Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 3
When: 7:08 PM ET, Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Mike Estabrook, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Phil Cuzzi
Attendance: 10554
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Baltimore 000000030370
Tampa Bay 013010000590
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Baltimore 60-98 36-42 24-56 L13
Tampa Bay 82-76 50-27 32-49 W4
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this win, the Tampa Bay Rays have a 50-27 record at home this season. The Baltimore Orioles have a 24-56 record on the road.
  • Tampa Bay has a streak of 4 straight up wins. The Rays have won 7 of their last 10 games.
  • Baltimore has a streak of 13 straight up losses. The Orioles have won 0 of their last 10 games.
  • James Shields pitched 8.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 4.14. Russ Springer closed out the game to get the save and has 1 save for the season. David Hernandez took the loss for Baltimore.
  • Carl Crawford, Ben Zobrist hit homeruns for Tampa Bay. Ty Wigginton had the only homerun for Baltimore.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Baltimore   Tampa Bay
David Hernandez Player James Shields
Loss W/L Win
4.1 IP 8.0
4 Strikeouts 8
7 Hits 6
10.38 ERA 3.38
Hitting
Baltimore   Tampa Bay
Melvin Mora Player Akinori Iwamura
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Baltimore 7 1 11 .219 4 9 3 0 0 0
Tampa Bay 9 2 16 .290 15 5 5 4 3 0