Tampa Bay 4, San Francisco 3
When: 1:40 PM ET, Sunday, August 4, 2013
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Adam Hamari, 1B -
Rob Drake, 2B -
Andy Fletcher, 3B -
Joe West
Attendance:
34078
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Rays 4, Giants 3: Sam Fuld scored the tying run in the fifth and delivered an RBI single an inning later to lift host Tampa Bay to victory in the rubber match of the three-game interleague series.
Rookie Wil Myers belted a two-run homer and Evan Longoria added an RBI base hit for the Rays, who remained one game behind first-place Boston in the American League East.
San Francisco erased a 2-1 deficit as Brandon Crawford hit a two-run triple in the fourth, but Fuld drew a leadoff walk in the fifth and stole second before racing home on Longoria's two-out single. Another leadoff walk in the sixth came back to haunt the Giants as Yunel Escobar received a free pass from Jose Mijares (0-3) before scoring on Fuld's base hit three batters later.
Alex Torres (4-0) picked up the win after striking out two in 1 1/3 innings of relief. Fernando Rodney worked a perfect ninth for his 27th save.
Buster Posey went 2-for-4 with an RBI while Hunter Pence and Marco Scutaro also had two hits apiece for the Giants, who have lost two straight following a three-game winning streak.
GAME NOTEBOOK: San Francisco RHP Guillermo Moscoso yielded three runs on four hits and four walks in 4 2/3 innings as he started in place of LHP Barry Zito, who was pulled from the rotation due to ineffectiveness. ... Rays starter Roberto Hernandez also lasted only 4 2/3 frames, surrendering three runs and eight hits. ... Myers has recorded at least one hit in 14 of his last 15 contests.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| San Francisco |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Guillermo Moscoso |
Player |
Roberto Hernandez
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
4.2 |
IP |
4.2 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
4 |
Hits |
8 |
|
5.79 |
ERA |
5.79 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| San Francisco
|
9 |
0 |
13 |
.257 |
16 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Tampa Bay
|
6 |
1 |
9 |
.200 |
18 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
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