Marlins down Rays in Citrus Series clash
MIAMI - Logan Morrison hit a game-tying home run in the fourth inning and doubled in Florida's two-run eighth to help the Marlins beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 5-3, on Friday night.
MIAMI - Logan Morrison hit a game-tying home run in the fourth inning and doubled in Florida's two-run eighth to help the Marlins beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 5-3, on Friday night.
Morrison scored Florida's final run from third on a sacrifice fly to the first baseman.
The Marlins fell behind, 2-0, but rallied for their 14th come-from-behind win, which tied them with Colorado for the most in the majors.
Mike Stanton hit his 10th homer for Florida. Chris Coghlan, who had been in a 3-for-33 slump, had two hits and scored a run.
Leo Nunez needed only seven pitches in a perfect ninth for his 16th save, the most in the major leagues. He has yet to blow a save.
The first game of the Citrus Series between the state's two attendance-challenged teams drew a paid crowd of 18,111. The Marlins improved to 128-107 (.545) in interleague play, best in the NL.
With the score 3-all, the Rays wasted a leadoff double in the eighth.
Not the Marlins. Hanley Ramirez led off the bottom of the eighth with a single against Joel Peralta (1-3). Ramirez took third on Morrison's double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Gaby Sanchez.
With the infield in, Stanton hit a pop-up that sent first baseman Casey Kotchman retreating to the grass to make the catch with his back to the plate, and an alert Morrison tagged up and scored.
Marlins 5, Rays 3
Tampa Bay 200 000 100 – 3 7 1
Florida 100 200 02x – 5 9 0
Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Jaso c 3 1 1 0 0 1 .221
c-Shoppach ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .164
Zobrist 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .268
Damon lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .265
Jo.Peralta p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Longoria 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .221
Joyce rf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .358
B.Upton cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258
Ruggiano cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Kotchman 1b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .340
E.Johnson ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .263
C.Ramos p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Fuld lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Sonnanstine p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Howell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
B.Gomes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
S.Rodriguez ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 .205
Totals 32 3 7 3 1 9
Florida AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Coghlan cf 4 1 2 0 0 2 .244
H.Ramirez ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .217
Morrison lf 4 2 2 2 0 0 .325
G.Sanchez 1b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .311
Dobbs 3b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .347
Stanton rf 3 1 2 2 0 1 .270
J.Buck c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .226
Infante 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .230
Ani.Sanchez p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .059
a-Cousins ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
b-Helms ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .211
M.Dunn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
L.Nunez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 30 5 9 5 2 5
a-was announced for Ani.Sanchez in the 7th. b-was intentionally walked for Cousins in the 7th. c-struck out for Jaso in the 8th. E: Zobrist (3). LOB: Tampa Bay 3, Florida 5. 2B: S.Rodriguez (8), Coghlan (12), Morrison (8). 3B: Joyce 2 (2). HR: Morrison (6), off Sonnanstine; Stanton (10), off Sonnanstine. RBIs: Joyce 2 (23), Kotchman (8), Morrison 2 (14), G.Sanchez (27), Stanton 2 (23). CS: E.Johnson (1). SF: G.Sanchez, Stanton. RLSP: Tampa Bay 3 (B.Upton, E.Johnson, Damon); Florida 1 (Infante). RA: H.Ramirez, Morrison, J.Buck. GIDP: E.Johnson, Infante. DP: Tampa Bay 1 (Longoria, Zobrist, Kotchman); Florida 1 (H.Ramirez, Infante, G.Sanchez).
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Sonnanstine 5 7 3 3 0 1 75 4.21
Howell 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 0.00
B.Gomes 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 16 3.12
C.Ramos 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 10 3.95
Jo.Peralta (L 1-3) 1 2 2 2 1 0 21 3.47
Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Ani.Sanchez 7 6 3 3 1 6 110 3.02
M.Dunn (W 4-2) 1 1 0 0 0 2 18 1.80
L.Nunez (S 16-16) 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 2.78
IBB: off Jo.Peralta (Dobbs), off C.Ramos (Helms). Umpires: Home, John Hirschbeck; first, Wally Bell; second, Laz Diaz; third, Scott Barry.
T: 2:45. A: 18,111 (38,560).
Pirates 10, Tigers 1
PITTSBURGH - Neil Walker homered and drove in a career-high five runs to lead Pittsburgh past Detroit.
Walker's two-run double in the sixth off reliever Brayan Villarreal helped break open a tight game. Walker later added a three-run homer in the ninth.
Jeff Karstens (3-2) put together his best performance of the year. He retired the first 14 he faced and gave up just one run on three hits in six innings, striking out four without issuing a walk.
Brad Penny (5-5) took the loss.
Detroit 000 001 000 – 1 7 0
Pittsburgh 000 106 03x – 10 10 1
Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
A.Jackson cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .237
S.Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .204
Boesch rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Mi.Cabrera 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .309
1-C.Wells pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239
V.Martinez c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .313
Dirks lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .300
Kelly 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .239
Santiago ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 .291
Penny p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Villarreal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Benoit p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Raburn ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .204
Totals 34 1 7 1 0 7
Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
A.McCutchen cf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .247
Tabata lf 3 3 2 0 2 0 .235
G.Jones rf 4 2 2 2 1 1 .252
Ascanio p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Walker 2b 5 1 2 5 0 1 .288
Overbay 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .235
Doumit c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .284
Br.Wood 3b 2 1 0 0 2 1 .214
Cedeno ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .246
Karstens p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .133
a-Diaz ph 1 1 0 1 0 0 .227
D.McCutchen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Resop p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
c-Paul ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .244
Totals 34 10 10 10 7 6
a-grounded into a fielder's choice for Karstens in the 6th. b-reached on error for Benoit in the 8th. c-grounded out for Resop in the 8th.1-ran for Mi.Cabrera in the 9th. E: A.McCutchen (2). LOB: Detroit 6, Pittsburgh 7. 2B: A.Jackson (9), G.Jones (4), Walker (11). HR: Santiago (1), off Karstens; Overbay (4), off Penny; Walker (6), off Valverde. RBIs: Santiago (5), G.Jones 2 (15), Walker 5 (29), Overbay (15), Doumit (15), Diaz (6). SB: A.McCutchen (6), Cedeno (1), Diaz (2). RLSP: Detroit 3 (Boesch 2, Kelly); Pittsburgh 5 (A.McCutchen, Cedeno 2, Walker, Overbay). GIDP: Kelly. DP: Pittsburgh 1 (Cedeno, Walker, Overbay).
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Penny (L 4-4) 52/3 6 5 5 5 4 105 4.45
Villarreal 1/3 2 2 2 1 0 15 6.46
Benoit 1 0 0 0 0 2 15 7.47
Valverde 1 2 3 3 1 0 22 2.84
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Karstens (W 3-2) 6 3 1 1 0 4 75 3.32
D.McCutchen 1 2 0 0 0 0 12 0.49
Resop 1 1 0 0 0 2 21 4.43
Ascanio 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 4.91
IR-S: Villarreal 2-2. Umpires: Home, Mark Wegner; first, Chris Guccione; second, Mike Winters; third, Mike Muchlinski.
T: 2:59. A: 24,396 (38,362).