Rays 5, Palms 3

The Palms concluded their season in a disappointing fashion on Sunday afternoon. Already eliminated from the post season on Saturday night, they knew their season finale was simply playing out the string. They didn't come out too flat, collecting 11 hits, including the final hit of the season, an RBI double from Frank Sohn. The Rays had a home run and a triple from Mikie Mahtook to earn the closing victory. Tony Abreu tapped out to short to end the season in disappointment for Miami.

 Tampa Bay Rays 5, Miami Palms 3
 Sunday, October 2, 2016


 Miami Palms (87-75)                                      Tampa Bay Rays (4-11)                                  
 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave     
 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---     
 J Jaso dh       4  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  1   .292      L Forsythe 2b   5  1  1  1  0  1  1  1  0  2   .341
 N Markakis rf   5  1  1  0  0  2  5  0  0  4   .288      M Mahtook cf    4  1  2  2  0  1  2  0  0  0   .306
 T Abreu ss      5  1  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   .323      E Longoria 3b   4  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0   .234
 E Encarnacion 1b4  0  0  0  0  2  5  2  0  1   .283      C Dickerson lf  3  1  1  0  1  0  5  0  0  0   .269
 F Sohn lf       4  1  3  2  0  0  2  0  0  0   .304      R Schaffer 1b   4  1  1  0  0  0  7  0  0  2   .467
 C Korb 3b       4  0  0  0  0  1  0  2  0  2   .280      A Ramirez ss    4  0  2  1  0  0  1  4  0  0   .400
 J Giavotella 2b 4  0  1  0  0  0  2  1  0  1   .284      C Casali dh     4  0  2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0   .368
 C Crisp cf      4  0  1  0  0  0  2  0  0  0   .254      L Maile c       4  0  1  0  0  0  9  0  0  2   .250
 B Hayes c       4  0  2  1  0  1  6  0  0  0   .218      J Decker rf     3  1  1  0  1  0  2  0  0  2   .200

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---           
 Totals          38 3  11 3  1  7  24 5  0  9             Totals          35 5  11 5  2  4  27 6  0  8 


                         1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9      R  H  E
                         -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Miami Palms             0  1  1  0  0  0  1  0  0      3  11 0 
 Tampa Bay Rays          0  1  1  1  1  0  1  0         5  11 0 



 LOB- Miami Palms 9, Tampa Bay Rays 8; 2B- C Crisp(31), N Markakis(42), F Sohn(40),
 C Casali(2), R Schaffer(5), A Ramirez(1); 3B- M Mahtook(1); HR- L Forsythe(1),
 M Mahtook(1); RBI- B Hayes(14), F Sohn 2(98), L Forsythe(6), C Casali(1), M Mahtook 2(5),
 A Ramirez(3); RLSP- J Giavotella, N Markakis 3, C Korb, L Forsythe, R Schaffer,
 L Maile, J Decker; 

 
 


 Miami Palms                IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 B Johnston(L 12-12)        7.0  9  5  5  2  4    5.27 
 B Matusz                   1.0  2  0  0  0  0    3.09 

 Tampa Bay Rays             IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 C Whitley(W 1-1)           5.0  8  2  2  1  5   10.50
 R Garton(H,1)              2.0  3  1  1  0  1    9.00 
 E Gamboa(H,1)              1.0  0  0  0  0  0    0.00 
 A Colome(S,4)              1.0  0  0  0  0  1    0.00 

 Pitches-strikes- B Johnston 93-55, B Matusz 10-9, C Whitley 68-46, R Garton 23-17,
 E Gamboa 9-5, A Colome 6-6; Batters faced- B Johnston 32, B Matusz 5, C Whitley 24,
 R Garton 9, E Gamboa 3, A Colome 3;

Player of the Game: Mikie Mahtook

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