Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 3
When: 7:08 PM ET, Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Mike Estabrook, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Phil Cuzzi
Attendance: 10554
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Mike Estabrook, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Phil Cuzzi
Attendance: 10554
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the Tampa Bay Rays have a 50-27 record at home this season. The Baltimore Orioles have a 24-56 record on the road.
- Tampa Bay has a streak of 4 straight up wins. The Rays have won 7 of their last 10 games.
- Baltimore has a streak of 13 straight up losses. The Orioles have won 0 of their last 10 games.
- James Shields pitched 8.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 4.14. Russ Springer closed out the game to get the save and has 1 save for the season. David Hernandez took the loss for Baltimore.
- Carl Crawford, Ben Zobrist hit homeruns for Tampa Bay. Ty Wigginton had the only homerun for Baltimore.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Baltimore | Tampa Bay | |
| David Hernandez | Player | James Shields |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 4.1 | IP | 8.0 |
| 4 | Strikeouts | 8 |
| 7 | Hits | 6 |
| 10.38 | ERA | 3.38 |
Hitting
| Baltimore | Tampa Bay | |
| Melvin Mora | Player | Akinori Iwamura |
| 2 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 0 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 2 | TB | 2 |
| .500 | Avg | .667 |
Team Stats Summary