Boxscore: Houston vs. Tampa Bay - March 3, 2009

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009:

Rays 12, Astros 2

Astros(1-5)

Houston at Tampa Bay linescore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
hou (1-5)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	2
tb (3-4)	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	1		12	9	0

Rays(3-4)

Houston	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Bourn, CF	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	.250
Abercrombie, CF	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	.615
Maysonet, SS	4	0	1	1	1	1	4	.250
Erstad, RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.385
Bogusevic, RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250
Michaels, LF	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.154
Kata, LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333
Newhan, DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333
a-Esposito, PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Johnson, C, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.417
Smith, J, 2B	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	.000
Saccomanno, 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125
Gall, 1B	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
Towles, C	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000
Quintero, C	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000
Totals	33	2	8	2	5	8	21	.252

a-Grounded out for Newhan in the 8th.

Tampa Bay	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Bartlett, SS	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	.636
Olmedo, SS-2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455
Crawford, LF	3	1	0	0	1	2	3	.333
Johnson, E, 2B-RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385
Zobrist, 1B	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	.154
Richard, 1B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400
Burrell, DH	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	.250
a-Spring, PH-DH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
Kapler, RF	3	1	0	1	1	0	2	.000
Nowak, 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Navarro, C	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	.222
Perez, F, LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167
Kennedy, A, 3B	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	.200
Beckham, SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Sadler, R, CF	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	.333
Brignac, 2B	3	1	1	1	0	2	3	.071
Jaso, C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	34	12	9	12	7	8	12	.271

a-Doubled for Burrell in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Maysonet (1, Niemann), Abercrombie (3, Childers).
TB: Gall; Johnson, C; Maysonet 2; Michaels; Abercrombie 3; Bourn; Newhan.
RBI: Maysonet (1), Abercrombie (3).
2-out RBI: Maysonet; Abercrombie.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Michaels; Erstad; Esposito 2; Maysonet.
GIDP: Quintero.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Bourn 2 (4, 2nd base off Niemann/Navarro, 2nd base off Niemann/Navarro).

FIELDING
E: Backe (1, pickoff), Abercrombie (2, fielding).

BATTING
2B: Bartlett (3, Backe), Sadler, R 2 (2, Trinidad, Fulchino), Zobrist (1, Trinidad), Navarro (2, Fulchino), Spring (1, Graves).
HR: Brignac (1, 3rd inning off Backe, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Bartlett 4; Spring 2; Zobrist 2; Navarro 2; Sadler, R 4; Brignac 4.
RBI: Brignac (1), Burrell (2), Kapler (1), Navarro (1), Kennedy, A (2), Sadler, R 3 (4), Bartlett (4), Zobrist 2 (2), Spring (1).
2-out RBI: Zobrist 2; Sadler, R; Spring.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kapler; Burrell; Brignac; Nowak.
Team RISP: 5-for-14.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Kapler (Michaels at 3rd base).
DP: (Nowak-Richard).

Houston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Backe(L, 0-1)	2.0	3	4	4	3	3	1	18.00
Gervacio	0.0	0	3	3	3	0	0	--
Trinidad	0.2	3	3	3	1	2	0	40.50
Fulchino	2.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	3.86
Norris	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Graves	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Totals	8.0	9	12	11	7	8	1	6.10

Tampa Bay	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Niemann(W, 2-0)	3.0	2	1	1	1	5	1.80
Shouse	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0.00
Choate	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	18.00
Day	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00
Childers	1.2	3	0	0	1	2	0.00
Rodriguez	1.1	1	1	1	2	0	6.75
Totals	9.0	8	2	2	5	8	4.43

Backe pitched to 4 batters in the 3rd.
Gervacio pitched to 3 batters in the 3rd.

Groundouts-flyouts: Backe 2-0, Gervacio 0-0, Trinidad 0-0, Fulchino 4-0, Norris 2-1, Graves 1-2, Niemann 1-3, Shouse 0-1, Choate 2-0, Day 2-1, Childers 2-0, Rodriguez 3-0.
Batters faced: Backe 12, Gervacio 3, Trinidad 6, Fulchino 9, Norris 6, Graves 5, Niemann 12, Shouse 4, Choate 4, Day 3, Childers 8, Rodriguez 7.
Inherited runners-scored: Gervacio 3-3, Trinidad 3-3, Fulchino 1-0, Rodriguez 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Wally Bell. 1B: John Hirschbeck. 2B: Tim Welke. 3B: Brian O'Nora.
Weather: 64 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 14 mph, L to R.
T: 2:47.
Att: 5,524.
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media

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