Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Baltimore 5,
Tampa Bay 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 8, 2010
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - CB Bucknor, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Dana DeMuth, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 16191
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - CB Bucknor, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Dana DeMuth, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 16191
Final Scoring Summary
Baltimore
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Roberts | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .143 |
| Adam Jones | CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .286 |
| Nick Markakis | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Miguel Tejada | 3B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .083 |
| Luke Scott | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Matt Wieters | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Nolan Reimold | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| Garrett Atkins | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Julio Lugo | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Brian Roberts (1), Luke Scott (1), Garrett Atkins (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Nolan Reimold (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Brian Roberts 3, Nick Markakis, Luke Scott 2, Matt Wieters 2, Nolan Reimold 4, Garrett Atkins 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Matt Wieters (2), Nolan Reimold (1), Garrett Atkins 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Adam Jones 2 (2), Miguel Tejada (4), Matt Wieters (1), Garrett Atkins (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Brian Roberts (1, 2nd off Sonnanstine/Shoppach) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brian Matusz (W 1-0) | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Matt Albers (H 2) | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Will Ohman (H 2) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jim Johnson (H 2) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Michael Gonzalez (SV 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Brian Matusz 97-55, Matt Albers 33-20, Will Ohman 2-1, Jim Johnson 14-7, Michael Gonzalez 26-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brian Matusz 0-5, Matt Albers 2-2, Will Ohman 1-0, Jim Johnson 1-1, Michael Gonzalez 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brian Matusz 20, Matt Albers 8, Will Ohman 1, Jim Johnson 4, Michael Gonzalez 6 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jason Bartlett | SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .385 |
| Carl Crawford | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B-RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .308 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .417 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .200 |
| Pat Burrell | DH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .111 |
| Gabe Kapler | RF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Reid Brignac | PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 |
| Sean Rodriguez | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Kelly Shoppach | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Dioner Navarro | PH-C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Ben Zobrist (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Jason Bartlett 2, Ben Zobrist 3, Evan Longoria 2, Reid Brignac | |||||||||
| RBI - Jason Bartlett (2), Carl Crawford (3), Evan Longoria (5), Dioner Navarro (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ben Zobrist 2 (3), Evan Longoria (2), Gabe Kapler (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Carl Crawford (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Carl Crawford (1, 2nd by Matusz/Wieters), Evan Longoria (1, 2nd by Matusz/Wieters) | |||||||||
| SB - B.J. Upton (1, 2nd off Matusz/Wieters) | |||||||||
| PO - Carl Crawford (1st by Matusz), Evan Longoria (1st by Matusz) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Niemann | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Andy Sonnanstine | 3.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.70 |
| Mike Ekstrom (L 0-1) | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81.00 |
| Grant Balfour (BS 1) | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Randy Choate | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dan Wheeler | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Grant Balfour, Dan Wheeler | ||||||||
| HBP - Miguel Tejada (by Ekstrom) | ||||||||
| IBB - Nick Markakis (by Wheeler) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 12-10, Andy Sonnanstine 54-34, Mike Ekstrom 18-9, Grant Balfour 30-18, Randy Choate 8-5, Dan Wheeler 21-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 2-1, Andy Sonnanstine 4-5, Mike Ekstrom 0-0, Grant Balfour 3-1, Randy Choate 0-0, Dan Wheeler 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 4, Andy Sonnanstine 15, Mike Ekstrom 4, Grant Balfour 8, Randy Choate 2, Dan Wheeler 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Mike Ekstrom 2-0, Grant Balfour 3-3, Dan Wheeler 1-0 | ||||||||