Rays 5, Palms 4

It was a tight game until the 8th inning when at 11, Troy Munoz finally broke down, allowing a pair of lead off doubles to Ben Zobrist and Evan Longoria. Carlos Pena followed with a 2 run shot to center to take the game to 4-1. The Palms answered with back to back homers from Eddie Black and Ryan Henning. Each team scored another run in the 9th, and the Palms ended the game with men at the corners, but Frank Sohn flew out to left to end the game.

LF Sadan 3-5 R
SS Gonzalez 1-5
CF Crisp 1-5
RF Sohn 1-5
C Black 2-4 R
2b Henning 1-4 R
DH Winn 0-3 BB K
3b Prado 2-4
1b Fields 0-3 BB K

2b Black (14)
HR Black (8) Henning (7)
RBI Crisp (13)Black 2 (29)Henning (20)

Pitcher W-L S IP H R ER BB SO HR
Munoz L 1-4 7 9 4 4 2 3 1
Schoppe 2 2 1 1 0 0 1

Player of the Game: Carlos Pena

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