Tampa Bay 9, Cleveland 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, May 31, 2013
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature:
70°
Umpires:
Home -
Fieldin Culbreth, 1B -
Brian O'Nora, 2B -
Bill Welke, 3B -
Adrian Johnson
Attendance:
29603
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Rays 9, Indians 2: James Loney belted a pair of homers and knocked in three as visiting Tampa Bay extended its win streak to six after three rain delays caused the game to end at nearly 3 a.m.
Matt Joyce added a two-run homer while Yunel Escobar and Ben Zobrist each collected two hits and an RBI for the Rays, who scored five times in the third after 4 hours 49 minutes of delays. Jamey Wright (1-1) allowed two unearned runs and one walk over three-plus innings as four Rays pitchers combined on one-hitter.
Ryan Raburn had an RBI double for the Indians, who have dropped three of four to Tampa Bay this season. Reliever Scott Barnes (0-1) allowed five runs on four hits in one inning to take the loss - his first career decision.
Barnes allowed an infield hit to Escobar before Joyce hammered his two-run shot to right field with two outs. Kelly Johnson followed with a walk and scored on Evan Longoria’s double before Loney made it 5-0 with another two-run blast to right field.
The Indians pulled within 5-2 in the fifth on a Yan Gomes sacrifice fly and Raburn’s two-out, RBI double off the right-field wall. Josh Lueke pitched two scoreless innings while Cesar Ramos worked three hitless frames for his first career save for the Rays.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Tampa Bay starter Matt Moore went only one inning, retiring all three batters, before the third rain delay and did not return. … Cleveland starter Corey Kluber struck out three and did not allow a hit in two innings. … Rays RHP Alex Colome, who won his major-league debut Thursday, was optioned to Triple-A Durham and LHP Jeff Beliveau was recalled.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Tampa Bay |
|
Cleveland |
|
Matt Moore
|
Player |
Corey Kluber
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
1.0 |
IP |
2.0 |
|
1 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
0 |
Hits |
0 |
|
0.00 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Tampa Bay
|
11 |
3 |
22 |
.289 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Cleveland
|
2 |
0 |
3 |
.074 |
5 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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