Philadelphia 2, Tampa Bay 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, April 13, 2018
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Ryan Blakney, 1B -
Jim Wolf, 2B -
D.J. Reyburn, 3B -
Sam Holbrook
Attendance:
13372
By Field Level Media
Philadelphia catcher Jorge Alfaro singled in the go-ahead run with two outs in the top of the ninth inning and the Phillies won for the sixth time in seven games with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on Friday.
Scott Kingery doubled with one out in the ninth inning off Alex Colome (0-2) before Alfaro hit a grounder between third base and shortstop that Matt Duffy got a glove on but could not corral.
Phillies closer Hector Neris pitched around a two-out walk in the ninth inning for his second save as the Phillies won the first game of a six-game road trip.
C.J. Cron had two hits of Rays' four hits and scored their only run. Tampa Bay is 3-10, off to its worst start in franchise history. The Rays have played a major league-high nine one-run games and are 2-7 in those games.
The Rays left runners on third base with two outs in the seventh and eighth inning. Edubray Ramos (1-0) got the only batter he faced for the victory.
Phillies right-hander Vincent Velasquez gave up four hits and one run in 6 2/3 innings, leaving with two outs and a runner on third in the seventh inning and the score tied at 1-all. He struck out seven and walked one.
Ray starter Jake Faria gave up two hits and one run in 5 1/3 innings and was replaced by Jose Alvarado after J.P. Crawford doubled and Cesar Hernandez walked with one out in the sixth inning. Carlos Santana dropped a single into right field to tie the game at 1 and put runners on second and third before Alvarado struck out the final two batters of the inning.
Tampa Bay took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Cron singled, took second on a wild pitch and scored on Mallex Smith's two-out looping single down the left field line.
Faria retired 12 in a row after walking Hernandez to open the game. Designated hitter Nick Williams broke up the no-hitter with a single to open the fifth.
The Phillies played their first series at Tropicana Field since June 2009, after the teams met in the 2008 World Series. The Phillies were 5-15 in interleague play last year.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Philadelphia |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Vince Velasquez
|
Player |
Jake Faria
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.2 |
IP |
5.1 |
|
7 |
Strikeouts |
7 |
|
4 |
Hits |
2 |
|
1.35 |
ERA |
1.69 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Philadelphia
|
7 |
0 |
9 |
.212 |
12 |
13 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
| Tampa Bay
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
.129 |
10 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
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