Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Tampa Bay 8,
Pittsburgh 6
When: 1:05 PM ET, Thursday, March 22, 2012
Where: McKechnie Field, Bradenton, Florida
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Chad Whitson, 1B - Wally Bell, 2B - Phil Cuzzi, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 5639
Where: McKechnie Field, Bradenton, Florida
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Chad Whitson, 1B - Wally Bell, 2B - Phil Cuzzi, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 5639
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Elliot Johnson | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Leonardo Reginatto | SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Sam Fuld | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Jeff Malm | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Robby Price | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Carlos Pena | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Matt Mangini | PH-DH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeff Keppinger | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Todd Glaesmann | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Jose Lobaton | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .000 |
| Jeff Salazar | RF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Bradley Coon | CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Chris Gimenez | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 |
| Will Rhymes | 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 23 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Will Rhymes (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Elliot Johnson, Sam Fuld, Jeff Malm, Ben Zobrist, Matt Mangini, Jeff Keppinger, Bradley Coon, Chris Gimenez, Will Rhymes 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Carlos Pena (0), Matt Mangini 2 (0), Jeff Keppinger (0), Bradley Coon (0), Chris Gimenez (0), Will Rhymes 2 (0) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jeff Keppinger (0), Bradley Coon (0), Chris Gimenez (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Elliot Johnson (0), Sam Fuld (0), Jose Lobaton (0), Chris Gimenez (0) | |||||||||
| S - Robby Price (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Sam Fuld (0, 2nd off Karstens/Barajas), Jeff Salazar 2 (0, 2nd off Karstens/Barajas, 2nd off Karstens/Barajas) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Ben Zobrist (0) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Chris Gimenez (Barajas at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Shields | 5.2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Josh Lueke (W 0-0) | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Romulo Sanchez (SV 0) | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 0-0, Josh Lueke 0-0, Romulo Sanchez 0-0 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 7-2, Josh Lueke 2-1, Romulo Sanchez 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Shields 27, Josh Lueke 6, Romulo Sanchez 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Josh Lueke 2-0 | ||||||||
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alex Presley | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Luis Urena | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Clint Barmes | SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Nate McLouth | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Junior Sosa | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Garrett Jones | 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 |
| Yamaico Navarro | 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Pedro Alvarez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Josh Harrison | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Nick Evans | RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Gregory Polanco | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rod Barajas | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Jake Fox | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeff Karstens | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Doug Slaten | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Casey McGehee | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Daniel Moskos | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Shairon Martis | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jason Grilli | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Hague | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Tony Watson | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 38 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nate McLouth (0) | |||||||||
| HR - Yamaico Navarro (0), Rod Barajas (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Presley, Clint Barmes 2, Jordy Mercer, Nate McLouth 2, Garrett Jones, Yamaico Navarro 6, Nick Evans, Rod Barajas 5, Casey McGehee, Matt Hague | |||||||||
| RBI - Nate McLouth (0), Yamaico Navarro 3 (0), Rod Barajas (0) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Yamaico Navarro 2 (0), Rod Barajas (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Presley (0), Yamaico Navarro (0) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Garrett Jones (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Alex Presley (0, Home off Shields/Lobaton), Clint Barmes (0, 2nd off Lueke/Lobaton), Nate McLouth (0, 2nd off Shields/Lobaton) | |||||||||
| PO - Nate McLouth (2nd by Shields), Nick Evans (3rd by Shields) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Clint Barmes (0), Doug Slaten (0), Nick Evans (0) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Luis Urena (Mangini at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Karstens | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Doug Slaten (BS 0) | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Daniel Moskos (BS 0) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Shairon Martis | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jason Grilli (L 0-0; BS 0) | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Tony Watson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Karstens 0-0, Doug Slaten 0-0, Daniel Moskos 0-0, Shairon Martis 0-0, Jason Grilli 0-0, Tony Watson 0-0 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Karstens 3-7, Doug Slaten 3-1, Daniel Moskos 0-2, Shairon Martis 0-0, Jason Grilli 2-1, Tony Watson 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Karstens 23, Doug Slaten 6, Daniel Moskos 5, Shairon Martis 1, Jason Grilli 7, Tony Watson 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Shairon Martis 2-0 | ||||||||