LA Angels 6, Tampa Bay 5
When: 1:40 PM ET, Sunday, May 1, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Alan Porter, 1B -
James Hoye, 2B -
Tom Hallion, 3B -
Phil Cuzzi
Attendance:
16248
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Torii Hunter led off with a double and scored the winning run in the top of the eighth inning as the visiting Los Angeles Angels came from five runs down to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5 on Sunday afternoon.
Hunter, who also had an RBI in the fourth inning, scored on a groundout thanks to a heads-up play by Vernon Wells, who stopped between first and second and forced a rundown that allowed the winning run to score before he was tagged out.
Bobby Abreu added two hits and an RBI for the Angels (16-12), who trailed 5-0 after the first inning.
Rich Thompson (1-1) got the win in relief. Jordan Walden earned his fifth save as the Angels won two of three in the series.
Matt Joyce had three hits, an RBI and a stolen base for the Rays (15-13). Reliever Joel Peralta (1-1) took the loss.
Jered Weaver, who had won his first six starts for the Angels, was scratched from the start Sunday morning due to a stomach virus. The Rays got seven hits and five runs off his replacement Tyler Chatwood in the first.
Rays starter Alex Cobb went 4 1-3 innings in his major league debut, allowing four hits, four walks and four runs (three earned). He was pulled with a three-run lead and two on base.
Alberto Callaspo’s RBI single off reliever Andy Sonnanstine capped the four-run rally that tied it at 5-5 in the fifth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Angels |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Tyler Chatwood
|
Player |
Alex Cobb
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
4.0 |
IP |
4.1 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
9 |
Hits |
4 |
|
11.25 |
ERA |
8.31 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Angels
|
7 |
1 |
13 |
.241 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
| Tampa Bay
|
11 |
0 |
14 |
.314 |
16 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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