Rays batter Fish for 15 runs in romp
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06/26/2008 -
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carl Crawford homered twice and drove in five
runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays scored 10 runs in the fifth inning en route to a
15-3 decimation of the Florida Marlins in the middle contest of their three-
game set at Dolphin Stadium.
Evan Longoria went 3-for-6 with a homer, a double and three runs batted in for
the Rays, winners of two straight, and seven of 10 overall. Ben Zobrist added
a solo homer, and every Tampa Bay starter had a hit and scored a run.
In the midst of the offensive explosion, James Shields (5-5) tossed seven
strong innings, holding the Marlins to a run on four hits, striking out five
without issuing a walk.
"I thought I pitched well tonight," Shields said. "I mean, 15 runs in a game,
it's a little easier to pitch that way. Definitely fun, fun doing that. Yeah,
I scored a couple of runs. I was a little tired after that."
Marlins starter Ryan Tucker (2-2) was shelled in four-plus innings, allowing
seven runs on eight hits in Florida's third straight loss. Reliever Eulogio De
La Cruz was called up from Triple-A Albuquerque before the game and fared even
worse, surrendering six runs -- five earned -- without recording an out.
Mike Jacobs homered for the Marlins, while Dan Uggla added an RBI.
Already leading 4-0, the Rays put the game out of reach in the top of the
fifth, sending 14 batters to the plate in a 10-run explosion. The first nine
batters reached base, and Tampa Bay never looked back.
Crawford started the inning with his second homer of the night, crushing a 2-2
pitch over the wall in right. After B.J. Upton walked and Eric Hinske plated
him with a double, Tucker was pulled in favor of De La Cruz. The reliever got
ahead of Longoria, 0-2, but left a change-up over the plate and it was
launched over the scoreboard in left for an 8-0 lead.
"I just have to do a better job of executing," Tucker said. "It's just a bad
game all around, I thought, for me. Definitely the worst Ive felt since Ive
been here. Nothing was going where I wanted it to. Towards the end of the
game I was getting real tired there."
Walks to Dioner Navarro and Gabe Gross followed by a Zobrist single loaded the
bases, and two more runs came in to score when Hanley Ramirez botched Shields'
grounder to short. Iwamura doubled off the wall in left to plate Shields and
end De La Cruz's night. Logan Kensing came on and allowed a run-scoring
groundout to Crawford and an RBI single to Upton. Longoria made it an even 10
runs with a bloop single for his third RBI of the inning. Kensing retired
Navarro to end the frame, but the 4-0 lead had ballooned to an insurmountable
14-0 gap.
"Guys swung the bats well," Crawford said. "Nobody was giving up their at-
bats. Even when we scored a bunch of runs, guys were still taking every at-
bat like it was their last"
The teams traded solo homers down the stretch, with Jacobs connecting in the
sixth and Zobrist countering in the eighth. Uggla picked up an RBI single in
the eighth and Matt Treanor scored on Iwamura's error in the ninth to secure
the final margin.
The Rays jumped in front in the third on Crawford's three-run blast. Shields
led off with an infield single, and after Iwamura worked a walk, Crawford
blasted a high fastball into the seats in right.
Tampa tacked on another run in the next frame, as Longoria led off with a
double, moved to third on Navarro's infield single and scored when Gross
slapped a single to left.
Game Notes
The 15 runs were a season high for Tampa Bay. The Rays scored 13 runs twice,
most recently June 9 against the Angels. The 10-run inning was also a season
best, topping a pair of seven-run outbursts...The Rays were 8-for-19 with
runners in scoring position, while the Marlins were just 1-for-7...Crawford,
Hinske, Longoria, Navarro and Zobrist all had at least two hits for the
Rays...Matt Garza (5-4) looks to complete the sweep for the Rays in the series
finale on Thursday against Mark Hendrickson (7-5).
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