Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 6,
Toronto 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 24, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ed Rapuano, 1B - Ed Hickox, 2B - Mark Wegner, 3B - Alfonso Marquez
Attendance: 27773
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ed Rapuano, 1B - Ed Hickox, 2B - Mark Wegner, 3B - Alfonso Marquez
Attendance: 27773
Final Scoring Summary
Toronto
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Mike McCoy | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Eric Thames | LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Jose Bautista | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Kelly Johnson | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Colby Rasmus | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| David Cooper | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| J.P. Arencibia | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Adam Loewen | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Colby Rasmus (0) | |||||||||
| HR - Jose Bautista (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Bautista 5, Kelly Johnson 2, Colby Rasmus 2, J.P. Arencibia | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Bautista 2 (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Colby Rasmus (0), David Cooper 2 (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Kelly Johnson (0, 2nd by Torres/Lobaton) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - David Cooper (0), Mike McCoy 2 (0) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ricky Romero (L 0-0) | 7.2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Casey Janssen | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Ricky Romero | ||||||||
| HBP - Desmond Jennings (by Romero), Casey Kotchman (by Romero) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ricky Romero 114-63, Casey Janssen 4-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ricky Romero 11-3, Casey Janssen 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ricky Romero 32, Casey Janssen 1 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Desmond Jennings | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Melvin Upton Jr. | CF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Johnny Damon | DH | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Sean Rodriguez | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Casey Kotchman | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Jose Lobaton | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 29 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Johnny Damon (0) | |||||||||
| HR - Ben Zobrist (0), Johnny Damon (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Melvin Upton Jr., Ben Zobrist 4, Johnny Damon 7, Jose Lobaton | |||||||||
| RBI - Ben Zobrist (0), Johnny Damon 4 (0) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Johnny Damon 4 (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Sean Rodriguez 2 (0), Matt Joyce (0) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Evan Longoria (0), Matt Joyce (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Melvin Upton Jr. (0, 2nd by Romero/Arencibia) | |||||||||
| SB - Melvin Upton Jr. 2 (0, 2nd off Romero/Arencibia, 2nd off Romero/Arencibia), Johnny Damon (0, 2nd off Romero/Arencibia) | |||||||||
| PO - Melvin Upton Jr. (1st by Romero) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Desmond Jennings (Arencibia at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Niemann | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Alexander Torres (W 0-0) | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brandon Gomes (H 0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joel Peralta (H 0) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HBP - Jose Bautista (by Torres) | ||||||||
| IBB - Edwin Encarnacion (by Torres) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 38-19, Alexander Torres 71-43, Brandon Gomes 12-9, Joel Peralta 16-9, Kyle Farnsworth 17-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 1-2, Alexander Torres 3-3, Brandon Gomes 1-0, Joel Peralta 1-1, Kyle Farnsworth 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 7, Alexander Torres 18, Brandon Gomes 3, Joel Peralta 4, Kyle Farnsworth 3 | ||||||||