Tampa Bay 5, Seattle 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, September 24, 2010
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Brian Gorman, 1B -
Ted Barrett, 2B -
Tony Randazzo, 3B -
Paul Nauert
Attendance:
17840
By SportsDirect Inc.
Tampa Bay used a three-run fifth inning to snap a tie and earn a 5-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday, moving back into sole possession of first place in the American League East.
Tampa leapfrogged the New York Yankees, who fell a half-game back following a 10-8 loss to the Boston Red Sox.
The Rays (92-61) got two RBIs from Willy Aybar, who singled in B.J. Upton to break a 2-2 tie in the fifth. Ben Zobrist reached on a bunt that scored Jason Bartlett and Aybar crossed the plate on a passed ball by Jason Vargas (9-12), who lost his seventh consecutive decision.
Vargas allowed five runs on six hits in 4 1/3 innings and also walked four.
Tampa Bay's Jeff Niemann (11-7) ended a streak of four consecutive losses, allowing three runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. He had four strikeouts and one walk. Rafael Soriano pitched a hitless ninth for his 44th save.
Adam Moore had two RBI singles for the Mariners (58-95). Franklin Gutierrez had an RBI single and scored a run.
Kelly Shoppach added an RBI double for the Rays.
Rays All-Star third baseman Evan Longoria will miss the three-game series because of a left quadriceps strain. He was replaced by Sean Rodriguez, who was 0-for-3.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Seattle |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Jose Lopez | Player |
Jason Bartlett
|
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
0 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
3 |
TB |
3 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Seattle
|
9 |
0 |
11 |
.257 |
14 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| Tampa Bay
|
8 |
0 |
12 |
.258 |
20 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
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