| Final - 7.2.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Stories
Offense Wakes Up, Rays Beat Cards 5-1
The Rays finally found some mojo at home, scoring 5 runs off the NL Central's best, the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Punto, 6,4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .282 |
| Jon Jay, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .302 |
| Matt Holliday, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .321 |
| Lance Berkman, LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .297 |
| Tony Cruz, C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| David Freese, 1B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .375 |
| Mark Hamilton, ph,3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .171 |
| Colby Rasmus, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 |
| Yadier Molina, C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| Ryan Theriot, SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
| Daniel Descalso, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .246 |
| Skip Schumaker, 4,7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 |
| Totals | 35 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
Batting
Home runs - Berkman
Grounded into DP - Holliday, Schumaker
Team LOB - 10
Home runs - Berkman
Grounded into DP - Holliday, Schumaker
Team LOB - 10
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle McClellan (L, 6-5) | 5.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4.27 | 0 | 85-54 |
| Jason Motte | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.73 | 0 | 5-3 |
| Trever Miller | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.77 | 0 | 5-4 |
| Brandon Dickson | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 13-6 |
| Raul Valdes | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6-4 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Damon, DH | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 |
| Ben Zobrist, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .261 |
| Evan Longoria, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 |
| Matt Joyce, RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 |
| B.J. Upton, CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .225 |
| Casey Kotchman, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .336 |
| Justin Ruggiano, LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .317 |
| Kelly Shoppach, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .172 |
| Reid Brignac, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .187 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |
Batting
Home runs - Ruggiano
Doubles - Kotchman
Grounded into DP - Longoria, Shoppach
Caught Stealing - Upton
Team LOB - 4
Home runs - Ruggiano
Doubles - Kotchman
Grounded into DP - Longoria, Shoppach
Caught Stealing - Upton
Team LOB - 4
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Niemann (W, 3-4) | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5.05 | 1 | 98-62 |
| Cesar Ramos (, 0-1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.91 | 0 | 8-5 |
| Juan Cruz (, 4-0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.93 | 0 | 17-7 |
| J.P. Howell | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.03 | 0 | 5-3 |
| Joel Peralta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.82 | 0 | 22-14 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.18 | 0 | 7-4 |
GAME NOTES
Pitching notes: T.Miller pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.J.Niemann pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Doug Eddings, First Base Umpire - Dana DeMuth, Second Base Umpire - Kerwin Danley, Third Base Umpire - Vic Carapazza
Duration: 3:02
Pitching notes: T.Miller pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.J.Niemann pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Doug Eddings, First Base Umpire - Dana DeMuth, Second Base Umpire - Kerwin Danley, Third Base Umpire - Vic Carapazza
Duration: 3:02
