Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 0
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, September 27, 2010
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Everitt, 1B -
Joe West, 2B -
Angel Hernandez, 3B -
Rob Drake
Attendance:
12446
By SportsDirect Inc.
Brian Matusz tossed seven shutout innings and the visiting Baltimore Orioles prevented the Tampa Bay Rays from clinching a playoff spot with a 4-0 victory on Monday night.
Nick Markakis had two hits and two RBIs as the Orioles won the opener of the three-game series behind a dominating performance by Matusz.
The Rays maintained their half-game lead in the American League East as the New York Yankees lost in Toronto.
Matusz (9-12) extended his winning streak to five games by allowing three hits - all singles - while striking out eight and walking two.
Rays starter Wade Davis (12-10) had his seven-game winning streak snapped. He was charged with three runs on seven hits in 7 1/3 innings in losing for the first time since June 27.
Markakis tripled in a run off Davis in the fifth, just his second hit off Davis in 17 at-bats. He added a single in Baltimore's three-run seventh.
Rays third baseman Evan Longoria sat out his fourth consecutive game with a strained quad.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Baltimore |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Brian Matusz
|
Player |
Wade Davis
|
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
7.0 |
IP |
6.1 |
|
8 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
3 |
Hits |
7 |
|
0.00 |
ERA |
4.26 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Baltimore
|
9 |
0 |
13 |
.257 |
15 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Tampa Bay
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
.100 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
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