TBY 25 vs. DET 14

BOXSCORE: 2012 Tampa Bay Rays At 2012 Detroit Tigers                5/16/2012
 
  Rays               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Jennings LF       5  0  2  0 .259     A.Jackson CF        3  1  1  0 .314  
  B.Upton CF          5  0  0  0 .206     A.Dirks LF          5  2  2  4 .264  
  M.Joyce RF          5  0  0  0 .254     M.Cabrera 3B        3  1  1  3 .275  
  E.Longoria 3B       5  1  2  0 .351     P.Fielder 1B        4  0  0  0 .294  
  B.Zobrist SS        5  2  3  1 .308     D.Young DH          3  1  2  0 .286  
  L.Scott DH          2  1  0  1 .258     J.Peralta SS        4  1  1  0 .268  
  J.Keppinger 2B      2  2  1  0 .357     A.Avila C           3  1  1  0 .286  
B-S.Fuld PH           1  0  1  0 .444     R.Raburn RF         3  0  1  0 .091  
C-S.Rodriguez 2B      0  0  0  0 .036   A-D.Kelly PH,RF       1  0  0  0 .100  
  C.Pena 1B           3  1  2  2 .188     R.Santiago 2B       4  1  1  1 .157  
  J.Molina C          4  0  2  3 .170                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  7 13  7                 Totals      33  8 10  8
 
A-Pinch Hit For Raburn In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Keppinger In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Fuld In 8th Inning
 
Rays............ 0 4 2  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  7 13  0
Tigers.......... 3 0 0  0 0 5  0 0    -  8 10  1
 
Rays (11-14)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Price LOSS(2-2)         5 2/3   9   8   8   3   6   2 116   5.98
J.Peralta                 1       1   0   0   1   0   0  21   3.46
J.Howell                  1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  13   1.00
Totals                    8      10   8   8   4   7   2
 
Tigers (10-4)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Porcello                3      10   6   5   0   3   0  83  11.37
D.Below WIN(1-0)          4       2   1   1   0   3   0  45   6.75
B.Villarreal HOLD(1st)    0 2/3   1   0   0   1   0   0  18   1.59
J.Valverde SAVE(3rd)      1 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0  17   5.40
Totals                    9      13   7   6   1   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,931 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Bill Miller, Dan Iassogna, C.B. Bucknor, Dale Scott
T- 3:02
LEFT ON BASE- Rays: 7  Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rays: 1  Tigers: 1
ERRORS- P.Fielder
DOUBLES- E.Longoria(6th), B.Zobrist-2(5th), C.Pena(3rd), J.Molina(2nd),
         D.Young(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Dirks(1st), M.Cabrera(5th)
RBIs- B.Zobrist(9th), L.Scott(14th), C.Pena-2(10th), J.Molina-3(6th),
      A.Dirks-4(9th), M.Cabrera-3(15th), R.Santiago(4th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Jennings(6th), S.Fuld(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Keppinger
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Scott
WALKS- C.Pena, A.Jackson-2, M.Cabrera, A.Avila
HIT BY PITCH- L.Scott, D.Young
STRIKE OUTS- D.Jennings, B.Upton-2, M.Joyce, E.Longoria, C.Pena, A.Jackson-2,
             M.Cabrera, P.Fielder, J.Peralta, A.Avila-2
GIDP- D.Jennings, J.Peralta
BALKS- D.Price
WILD PITCHES- R.Porcello
2-out RBI- A.Dirks-4, B.Zobrist
RLISP 2-out- E.Longoria-2, P.Fielder-2, L.Scott, D.Kelly, B.Upton-2
TEAM RISP- Rays: 6 for 16  Tigers: 4 for 10
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Alex Avila blocked the plate, saving a run!
 
38,931 fans watched an exciting game at Comerica Park.  The Detroit Tigers
topped the Tampa Bay Rays by the slimmest of margins, 8 to 7.
 
Andy Dirks had a big day at the plate.  He laced a single in the 1st inning
and cleared the bases with a Grand Slam homerun in the 6th inning.  Tampa Bay
had 13 hits in the game while Detroit had 10, but Detroit had the more timely
hits.  
 
The winning pitcher was Duane Below(1-0) who allowed 1 run in 4 innings. Below
got help from Jose Valverde who was credited with his 3rd save.  The losing
pitcher was David Price(2-2).  He was touched for 9 hits and 3 walks in 5 and
2/3 innings.