Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 0
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Joe West, 1B -
Angel Hernandez, 2B -
Rob Drake, 3B -
Mike Everitt
Attendance:
17891
By SportsDirect Inc.
The Tampa Bay Rays clinched a playoff spot Tuesday night, riding eight shutout innings from ace David Price to a 5-0 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles.
Price (19-6) handcuffed the Orioles on six hits while striking out eight and not walking a batter to send the Rays into the postseason for the second time in three years.
Carlos Pena and Carl Crawford belted solo home runs to back the 25-year-old left-hander, who improved to 4-0 in September and 4-0 lifetime against Baltimore.
Rafael Soriano finished up in the ninth for his 45th save to set off a celebration before the crowd of 17,891.
Tampa Bay maintained its half-game edge over the New York Yankees in the American League East. The Yankees also clinched a playoff berth Tuesday with a 6-1 win at Toronto.
B.J. Upton had a run-scoring single and Dan Johnson added an RBI double off Orioles starter Brad Bergesen (8-11), who allowed five runs on six hits in five innings.
Price’s gem came less than 24 hours after he posted on his Twitter account that Monday’s crowd of 12,000-plus for a potential clincher was “embarrassing.” He tweeted an apology later that night.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Baltimore
|
6 |
0 |
8 |
.182 |
12 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Tampa Bay
|
6 |
2 |
15 |
.214 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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