Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 5, Seattle 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, September 24, 2010
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Brian Gorman, 1B - Ted Barrett, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 17840
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Seattle 000201000390
Tampa Bay 011030000580
Seattle
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Ichiro Suzuki RF 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 .316
Chone Figgins 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .258
Jose Lopez DH 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .237
Franklin Gutierrez CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .248
Justin Smoak 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .196
Adam Moore C 4 0 2 2 0 2 1 .186
Micheal Saunders LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .202
Matt Tuiasosopo 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .175
Josh Wilson SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236
     Matt Mangini PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200
Totals 35 3 9 3 2 7 14  
Batting
2B - Ichiro Suzuki (29), Jose Lopez (28)
TB - Ichiro Suzuki 3, Chone Figgins, Jose Lopez 3, Franklin Gutierrez, Justin Smoak, Adam Moore 2
RBI - Franklin Gutierrez (59), Adam Moore 2 (14)
2-Out RBI - Adam Moore 2 (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Chone Figgins (51), Micheal Saunders (29), Matt Tuiasosopo (17)
GIDP - Franklin Gutierrez (9)
Team LOB - 7
Baserunning
SB - Chone Figgins (41, 2nd off Niemann/Shoppach), Franklin Gutierrez (23, 2nd off Niemann/Shoppach)
Fielding
PB - Adam Moore (7)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jason Vargas (L 9-12) 4.1 6 5 5 4 2 0 3.91
Ryan Rowland-Smith 1.2 2 0 0 1 2 0 6.90
Dan Cortes 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Anthony Varvaro 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
Pitches-Strikes - Jason Vargas 97-58, Ryan Rowland-Smith 26-14, Dan Cortes 9-7, Anthony Varvaro 14-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jason Vargas 4-6, Ryan Rowland-Smith 2-0, Dan Cortes 2-0, Anthony Varvaro 1-0
Batters Faced - Jason Vargas 23, Ryan Rowland-Smith 8, Dan Cortes 3, Anthony Varvaro 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Ryan Rowland-Smith 2-1
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
B.J. Upton CF 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 .237
Jason Bartlett SS 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 .254
Carl Crawford LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 .306
Willy Aybar DH 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 .238
Ben Zobrist 2B 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .248
Kelly Shoppach C 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 .199
Carlos Pena 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .200
Sean Rodriguez 3B 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 .254
Desmond Jennings RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 .158
     Matt Joyce PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .232
Totals 31 5 8 4 6 7 20  
Batting
2B - B.J. Upton (36), Jason Bartlett (25), Ben Zobrist (26), Kelly Shoppach (8)
TB - B.J. Upton 2, Jason Bartlett 3, Willy Aybar, Ben Zobrist 3, Kelly Shoppach 3
RBI - Willy Aybar 2 (43), Ben Zobrist (73), Kelly Shoppach (17)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Willy Aybar (45), Ben Zobrist (69), Desmond Jennings 4 (6)
SF - Willy Aybar (4)
Team LOB - 9
Baserunning
SB - B.J. Upton (41, 2nd off Vargas/Moore), Sean Rodriguez (12, 2nd off Vargas/Moore)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jeff Niemann (W 11-7) 5.2 7 3 3 1 4 0 4.49
Randy Choate (H 18) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.46
Grant Balfour (H 16) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.36
Joaquin Benoit (H 25) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.41
Rafael Soriano (SV 44) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.79
Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 79-52, Randy Choate 4-3, Grant Balfour 16-10, Joaquin Benoit 18-12, Rafael Soriano 13-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 7-4, Randy Choate 0-1, Grant Balfour 0-3, Joaquin Benoit 0-1, Rafael Soriano 1-1
Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 24, Randy Choate 1, Grant Balfour 4, Joaquin Benoit 4, Rafael Soriano 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Randy Choate 1-0