Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 6,
Texas 0
When: 1:40 PM ET, Sunday, September 9, 2012
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Larry Vanover, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Bill Miller, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 20522
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Larry Vanover, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Bill Miller, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 20522
Final Scoring Summary
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Josh Hamilton | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Adrian Beltre | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Nelson Cruz | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Michael Young | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| David Murphy | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Geovany Soto | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Nelson Cruz, David Murphy | |||||||||
| GIDP - Michael Young (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Roy Oswalt (L 0-0) | 2.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Martin Perez | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Yoshinori Tateyama | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Roy Oswalt 49-31, Martin Perez 74-52, Yoshinori Tateyama 2-2 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Roy Oswalt 2-2, Martin Perez 6-4, Yoshinori Tateyama 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Roy Oswalt 13, Martin Perez 22, Yoshinori Tateyama 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Yoshinori Tateyama 1-0 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Melvin Upton Jr. | CF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeff Keppinger | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ben Zobrist | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Evan Longoria | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Ben Francisco | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 |
| Sam Fuld | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Ryan Roberts | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Jose Molina | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Matt Joyce (0) | |||||||||
| HR - Melvin Upton Jr. 3 (0), Jose Molina (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Melvin Upton Jr. 12, Jeff Keppinger 2, Evan Longoria 2, Matt Joyce 3, Ryan Roberts, Carlos Pena 2, Jose Molina 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Melvin Upton Jr. 3 (0), Matt Joyce (0), Jose Molina 2 (0) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Matt Joyce (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ryan Roberts 2 (0), Jose Molina (0) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Ben Francisco (0), Jose Molina (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - James Shields (0) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Shields (W 0-0) | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 101-71 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 11-5 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Shields 29 | ||||||||