Tampa Bay 9, Toronto 1
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 7:10 PM
Location -
Tropicana Field
Temperature -
Indoors
Umpires -
Home Plate -
Adrian Johnson,
First Base -
Cory Blaser,
Second Base -
Lance Barksdale,
Third Base -
Gary Cederstrom,
Attendance -
11803
Final Scoring Summary
|
Final
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
X |
R
|
H
|
E
|
|
Toronto
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1
|
5 |
1 |
|
Tampa Bay
|
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
9
|
12 |
0 |
Team Records
| Team |
W/L |
Home |
Away |
Streak |
| Toronto
|
56-54 |
28-26 |
28-28 |
L1 |
| Tampa Bay
|
57-52 |
25-26 |
32-26 |
W1 |
Recap
Robinson Chirinos hit his first career home run and James Shields rebounded from a rough outing by pitching into the eighth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays trounced the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 9-1 on Wednesday.
With two runners on base and Tampa leading 5-1, Chirinos - a 27-year-old rookie catcher - deposited an offering from Carlos Villanueva (6-3) over the left-field wall as part of a four-run third inning. Villanueva lasted only one more batter and was torched for eight runs on nine hits in his shortest start of the season.
Chirinos finished with a career-high four RBIs as the Rays pounded out 12 hits against four Toronto pitchers.
Shields (10-9) limited Toronto to one run on three hits over 7 1/3 innings. It marked a vast improvement from his previous start, when he was roughed up for a season-high 10 runs in a one-sided loss to Oakland.
Ben Zobrist and Casey Kotchman also took Villanueva deep while Matt Joyce went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI.
J.P. Arencibia hit his 18th home run - and sixth in the past 10 games - for the Jays.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Toronto
|
5 |
1 |
9 |
.156 |
11 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Tampa Bay
|
12 |
3 |
24 |
.353 |
15 |
9 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Upcoming Games
-
Tampa Bay
will play their next game at home against Toronto.
The
Rays
have a W/L % of
.474
after a win and
.577
after a loss.
-
Toronto will play their next game on the road against Tampa Bay.
The
Blue Jays
have a W/L % of
.500
after a win and
.519
after a loss.