Rays 6, Palms 3

The Palms dropped the second game of their series with the Rays thanks again to a three run homer. This time, James Loney put the Palms behind by three in the first inning with his big blast. Desmond Jennings had the game winner in the 3rd. The Palms batted around, but left the bases full. It wasn't the last time they did that, and a little more clutch hitting would have made or a different ball game.

 Tampa Bay Rays 6, Miami Palms 3
 Wednesday, May 7, 2014


 Miami Palms (15-20)                                      Tampa Bay Rays (6-3)                                   
 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave     
 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---     
 Crisp cf        5  0  1  0  0  0  4  0  0  0   .355      Zobrist 2b      5  1  4  0  0  0  0  1  0  1   .381
 Markakis rf     5  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   .262      Jennings cf     5  1  2  1  0  0  5  0  0  3   .280
 Drysdale dh     4  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  1   .328      Joyce lf        4  0  1  0  0  0  4  0  0  0   .308
 Sohn lf         3  0  1  0  1  0  4  0  0  3   .235      Longoria 3b     3  1  1  0  1  0  0  2  0  1   .243
 Dupont 1b       3  1  2  0  1  0  8  0  0  0   .276      Loney 1b        4  2  3  3  0  0  5  1  0  0   .355
 Johnson 3b      3  1  1  0  1  1  0  1  0  0   .299      Myers rf        4  0  0  0  0  2  4  0  0  1   .281
 Abreu ss        4  0  0  1  0  1  2  4  0  1   .259      Dejesus dh      4  1  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  2   .222
 Ruiz c          4  1  1  0  0  2  3  0  0  1   .206      Escobar ss      4  0  2  1  0  0  1  1  0  0   .353
 Johnson 2b      4  0  2  1  0  1  2  1  0  3   .252      Hanigan c       3  0  0  1  0  0  6  0  0  0   .385

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---           
 Totals          35 3  8  3  4  5  24 10 0  9             Totals          36 6  14 6  1  3  27 6  0  8 


                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9      R  H  E
                        -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Miami Palms            0  0  0  0  3  0  0  0  0      3  8  0 
 Tampa Bay Rays         3  0  1  0  0  0  0  2         6  14 0 



 LOB- Miami Palms 9, Tampa Bay Rays 8; 2B- Dupont(7), Zobrist 2(6), Longoria(3); HR- Jennings(2),
 Loney(2); RBI- Johnson(13), Drysdale(20), Abreu(12), Jennings(3), Loney 3(6), Escobar(5),
 Hanigan(7); SF- Hanigan(1); GIDP- Longoria(1); RLSP- Johnson 2, Sohn 2, Zobrist,
 Jennings 2, Longoria, Dejesus 2; 

 DP- Miami Palms 1; 
 


 Miami Palms               IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Munoz(L 0-5)              5.0  8  4  4  1  3    4.91 
 Perez                     2.0  2  0  0  0  0    3.50 
 Byrdak                    1.0  4  2  2  0  0    5.55 

 Tampa Bay Rays            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Ramos(W 2-0)              7.0  6  3  3  3  5    4.18 
 Gomes(H,1)                1.0  2  0  0  1  0    0.00 
 Balfour(S,5)              1.0  0  0  0  0  0    1.29 

 Pitches-strikes- Munoz 72-45, Perez 19-11, Byrdak 12-10, Ramos 80-53, Gomes 18-11,
 Balfour 12-7; Batters faced- Munoz 24, Perez 7, Byrdak 7, Ramos 30, Gomes 6, Balfour 3;

Player of the game: James Loney

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