melancon 38-24, Sergio Escalona 6-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J.A. Happ 1-1, Wilton Lopez 2-1, Mark Melancon 2-0, Sergio Escalona 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - J.A. Happ 27, Wilton Lopez 11, Mark Melancon 11, Sergio Escalona 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Mark Melancon 2-2, Sergio Escalona 1-0 | ||||||||