Rays 3, Palms 2

This was the score that was expected in the opening game of the series. Both offenss would be forgiven if they said they expected to score off of Lucas Harrell and Eric Bedard. Instead, the Palms were held to only 2 runs, solo homers for Coco Crisp and Tony Abreu, while the Rays had one run through 5, when a triple by Yunel Escobar changed the landscape of the game. Escobar drove in Logan Forsythe with two out in the 6th, and then Ryan Hanigan knocked him in to score the game winner.

 Tampa Bay Rays 3, Miami Palms 2
 Friday, April 18, 2014


 Tampa Bay Rays (2-3)                                     Miami Palms (8-10)                                     
 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave     
 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---     
 Dejesus cf      5  0  1  0  0  1  3  0  0  2   .200      Crisp cf        5  1  4  1  0  1  3  0  0  0   .354
 Zobrist 2b      5  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1   .250      Korb 3b         4  0  0  0  1  0  0  2  0  2   .250
 Joyce lf        3  1  0  0  0  0  3  0  0  0   .417      Markakis rf     4  0  1  0  0  0  6  0  0  0   .222
 Longoria 3b     3  0  1  0  1  0  1  2  0  1   .238      Sohn lf         4  0  1  0  0  0  7  0  0  1   .284
 Loney 1b        4  0  2  1  0  1  7  2  0  0   .214      Drysdale dh     4  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  2   .316
 Myers rf        4  0  0  0  0  1  3  0  0  4   .313      Dupont 1b       4  0  0  0  0  1  6  0  0  3   .224
 Forsythe dh     4  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   .235      Ruiz c          4  0  1  0  0  1  4  0  0  0   .235
 Escobar ss      4  1  2  1  0  1  1  4  0  0   .250      Abreu ss        4  1  1  1  0  1  0  1  0  1   .328
 Hanigan c       4  0  2  1  0  0  6  0  0  0   .417      Johnson 2b      3  0  0  0  1  1  0  1  0  0   .239

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---           
 Totals          36 3  9  3  1  4  27 8  0  8             Totals          36 2  9  2  2  5  27 5  0  9 


                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10     R  H  E
                        -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Tampa Bay Rays         1  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0         3  9  0 
 Miami Palms            1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0         2  9  0 



 LOB- Tampa Bay Rays 8, Miami Palms 9; 2B- Loney(1), Dejesus(1), Ruiz(1); 3B- Escobar(1);
 HR- Crisp(4), Abreu(2); RBI- Loney(1), Escobar(2), Hanigan(2), Crisp(13), Abreu(7);
 RLSP- Zobrist, Longoria, Myers 3, Dejesus, Dupont 2, Drysdale, Sohn, Korb 2, Abreu;
 

 
 


 Tampa Bay Rays            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Bedard                    5.0  7  2  2  2  1    3.60 
 Boxberger(W 1-0)          2.0  1  0  0  0  2    0.00 
 McGee(H,1)                1.0  1  0  0  0  1    0.00 
 Balfour(S, 2)             1.0  0  0  0  0  1    2.25 

 Miami Palms               IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Harrell(L 0-2)            5.2  8  3  3  1  4    7.71 
 Perez                     1.1  0  0  0  0  0    1.93 
 Byrdak                    2.0  1  0  0  0  0    2.87 

 Inherited runners-scored- Perez; Pitches-strikes- Bedard 81-50, Boxberger 19-12,
 McGee 18-11, Balfour 7-5, Harrell 74-49, Perez 8-7, Byrdak 14-10; Batters faced- Bedard 24,
 Boxberger 7, McGee 4, Balfour 3, Harrell 27, Perez 4, Byrdak 7;

 HBP- Joyce(by Harrell); 

 
 Player of the Game: Yunel Escobar

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