Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 1
When: 1:40 PM ET, Sunday, September 4, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Adrian Johnson, 1B -
Fieldin Culbreth, 2B -
Gary Cederstrom, 3B -
Lance Barksdale
Attendance:
15790
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Reid Brignac and Sean Rodriguez combined for five RBIs in the first three innings and Jeremy Hellickson scattered four hits as the Tampa Bay Rays cruised to an 8-1 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
Hellickson (12-10) tossed his second complete game - both against the Orioles this season - and struck out one. He threw 120 pitches in a four-hit shutout against Baltimore May 13.
The Rays were shut out in Hellickson’s last two starts, but scored six in the first three frames Sunday. Rodriguez lined a two-run homer in the second and Brignac produced a three-run double in the third.
Baltimore starter Jeremy Guthrie (6-17) walked three in the third inning and third baseman Mark Reynolds booted a bases-loaded grounder with two outs before Brignac delivered his key hit. Guthrie gave up seven runs in five innings – three earned.
Adam Jones belted his 23rd homer of the season - but only his second since Aug. 10 - to lead off the fifth. He also had a double for the Orioles.
Matt Joyce added a solo home run and Johnny Damon singled in the fourth for the Rays to tie Doc Cramer for 62nd on the all-time hit list with 2,705.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Baltimore |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Jeremy Guthrie |
Player |
Jeremy Hellickson |
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.0 |
IP |
9.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
1 |
|
7 |
Hits |
4 |
|
5.40 |
ERA |
1.00 |
Hitting
| Baltimore |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Adam Jones | Player |
Sean Rodriguez |
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
1 |
RBI |
2 |
|
1 |
HR |
1 |
|
6 |
TB |
5 |
|
.667 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Baltimore
|
4 |
1 |
8 |
.133 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Tampa Bay
|
8 |
2 |
15 |
.242 |
21 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
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