Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 4
When: 1:07 PM ET, Sunday, September 12, 2010
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature:
66°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Reilly, 1B -
Bill Miller, 2B -
Chad Fairchild, 3B -
Eric Cooper
Attendance:
14658
By SportsDirect Inc.
Adam Lind belted a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays salvaged the finale of their three-game series with Tampa Bay with a 5-4 win over the Rays on Sunday.
Facing American League saves leader Rafael Soriano, the Jays completed an unlikely rally to end a four-game losing skid. Aaron Hill opened the inning with a single to left field and Lind followed with a towering homer to right field, his 22nd of the season.
The late heroics made a winner out of Kevin Gregg (1-5), who surrendered the go-ahead run in the top of the inning. Soriano (2-2) took the loss.
The loss left Tampa one game back of the New York Yankees in the American League East race. The Yankees dropped a 4-1 decision to Texas later Sunday.
Upton put the Rays ahead in the top of the ninth with a sacrifice fly after Brad Hawpe drew a one-out walk and advanced to third on a single by Desmond Jennings.
Ben Zobrist drove in a pair of runs and Evan Longoria scored twice for the Rays, who won the season series 10-8.
Jays starter Shaun Marcum allowed three runs on six hits over six innings, walking two and striking out six. Tampa counterpart Jeff Niemann surrendered three runs on a pair of hits in his five innings of work, with four walks and five Ks.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Tampa Bay |
|
Toronto |
|
Jeff Niemann
|
Player |
Shaun Marcum
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
5.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
2 |
Hits |
6 |
|
5.40 |
ERA |
4.50 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Tampa Bay
|
8 |
0 |
11 |
.235 |
17 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| Toronto
|
5 |
1 |
9 |
.179 |
10 |
8 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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