Tampa Bay 10, Miami 6
When: 3:10 PM ET, Monday, May 27, 2013
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Greg Gibson, 1B -
Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B -
Alan Porter, 3B -
Jerry Layne
Attendance:
13025
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Rays 10, Marlins 6: Kelly Johnson recorded four hits, including a pair of three-run homers, as Tampa Bay took a big early lead and held off a rally by visiting Miami.
Johnson, who matched a career high with six RBIs, delivered his second blast in the eighth inning with one out to push the lead to 10-6. Relievers Josh Lueke, Jake McGee (2-2), Joel Peralta and Fernando Rodney held the Marlins without a run over the final four innings on three hits.
Greg Dobbs collected two hits and two RBIs, Jordan Brown knocked in a pair and Chris Coghlan added two hits and an RBI for the Marlins, who have lost six straight. Miami starter Jose Fernandez (2-3), who pitched at Alonso High in Tampa two years ago, allowed seven runs (four earned) and five hits in a season-low 3 1/3 innings.
An error helped keep the inning alive before Johnson belted a Fernandez slider into the right-field seats to cap a six-run second inning as the Rays built a 6-0 lead. Yunel Escobar contributed an RBI single and Jose Molina had a sacrifice fly during the big rally.
Justin Ruggiano’s solo home run just inside the left-field foul pole and an RBI single by Coghlan helped bring the Marlins within 6-3 in the fourth. Evan Longoria’s sacrifice fly pushed the lead to four before Dobbs singled home a pair and Brown’s run-scoring infield hit off reliever Lueke’s leg pulled Miami within 7-6 in the fifth.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Tampa Bay has won 10 of the last 11 meetings with Miami, outscoring the Marlins 69-27 in that span. The all-time series is 43-43. … Tampa Bay starter Jake Odorizzi lasted four-plus innings, yielding eight hits and six runs. … Marlins 22-year-old rookie OF Marcell Ozuna had a single to extend his hitting streak to 12 games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Miami |
|
Tampa Bay |
Jose Fernandez
|
Player |
Jake Odorizzi |
Loss |
W/L |
No Decision |
3.1 |
IP |
4.0 |
6 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
5 |
Hits |
8 |
10.80 |
ERA |
13.50 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Miami
|
11 |
1 |
16 |
.289 |
23 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Tampa Bay
|
10 |
2 |
17 |
.312 |
12 |
9 |
10 |
7 |
2 |
0 |