David Price Tosses First Career Shutout As Rays Take Series From Jays
by Tommy Rancel on Apr 25, 2010 7:00 PM EDT
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PrintFor the second straight day, the Rays and Jays played a game much closer than the final score indicated. The Rays wrapped up another meatloaf series victory with 6-0 final today, but for most of the game the two teams were within two runs of each other.
Brandon Morrow had a no-hitter going into the fifth inning until a B.J. Upton bloop double down the right field line dashed the bid. Morrow held the Rays hitless over the first four frames, although he did hand out a few free passes.The Rays were unable to do anything with those gifts as they were caught stealing four times in the first four innings. Morrow struck out eight batters in six innings, but also gave up six walks. While Morrow was effectively wild, David Price was effectively brilliant.
Coming off his worst start of the young season, Price delivered arguably his best start ever.
The Riddler kept the Jays hitters guessing all afternoon as he allowed no runs on four hits and one walk while striking out nine. Price went the full nine innings for the first time to give himself complete game shutout number one of his big league career. He would need 108 pitches to finish the game with 76 of them going for strikes. Over 11% of the 108 pitches were swinging strikes - another fantastic number.
Outside of the nine strikeouts, Price got some excellent plays from the left side of his infield. Reid Brignac made two line drive catches including one that caught Brignac more than he caught it. Evan Longoria made a wonderful stop that would've been impressive had it gotten one out; however, the Rays were able to turn two on the play and ensured Price a shot at the shutout. In total, Price would induce 11 groundball outs.
Offensively, John Jaso continued to build on his case for more playing time. After a two-run home run last night, Jaso plated two more runs in the fifth inning with a base hit. The Jays brought the infield in with runners on second and third to prevent a hard hit ball from scoring a run. In just another sign of things going he Rays way, the ball hit by Jaso was hit right to Aaron Hill, but bounced off of his glove and into right field. Had Hill been playing at his normal position, that ball is a groundout to second. In addition to the big hits, Jaso now has more walks than Navarro (5 to 4) despite less than half the plate appearances.
The Rays would score four more runs in the eighth giving them 24 eighth innings runs this season. After being no-hit over the first four innings, the team scored six runs on eight hits over the final four. At 14-5, the Rays will enjoy just the second off day of the season tomorrow; so will I.
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MONEYBALL SEZ YOU SHOULDN'T STEAL. MADDON'S MISSION YAAL.
/sf1’d
RIP Andy Hellicksonstine. He died, like so many young men of his generation, he died before his time. In your wisdom, SBN, you took him, as you took so many bright flowering young men at the OTTOTD. These young men gave their lives. And so would Andy. Andy, who loved trannies.
great game
Would have liked to have seen more for a Funday Sunday … props to every single fan I encountered for being nice to me dragging two kids and a stroller all over the place…
Price pitched a gem, and Morrow’s effort wasn’t too poor either. Jaso has to get more playing time, he’s calling and catching games really well which I know has always been the weak spot.
So were the caught-stealings all legit? A lot of boos from the crowd but to the naked eye I think they were good calls (and some amazing throws from behind the plate)
Pardon any incoherence, no beer at the game, making up for it now.
They were all REALLY close calls. But they went the 'correct' way.
Can’t blame yourself for not seeing something that was close on slow motion.
Suck it, Twins and Yanks!
We’re tops in baseball now!
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Kazmir gets a thumbs up for managing to not give the game away.
He did it in very typical form, giving up 4 runs in 5.1 IP.
Cheeri-fucking-o, mate!
RIP Andy Hellicksonstine. He died, like so many young men of his generation, he died before his time. In your wisdom, SBN, you took him, as you took so many bright flowering young men at the OTTOTD. These young men gave their lives. And so would Andy. Andy, who loved trannies.
Citi Field looks completely empty
Weather sucks, but it’s a Sunday night Nationally televised game.
If you ain't first, you're last.
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Apr 25, 2010 8:11 PM EDT reply actions
I am winning one of my fantasy weeks by .005 BA points. Hanley (me) is up 3rd, Cantu (him) is up 4th.
GAAAAHHHH.
RIP Andy Hellicksonstine. He died, like so many young men of his generation, he died before his time. In your wisdom, SBN, you took him, as you took so many bright flowering young men at the OTTOTD. These young men gave their lives. And so would Andy. Andy, who loved trannies.
That Minnesota game last year was pretty outstanding
If you ain't first, you're last.
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Apr 25, 2010 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Results wise definitely, but hes look fantastic other times
His start against the Yankees is also up there.
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by Tommy Rancel on Apr 25, 2010 8:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
This rotation is starting off as one for the books
Not to mention that the pen has all been great. Even Choate and Ekstrom have done their jobs very well lately but I mean think about it.
Shields – Same old Shields, keeps giving us 7 innings (even when he throws 34 in the 1st), always gives a chance to win
Garza – Other than the 1st inning against Toronto, he has shown Roy Halladay like dominance in all his starts
Niemann – Just like he did last season, he gives us a very good chance to win when he takes the mound and the command only got better
Price – Might battle Garza all season for staff ace, has he reached his potential at age 24?
Davis – Even though he keeps facing good teams and their aces, he continues to keep us in the game.
Also the pen
Soriano – Can’t be just me who sees him as more dominant every time he comes in a game lately
Wheeler – Walks have been a bit more than one would like but seems to keep doing his job
Cormier – Red Sox 11th inning should define his season, he has been stud like against both lefties and righties and can give us a solid 3 innings
Sonnanstine – 3 ER this season….3 HR, he has been untouchable except for when he hangs a pitch. Overall, I have gained A LOT of confidence in him
Balfour – It is going unnoticed how great he has been. Amazing command, keeping the team right there. We may not go by ERA but he has pitched like his low 1’s ERA
Choate – Maddon finally figured out how to use him perfectly and he hasn’t been hit in a while
Ekstrom – He may mop up but he has been quite solid besides his debut and his role on the team is pretty large as it helps to not use the big time arms.
And to think, Benoit is a call away and JP is finally taking the mound this week. We are looking insanely good and that’s with me not even getting into some of the bats.
I just wish Joyce wasn’t made of glass, I figured him for lots of homers this season.
Fire and Ice: Rafael Soriano and J.P Howell.......with their side kick Grant the aussie Balfour!
No.
Thats just awesome
go away percival
by GenghisJohn on Apr 25, 2010 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Price is constantly posting riddles on twitter.
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by Tommy Rancel on Apr 26, 2010 7:38 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
So everyone now has a career CG, right? Also, Sonny in the pen has a couple
I want all 5 to get one this season and I can definatley see it happening. If Davis has his curve working like it did in Chicago, he can probably go 12 strong innings…
Fire and Ice: Rafael Soriano and J.P Howell.......with their side kick Grant the aussie Balfour!
I hope this gets the boldest headline
tomorrow in the St. Pete Times sports section. Who gives a darn about Mike Williams and the Bucs when you have the future (current?) ace of the best team in baseball pitching a brilliant game. Someone will have to let me know how much print press this gets tomorrow. Hard to tell from L.A.
It dominates the front page of the Sports section
with a large picture of Price pitching and a large headline “Price Sees Gem to Completion”. Of course, all of page 4C is about the Rays. The front page of Sports has one column (on right) on Harvick, the side bar and a bottom of the page article about a local triathalon. The rest is all Rays. I do not know the technical terms of column inches et al to describe it, but it does dominate the page.
Thanks bobr
That’s just what I was hoping. The more “one of the top sports sections in the country” gets behind this team, the more people will begin to pay attention in the area. And from a business standpoint, people love winners and stories about winners, so they might even sell a few extra papers. Either way, the national media is already catching on, time for the local media to do the same. Sounds like this is a step in the right direction.
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by Orlando Rays on Apr 26, 2010 7:25 AM EDT reply actions 6 recs
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"I think we should put this guy on blast and let all the guys around town know to make sure you don’t leave your GFs around Evan Longoria while he’s in town because he has no class or respect for other men."
by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Apr 26, 2010 7:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Pitch breakdown
Pitch-Thrown-SwStrike
CH- 12- 1
CU- 14- 1
FF- 27- 2
FT- 45- 6
SL- 10- 2
Total- 108- 12
Sick.
I love Casey Fossum. Now try and take me seriously.
by Steve Slowinski on Apr 26, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
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