Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Texas 6,
Tampa Bay 0
When: 2:30 PM ET, Thursday, October 7, 2010
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jim Wolf, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Bill Miller, 3B - Jeff Kellogg, LF - Mike DiMuro, RF - Tim Welke
Attendance: 35535
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jim Wolf, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Bill Miller, 3B - Jeff Kellogg, LF - Mike DiMuro, RF - Tim Welke
Attendance: 35535
Final Scoring Summary
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Michael Young | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Josh Hamilton | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| Vladimir Guerrero | DH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Nelson Cruz | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .375 |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .375 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Matt Treanor | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Julio Borbon | LF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nelson Cruz (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Michael Young (1), Ian Kinsler (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Elvis Andrus 2, Michael Young 5, Josh Hamilton, Nelson Cruz 3, Ian Kinsler 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Michael Young 3 (3), Ian Kinsler 2 (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Ian Kinsler 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Josh Hamilton (1), Mitch Moreland 2 (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Elvis Andrus (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Elvis Andrus (1, 2nd off Shields/Shoppach) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Ian Kinsler (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| C.J. Wilson (W 1-0) | 6.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Darren O'Day | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Darren Oliver | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HBP - Jason Bartlett (by Wilson) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - C.J. Wilson 104-65, Darren O'Day 5-3, Darren Oliver 26-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - C.J. Wilson 3-4, Darren O'Day 0-0, Darren Oliver 2-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - C.J. Wilson 25, Darren O'Day 1, Darren Oliver 8 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Darren O'Day 2-0, Darren Oliver 2-0 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jason Bartlett | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Carl Crawford | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .125 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 |
| Ben Zobrist | 1B-2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| Willy Aybar | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Kelly Shoppach | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Sean Rodriguez | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Matt Joyce | PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Desmond Jennings | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Dan Johnson | PH-1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Willy Aybar (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Jason Bartlett, Willy Aybar 2 | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jason Bartlett 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - James Shields (1) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - B.J. Upton (Young at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Shields (L 0-1) | 4.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8.31 |
| Chad Qualls | 0.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.80 |
| Randy Choate | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dan Wheeler | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jeff Niemann | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HBP - Matt Treanor (by Shields), Matt Treanor (by Shields) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 68-38, Chad Qualls 17-10, Randy Choate 3-2, Dan Wheeler 13-9, Jeff Niemann 40-25 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 7-4, Chad Qualls 1-0, Randy Choate 0-1, Dan Wheeler 0-1, Jeff Niemann 2-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Shields 19, Chad Qualls 5, Randy Choate 1, Dan Wheeler 3, Jeff Niemann 9 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Chad Qualls 2-2, Randy Choate 2-0 | ||||||||