Florida 7, Tampa Bay 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, June 18, 2010
Where: Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida
Temperature:
87°
Umpires:
Home -
Wally Bell, 1B -
Lance Barksdale, 2B -
Ed Rapuano, 3B -
Tom Hallion
Attendance:
17310
By SportsDirect Inc.
The Florida Marlins did not score from the third inning on, but the damage they did in their first two at-bats was enough.
Mike Stanton hit a grand slam and the Marlins scored all of their runs in the first two innings in a 7-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday in the opener of an all-Florida interleague series.
The Rays struck for an early lead as Ben Zobrist had a two-run double in the top of the first to make it 2-0. But the lead was short-lived.
Stanton connected for his first career home run off Tampa's struggling starter Matt Garza to give the Marlins a 5-2 lead. Florida added two more runs in the second on RBI singles by Hanley Ramirez and Dan Uggla.
Garza (7-5) got tagged with the loss, allowing seven runs and seven hits in 1 1/3 innings. He walked three and struck out two and needed 71 pitches to retire four batters.
Nate Robertson (5-5) got the win, giving up three runs and five hits in six innings. Leo Nunez worked a perfect ninth to pick up his 14th save.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Tampa Bay |
|
Florida |
|
Matt Garza
|
Player |
Nate Robertson |
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
1.1 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
7 |
Hits |
5 |
|
47.25 |
ERA |
3.00 |
Hitting
| Tampa Bay |
|
Florida |
|
Hank Blalock | Player |
Ronny Paulino
|
|
1 |
Hits |
3 |
|
0 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
2 |
TB |
4 |
|
1.000 |
Avg |
.750 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Tampa Bay
|
7 |
0 |
9 |
.206 |
11 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| Florida
|
11 |
1 |
17 |
.324 |
18 |
9 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
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