6/13: RAYS 7, Florida 3

by Patrick L. Kennedy on Jun 14, 2008 1:57 AM EDT in Game Threads

RAYS 7, Florida 3

Tropicana Field
St. Petersburg, FL

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	L
Florida	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	7	1	4
RAYS	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	X	7	13	0	10

Win Probability Table and Stats Courtesy of Fan Graphs

Three Up
Player	WPA
RP J.P. Howell	.162
2B Akinori Iwamura	.140
LF Eric Hinske	.125

Three Down
Player	WPA
3B Evan Longoria	-.059
C Dioner Navarro	-.051
SP Andy Sonnanstine	-.044

Game photographs follow the jump

1B Willy Aybar scores in the sixth inning to give the Rays a 6-1 lead

CF B.J. Upton = Awesome

SS Jason Bartlett slides in safely during one of his two successful stolen base attempts.

It's great to be home

All photographs taken by and courtesy of Richard Schaefer (SRQman)

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Another 10 runners LOB.

Need more 2 out steals, that way there won’t be anymore runners left on base.

/stares hard at Longoria

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Jun 14, 2008 2:14 AM EDT reply actions

Again, Howell came in in a crucial situation and did his job efficiently and nearly perfectly. The infield single was simply a high hopper up the middle that was well placed, and then with 1st and 3rd and a 2 run lead he got an easy pop-out from Uggla and a simple fly ball from Gonzalez.

In the next inning, he struck out the first two batters, but Amazega got on due to a wild pitch 3rd strike. So he induced two ground ball outs to end that inning.

He then started the 8th getting Hermida to ground out and was relieved. Except for the wild pitch, which Amazega swung at, every pitch was around the plate, on the corners, and nobody really got a good swing. It was a joy to watch.

by bobr on Jun 14, 2008 8:13 AM EDT reply actions