Tampa Bay 8, Chi. White Sox 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, July 5, 2013
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Ted Barrett, 1B -
Alfonso Marquez, 2B -
Scott Barry, 3B -
Mike DiMuro
Attendance:
15825
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Rays 8, White Sox 3: Jose Molina and Kelly Johnson belted back-to-back homers in a five-run second inning and Jeremy Hellickson won his fourth straight start as Tampa Bay rolled over visiting Chicago.
Molina and Wil Myers each knocked in a pair of runs while Luke Scott and Desmond Jennings had three hits apiece for the Rays, who have won six of their last seven. Hellickson (8-3) allowed one run, six hits and did not walk a batter while striking out nine over seven innings.
Catcher Josh Phegley was 1-for-3 with two RBIs in his major-league debut and Gordon Beckham had two hits and an RBI for the White Sox. Chicago starter Dylan Axelrod (3-5) yielded five runs on nine hits over 1 2/3 innings – his shortest outing of the season.
The Rays sent 10 batters to the plate in the second inning en route to a 5-0 lead, ignited by Molina's two-run blast into the left-field seats. Johnson belted a solo shot to right field three pitches later while Evan Longoria added an RBI single and Myers tacked on a run-scoring double.
Myers’ sacrifice fly and Scott's two-out RBI single pushed the lead to 7-0 in the fourth. Hellickson, who struck out White Sox slugger Adam Dunn three times, kept Chicago off the scoresheet until yielding Phegley’s RBI single in the fifth.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Tampa Bay 1B James Loney had two singles to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 16 games. … OF Blake Tekotte and Phegley were recalled by the White Sox from Triple-A Charlotte on Friday and C Hector Gimenez was designated for assignment. Chicago also optioned OF Jordan Danks to Charlotte after Thursday’s game. … Myers has a hit in 15 of his first 18 games in the majors.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. White Sox |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Dylan Axelrod |
Player |
Jeremy Hellickson
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
1.2 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
1 |
Strikeouts |
9 |
|
9 |
Hits |
6 |
|
27.00 |
ERA |
1.29 |
Hitting
| Chi. White Sox |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Gordon Beckham
| Player |
Luke Scott |
|
2 |
Hits |
3 |
|
1 |
RBI |
1 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
3 |
TB |
4 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.750 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Chi. White Sox
|
10 |
0 |
13 |
.278 |
12 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Tampa Bay
|
14 |
2 |
22 |
.378 |
29 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
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