Tampa Bay 5, Seattle 2
When: 10:10 PM ET, Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Kerwin Danley, 1B -
CB Bucknor, 2B -
Doug Eddings, 3B -
Dana DeMuth
Attendance:
15589
By SportsDirect Inc.
James Shields struck out 10 batters in eight-plus innings and the Tampa Bay Rays handed the Seattle Mariners their fourth consecutive defeat with a 5-2 victory Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series.
Shields appeared headed for a complete game before Franklin Gutierrez and Ryan Langerhans opened the ninth with back-to-back singles and Ken Griffey Jr. followed with an RBI single.
Shields (4-0) allowed eight hits and issued no walks. He also got the benefit of four Seattle errors, three by Jack Wilson, as Tampa Bay improved to 10-1 on the road.
Rafael Soriano recorded the final three outs for his seventh save.
Evan Longoria hit his seventh homer in the fifth inning off Jason Vargas (2-2). The knock extended his hitting streak to 10 games
Ben Zobrist, Sean Rodriguez, Reid Brignac and Willy Aybar all drove in runs for Tampa Bay.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Tampa Bay
|
8 |
1 |
13 |
.211 |
21 |
11 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Seattle
|
8 |
0 |
9 |
.235 |
12 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
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