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July 7, 2008

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John Buck Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .244
OBP .250 .319
At Bats 4 209
Hits 1 51
• Singles 1 33
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 23

Dan Wheeler Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 3
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Tropicana Field - July 7, 2008
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Home Run
Dan Wheeler
Dioner Navarro
Carlos Pena
Akinori Iwamura
Evan Longoria
Ben Zobrist
Carl Crawford
Gabe Gross
Eric Hinske
John Buck
Ross Gload
Esteban German
Count: 1-0, 1 Out
Count: 1-0, 1 Out

Buck hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Gload is walked intentionally.
Top 10 Esteban German pinch runs for Billy Butler. Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iwamura scoops it up and throws to first for the out. German moves to third.
Top 10 Dan Wheeler now pitching. Butler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Longoria. Butler moves to second.
Bottom 9 Gross strikes out.
Bottom 9 Aybar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Longoria moves to second.
Bottom 9 Longoria hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Pena hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 9 Joakim Soria now pitching. Crawford strikes out.
Top 9 Gordon hits a line drive towards first. Pena reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Trever Miller now pitching. DeJesus strikes out.
Bottom 8 Iwamura hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ramirez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ramon Ramirez now pitching. Zobrist hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gload scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zobrist for the out. Navarro moves to third.
Bottom 8 Hinske hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gload settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Navarro hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Teahen. Navarro reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Pena strikes out.
Top 8 Aviles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Buck hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Navarro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Carl Crawford now playing left field. Gabe Gross now playing center field. Gload hits a line drive towards short. Zobrist reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gomes strikes out.
Bottom 7 Willy Aybar pinch hits for Cliff Floyd. Aybar hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Longoria strikes out.
Top 7 J.P. Howell now pitching. Teahen strikes out.
Top 7 Butler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zobrist fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gordon moves to third.
Top 7 Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Gathright bunts in front of the plate. Navarro fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 DeJesus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Pena strikes out.
Bottom 6 Ron Mahay now pitching. Crawford strikes out.
Bottom 6 Iwamura takes first base on ball four. Hinske moves to second.
Bottom 6 Zobrist strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hinske hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Pena strikes out.
Top 6 Aviles strikes out.
Top 6 Buck hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iwamura scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Navarro hits a line drive into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gomes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Floyd strikes out.
Top 5 Gload hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pena scoops it up and throws to first, with Garza covering, for the out.
Top 5 Teahen hits a fly ball into center field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Butler hits a fly ball into center field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Pena hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Iwamura moves to third.
Bottom 4 Crawford hits a line drive into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Iwamura hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gathright. Iwamura reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Gomes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gathright hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Aviles moves to second.
Top 4 DeJesus hits a popup towards short. Zobrist settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pena bunts towards first. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zobrist fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Zobrist strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hinske hits a fly ball into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Navarro takes first base on ball four. Floyd moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gomes hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Floyd hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Buck hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garza fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Gload hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Teahen goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Teahen bunts towards third. Longoria fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Butler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gordon strikes out.
Bottom 2 Longoria strikes out.
Bottom 2 Pena hits a popup towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Crawford hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Iwamura hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gload juggles the ball. That's an error on Gload. Hinske moves to third. Zobrist moves to second.
Bottom 2 Zobrist takes first base on ball four. Hinske moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hinske bunts towards third. Gordon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Gathright hits a fly ball into left field. Gomes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DeJesus hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hinske who is chasing the ball. DeJesus reaches third base with a triple. Gload scores. Buck goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Pena strikes out.
Top 2 Aviles hits a fly ball into right field. Hinske settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gload moves to third.
Top 2 Buck hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gload moves to second.
Top 2 Gload takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Navarro hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meche fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gomes hits a popup towards short. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Floyd hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Longoria moves to third.
Bottom 1 Longoria hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Crawford scores.
Bottom 1 There goes Crawford. The throw from Buck and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Iwamura scores.
Bottom 1 Pena strikes out.
Bottom 1 Crawford hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Iwamura moves to third.
Bottom 1 Iwamura takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Teahen strikes out.
Top 1 Butler hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pena scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Butler for the out. Gathright moves to third. Gordon moves to second.
Top 1 Gordon is hit by the pitch. Gathright moves to second.
Top 1 Gathright bunts towards second base. Iwamura fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 1 DeJesus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.