Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Tampa Bay 4,
Houston 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, May 22, 2010
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Dana DeMuth, 1B - Kerwin Danley, 2B - CB Bucknor, 3B - Doug Eddings
Attendance: 33778
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Dana DeMuth, 1B - Kerwin Danley, 2B - CB Bucknor, 3B - Doug Eddings
Attendance: 33778
Final Scoring Summary
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jason Bartlett | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .247 |
| Carl Crawford | LF | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B-RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .301 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .319 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .186 |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .220 |
| Gabe Kapler | RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| Reid Brignac | PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 |
| Dioner Navarro | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .188 |
| Jeff Niemann | SP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Grant Balfour | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Hank Blalock | PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 |
| Rafael Soriano | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Carl Crawford (14), Evan Longoria (14), Dioner Navarro (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Jason Bartlett, Carl Crawford 5, Ben Zobrist, Evan Longoria 2, Gabe Kapler, Dioner Navarro 2, Hank Blalock | |||||||||
| RBI - Ben Zobrist (21), Evan Longoria (38), Dioner Navarro 2 (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Dioner Navarro 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Pena (17), B.J. Upton 4 (15), Jeff Niemann 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - B.J. Upton (4, Home by Rodriguez/Quintero) | |||||||||
| SB - B.J. Upton (14, 2nd off Rodriguez/Quintero) | |||||||||
| PO - Carl Crawford (1st by Quintero) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Ben Zobrist (1), Jason Bartlett (6) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Niemann (W 4-0) | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2.54 |
| Grant Balfour (H 4) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 |
| Rafael Soriano (SV 12) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.42 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 97-61, Grant Balfour 13-10, Rafael Soriano 12-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 6-9, Grant Balfour 0-2, Rafael Soriano 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 27, Grant Balfour 4, Rafael Soriano 3 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Michael Bourn | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .288 |
| Jeff Keppinger | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .280 |
| Lance Berkman | 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .233 |
| Carlos Lee | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 |
| Hunter Pence | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .244 |
| Geoff Blum | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .290 |
| Humberto Quintero | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .231 |
| Tommy Manzella | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .186 |
| Wandy Rodriguez | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .294 |
| Chris Sampson | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Cory Sullivan | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Wilton Lopez | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Lance Berkman (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Michael Bourn, Jeff Keppinger, Lance Berkman 5, Carlos Lee | |||||||||
| RBI - Lance Berkman (14), Hunter Pence (18) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Geoff Blum (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Carlos Lee (9) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PO - Humberto Quintero (Crawford at 1st) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Wandy Rodriguez (L 2-6) | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4.33 |
| Chris Sampson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Wilton Lopez | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.14 |
| HBP - Gabe Kapler (by Rodriguez) | ||||||||
| IBB - Carlos Pena (by Lopez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Wandy Rodriguez 107-59, Chris Sampson 20-9, Wilton Lopez 39-22 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Wandy Rodriguez 4-7, Chris Sampson 1-2, Wilton Lopez 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Wandy Rodriguez 27, Chris Sampson 5, Wilton Lopez 10 | ||||||||