Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 8, 2010
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - CB Bucknor, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Dana DeMuth, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 16191
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Baltimore
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Brian Roberts 2B 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 .143
Adam Jones CF 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .286
Nick Markakis RF 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 .200
Miguel Tejada 3B 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .083
Luke Scott LF 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .200
Matt Wieters C 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .500
Nolan Reimold DH 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .250
Garrett Atkins 1B 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 .333
Julio Lugo SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Totals 36 5 9 4 3 6 14  
Batting
2B - Brian Roberts (1), Luke Scott (1), Garrett Atkins (3)
HR - Nolan Reimold (1)
TB - Brian Roberts 3, Nick Markakis, Luke Scott 2, Matt Wieters 2, Nolan Reimold 4, Garrett Atkins 3
RBI - Matt Wieters (2), Nolan Reimold (1), Garrett Atkins 2 (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Adam Jones 2 (2), Miguel Tejada (4), Matt Wieters (1), Garrett Atkins (1)
Team LOB - 8
Baserunning
SB - Brian Roberts (1, 2nd off Sonnanstine/Shoppach)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Brian Matusz (W 1-0) 5.0 2 2 2 5 7 0 3.60
Matt Albers (H 2) 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2.70
Will Ohman (H 2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jim Johnson (H 2) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.40
Michael Gonzalez (SV 1) 1.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 13.50
Pitches-Strikes - Brian Matusz 97-55, Matt Albers 33-20, Will Ohman 2-1, Jim Johnson 14-7, Michael Gonzalez 26-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brian Matusz 0-5, Matt Albers 2-2, Will Ohman 1-0, Jim Johnson 1-1, Michael Gonzalez 0-1
Batters Faced - Brian Matusz 20, Matt Albers 8, Will Ohman 1, Jim Johnson 4, Michael Gonzalez 6
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jason Bartlett SS 5 0 2 1 0 1 1 .385
Carl Crawford LF 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 .200
Ben Zobrist 2B-RF 5 1 1 0 0 1 5 .308
Evan Longoria 3B 4 0 2 1 0 1 2 .417
Carlos Pena 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250
B.J. Upton CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .200
Pat Burrell DH 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 .111
Gabe Kapler RF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000
     Reid Brignac PH-2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .750
     Sean Rodriguez PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200
Kelly Shoppach C 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .200
     Dioner Navarro PH-C 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .500
Totals 30 4 6 4 8 10 14  
Batting
3B - Ben Zobrist (1)
TB - Jason Bartlett 2, Ben Zobrist 3, Evan Longoria 2, Reid Brignac
RBI - Jason Bartlett (2), Carl Crawford (3), Evan Longoria (5), Dioner Navarro (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ben Zobrist 2 (3), Evan Longoria (2), Gabe Kapler (1)
SF - Carl Crawford (1)
Team LOB - 8
Baserunning
CS - Carl Crawford (1, 2nd by Matusz/Wieters), Evan Longoria (1, 2nd by Matusz/Wieters)
SB - B.J. Upton (1, 2nd off Matusz/Wieters)
PO - Carl Crawford (1st by Matusz), Evan Longoria (1st by Matusz)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jeff Niemann 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Andy Sonnanstine 3.1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2.70
Mike Ekstrom (L 0-1) 0.1 1 3 3 1 1 0 81.00
Grant Balfour (BS 1) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 4.50
Randy Choate 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Dan Wheeler 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
WP - Grant Balfour, Dan Wheeler
HBP - Miguel Tejada (by Ekstrom)
IBB - Nick Markakis (by Wheeler)
Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 12-10, Andy Sonnanstine 54-34, Mike Ekstrom 18-9, Grant Balfour 30-18, Randy Choate 8-5, Dan Wheeler 21-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 2-1, Andy Sonnanstine 4-5, Mike Ekstrom 0-0, Grant Balfour 3-1, Randy Choate 0-0, Dan Wheeler 3-0
Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 4, Andy Sonnanstine 15, Mike Ekstrom 4, Grant Balfour 8, Randy Choate 2, Dan Wheeler 7
Inherited Runners-Scored - Mike Ekstrom 2-0, Grant Balfour 3-3, Dan Wheeler 1-0