Major League Baseball
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Tampa Bay 7,
Detroit 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Ed Hickox, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Manuel Gonzalez
Attendance: 16209
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Ed Hickox, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Manuel Gonzalez
Attendance: 16209
Final Scoring Summary
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Will Rhymes | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .235 |
| Johnny Damon | LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .284 |
| Jeff Larish | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .350 |
| Brennan Boesch | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .301 |
| Ryan Raburn | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .208 |
| Scott Sizemore | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .205 |
| Alex Avila | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .210 |
| Danny Worth | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .245 |
| Ramon Santiago | PH-SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .269 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Will Rhymes (1), Johnny Damon (26) | |||||||||
| HR - Johnny Damon (7), Miguel Cabrera (25) | |||||||||
| TB - Will Rhymes 3, Johnny Damon 6, Jeff Larish, Miguel Cabrera 4, Ryan Raburn, Scott Sizemore, Alex Avila | |||||||||
| RBI - Johnny Damon 2 (32), Jeff Larish (1), Miguel Cabrera (89) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Johnny Damon (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Johnny Damon (40), Brennan Boesch 2 (37), Alex Avila (22) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Brennan Boesch (4), Scott Sizemore (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Eddie Bonine (L 4-1) | 3.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.44 |
| Brad Thomas | 2.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.20 |
| Phil Coke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.34 |
| Ryan Perry | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.99 |
| WP - Brad Thomas | ||||||||
| HBP - Carlos Pena (by Thomas) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Eddie Bonine 65-41, Brad Thomas 42-23, Phil Coke 9-8, Ryan Perry 21-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Eddie Bonine 5-4, Brad Thomas 7-1, Phil Coke 1-1, Ryan Perry 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Eddie Bonine 19, Brad Thomas 13, Phil Coke 3, Ryan Perry 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Brad Thomas 1-1 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ben Zobrist | CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .272 |
| Sean Rodriguez | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .259 |
| Carl Crawford | LF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .309 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .296 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .209 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .233 |
| Gabe Kapler | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Willy Aybar | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .259 |
| John Jaso | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .264 |
| Reid Brignac | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .279 |
| Jason Bartlett | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .244 |
| Totals | 37 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Reid Brignac (12) | |||||||||
| HR - Evan Longoria (15) | |||||||||
| TB - Ben Zobrist, Sean Rodriguez, Carl Crawford, Evan Longoria 6, Carlos Pena 2, Matt Joyce, Willy Aybar, John Jaso, Reid Brignac 3, Jason Bartlett | |||||||||
| RBI - Carl Crawford (55), Evan Longoria 2 (67), Carlos Pena (64), Matt Joyce (14), Willy Aybar (29), Jason Bartlett (36) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Evan Longoria 2 (25), Matt Joyce (13) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ben Zobrist (47), Sean Rodriguez 2 (27), Matt Joyce (11), Willy Aybar (30) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Matt Joyce (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Ben Zobrist 2 (22, 2nd off Bonine/Avila, 3rd off Bonine/Avila) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Niemann (W 9-3) | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3.08 |
| Grant Balfour (H 13) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.08 |
| Joaquin Benoit (H 13) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.76 |
| Rafael Soriano (SV 28) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.82 |
| IBB - Miguel Cabrera (by Balfour) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 101-62, Grant Balfour 24-13, Joaquin Benoit 12-6, Rafael Soriano 9-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 10-2, Grant Balfour 0-1, Joaquin Benoit 2-0, Rafael Soriano 0-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 26, Grant Balfour 6, Joaquin Benoit 3, Rafael Soriano 3 | ||||||||