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Blue Jays
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
August 31, 2010
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on August 31, 2010 at Tropicana Field.
Game Summary
Date | August 31, 2010 |
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Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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Home Team |
Tampa Bay Rays
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 31, 2010 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
Home Team | Tampa Bay Rays |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ricky Romero |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jeff Niemann |
Ballpark | Tropicana Field |
City | St. Petersburg |
State | FL |
Attendance | 12,972 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 57 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jeff Nelson 1B: Mark Carlson 2B: Jeff Kellogg 3B: Larry Vanover |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
Name | Position |
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Fred Lewis | DH |
Dewayne Wise | Right Fielder |
Jose Bautista | Third Baseman |
Vernon Wells | Center Fielder |
Adam Lind | First Baseman |
John Buck | Catcher |
Aaron Hill | Second Baseman |
Travis Snider | Left Fielder |
John McDonald | Shortstop |
Cito Gaston | Manager |
Tampa Bay Rays Lineup
Name | Position |
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Melvin Upton | Center Fielder |
Jason Bartlett | Shortstop |
Carl Crawford | Left Fielder |
Evan Longoria | Third Baseman |
Carlos Pena | First Baseman |
Sean Rodriguez | Second Baseman |
Kelly Shoppach | Catcher |
Ben Zobrist | Right Fielder |
Dan Johnson | DH |
Joe Maddon | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Blue Jays
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
August 31, 2010
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Niemann
Lewis strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Wise vs. Niemann
Wise hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Bautista vs. Niemann
Bautista hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. Wise moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Wells vs. Niemann
Wells strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Romero
Upton hits a line drive into right field. Wise settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Romero
Bartlett hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDonald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Romero
Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lind scoops it up and throws to first, with Romero covering, for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Niemann
Lind hits a popup, foul, towards third. Longoria settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Niemann
Buck hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Niemann
Hill hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Romero
Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bautista fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Romero
Pena strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Romero
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDonald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Niemann
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Niemann
McDonald hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Niemann
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rodriguez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Wise vs. Niemann
Wise hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rodriguez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shoppach vs. Romero
Shoppach hits a fly ball into left field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Zobrist vs. Romero
Zobrist takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Romero
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bautista vs. Niemann
Bautista takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Wells vs. Niemann
Wells hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Lind vs. Niemann
Lind hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rodriguez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Romero
Upton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Bartlett vs. Romero
Bartlett hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDonald fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Romero
Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lind scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Crawford for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Niemann
Buck hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Niemann
Hill hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Niemann
Snider takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
McDonald vs. Niemann
There goes Snider. The throw from Shoppach and he is safe. Snider steals second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
McDonald vs. Niemann
McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Romero
Longoria takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Romero
Pena hits a fly ball into center field. Wells settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Longoria moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Romero
Rodriguez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Shoppach vs. Romero
Shoppach hits a fly ball into right field. Wise settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Longoria moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Zobrist vs. Romero
Zobrist hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Longoria scores. Rodriguez moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Romero
Johnson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wells. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Wells throws the ball in to Hill who relays the ball to Bautista who tags Johnson trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Rodriguez scores. Zobrist goes all the way around to score. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Niemann
Lewis bunts towards third. Longoria fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Wise vs. Niemann
There goes Lewis. The throw from Shoppach and he is safe. Lewis steals second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Wise vs. Niemann
Wise hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lewis scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bautista vs. Niemann
There goes Wise. The throw from Shoppach and he is safe. Wise steals second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Bautista vs. Niemann
Bautista is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Wells vs. Niemann
Wells hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Crawford. Wells reaches second base with a double. Wise scores. Bautista goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lind vs. Niemann
Lind hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Upton. Lind reaches second base with a double. Wells scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Buck vs. Niemann
Buck hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Crawford. Buck reaches second base with a double. Lind scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Hill vs. Cormier
Lance Cormier now pitching.
Hill hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Cormier
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Cormier
McDonald takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Lewis vs. Cormier
Lewis hits a popup, foul, towards third. Longoria settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Wise vs. Cormier
Wise hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rodriguez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McDonald moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Bautista vs. Cormier
Bautista hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 11 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Cormier
Wells hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Crawford. Wells reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 11 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Lind vs. Cormier
Lind hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 11 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Romero
Upton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 11 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brignac vs. Romero
Reid Brignac pinch hits for Jason Bartlett.
Brignac strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 11 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Joyce vs. Romero
Matthew Joyce pinch hits for Carl Crawford.
Joyce strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 11 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Sonnanstine
Reid Brignac now playing shortstop. Matthew Joyce now playing left field. Willy Aybar now playing third base. Andy Sonnanstine now pitching.
Buck hits a fly ball into left field. Joyce settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 11 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McCoy vs. Sonnanstine
Mike McCoy pinch hits for Aaron Hill.
McCoy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aybar fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 11 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Sonnanstine
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rodriguez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 11 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Aybar vs. Romero
Mike McCoy now playing second base.
Aybar hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDonald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 11 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Romero
Pena strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 11 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Romero
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Romero fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 11 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Sonnanstine
McDonald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 11 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lewis vs. Sonnanstine
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sonnanstine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McDonald moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 11 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Wise vs. Sonnanstine
There's a wild pitch. McDonald moves to third. Lewis moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 11 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Wise vs. Sonnanstine
Wise hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rodriguez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McDonald scores. Lewis moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 12 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Bautista vs. Sonnanstine
Bautista hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Lewis scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Wells vs. Sonnanstine
Wells hits a popup towards first. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Lind vs. Sonnanstine
Lind hits a line drive towards short. Brignac reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Shoppach vs. Romero
Shoppach strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Zobrist vs. Romero
Zobrist hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDonald fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on McDonald. Zobrist moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Romero
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Upton vs. Romero
Upton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Zobrist moves to third. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Brignac vs. Janssen
Casey Janssen now pitching.
Brignac hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Zobrist scores. Johnson scores. Upton moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Joyce vs. Janssen
Joyce strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Aybar vs. Janssen
Aybar takes first base on ball four. Brignac moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Pena vs. Janssen
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Sonnanstine
Matthew Joyce now playing right field. Ben Zobrist now playing center field. Dan Johnson now playing left field. Andy Sonnanstine now pitching.
Buck strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCoy vs. Sonnanstine
McCoy hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Sonnanstine
Snider hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Joyce. Snider reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
McDonald vs. Sonnanstine
McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brignac scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Frasor
Jason Frasor now pitching.
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shoppach vs. Frasor
Shoppach hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Snider. Shoppach reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zobrist vs. Frasor
Zobrist hits a fly ball into center field. Wells settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Frasor
Johnson strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/31/2010 -- Toronto at Tampa Bay (N) Toronto AB R H RBI Tampa Bay AB R H RBI Lewis F, dh 5 2 2 0 Upton B, cf 3 0 1 0 Wise D, rf 5 2 3 2 Sonnanstine A, p-p 0 0 0 0 Bautista J, 3b 3 2 2 4 Bartlett J, ss 2 0 0 0 Wells V, cf 5 1 2 2 Brignac R, ph-ss 2 0 1 2 Lind A, 1b 5 1 1 1 Crawford C, lf 2 0 0 0 Buck J, c 5 1 1 1 Joyce M, ph-lf-rf 2 0 0 0 Hill A, 2b 3 1 1 2 Longoria E, 3b 1 1 0 0 McCoy M, ph-2b 2 0 0 0 Aybar W, 3b 1 0 0 0 Snider T, lf 4 0 1 0 Pena C, 1b 4 0 0 0 McDonald J, ss 4 3 2 1 Rodriguez S, 2b 3 1 0 0 Shoppach K, c 4 0 1 0 Zobrist B, rf-cf 3 2 1 1 Johnson D, dh-lf 3 1 1 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41 13 15 13 30 5 5 5 Toronto 001 00(10) 020 -- 13 Tampa Bay 000 030 020 -- 5 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO Romero R (W) 7.1 3 5 4 5 5 Janssen C 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 Frasor J 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO Niemann J (L)* 5.0 7 7 7 2 3 Cormier L 1.0 4 4 4 1 1 Sonnanstine A 3.0 4 2 2 0 1 * Pitched to 6 batters in 6th E -- McDonald J DP -- Toronto 2, Tampa Bay 1 LOB -- Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 4 2B -- Johnson D, Wells V 2, Lind A, Buck J, Snider T, Shoppach K HR -- McDonald J, Hill A, Bautista J SB -- Snider T, Lewis F, Wise D HBP -- by Niemann J (Bautista J) WP -- Sonnanstine A T -- 2:57 A -- 12972
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