Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Tampa Bay 5,
Seattle 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, September 24, 2010
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Brian Gorman, 1B - Ted Barrett, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 17840
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Brian Gorman, 1B - Ted Barrett, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 17840
Final Scoring Summary
Seattle
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ichiro Suzuki | RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .316 |
| Chone Figgins | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .258 |
| Jose Lopez | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .237 |
| Franklin Gutierrez | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .248 |
| Justin Smoak | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .196 |
| Adam Moore | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .186 |
| Micheal Saunders | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .202 |
| Matt Tuiasosopo | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .175 |
| Josh Wilson | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Matt Mangini | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ichiro Suzuki (29), Jose Lopez (28) | |||||||||
| TB - Ichiro Suzuki 3, Chone Figgins, Jose Lopez 3, Franklin Gutierrez, Justin Smoak, Adam Moore 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Franklin Gutierrez (59), Adam Moore 2 (14) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Adam Moore 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Chone Figgins (51), Micheal Saunders (29), Matt Tuiasosopo (17) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Franklin Gutierrez (9) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Chone Figgins (41, 2nd off Niemann/Shoppach), Franklin Gutierrez (23, 2nd off Niemann/Shoppach) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Adam Moore (7) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jason Vargas (L 9-12) | 4.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.91 |
| Ryan Rowland-Smith | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.90 |
| Dan Cortes | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Anthony Varvaro | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jason Vargas 97-58, Ryan Rowland-Smith 26-14, Dan Cortes 9-7, Anthony Varvaro 14-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jason Vargas 4-6, Ryan Rowland-Smith 2-0, Dan Cortes 2-0, Anthony Varvaro 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jason Vargas 23, Ryan Rowland-Smith 8, Dan Cortes 3, Anthony Varvaro 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ryan Rowland-Smith 2-1 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| Jason Bartlett | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .254 |
| Carl Crawford | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .306 |
| Willy Aybar | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .238 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .248 |
| Kelly Shoppach | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .199 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .200 |
| Sean Rodriguez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .254 |
| Desmond Jennings | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .158 |
| Matt Joyce | PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .232 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - B.J. Upton (36), Jason Bartlett (25), Ben Zobrist (26), Kelly Shoppach (8) | |||||||||
| TB - B.J. Upton 2, Jason Bartlett 3, Willy Aybar, Ben Zobrist 3, Kelly Shoppach 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Willy Aybar 2 (43), Ben Zobrist (73), Kelly Shoppach (17) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Willy Aybar (45), Ben Zobrist (69), Desmond Jennings 4 (6) | |||||||||
| SF - Willy Aybar (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - B.J. Upton (41, 2nd off Vargas/Moore), Sean Rodriguez (12, 2nd off Vargas/Moore) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Niemann (W 11-7) | 5.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.49 |
| Randy Choate (H 18) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.46 |
| Grant Balfour (H 16) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.36 |
| Joaquin Benoit (H 25) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.41 |
| Rafael Soriano (SV 44) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.79 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 79-52, Randy Choate 4-3, Grant Balfour 16-10, Joaquin Benoit 18-12, Rafael Soriano 13-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 7-4, Randy Choate 0-1, Grant Balfour 0-3, Joaquin Benoit 0-1, Rafael Soriano 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 24, Randy Choate 1, Grant Balfour 4, Joaquin Benoit 4, Rafael Soriano 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Randy Choate 1-0 | ||||||||