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Texas Rangers @ Tampa Bay Rays

2014-04-05 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 30364 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:48

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Texas Rangers 5–4. Tampa Bay Rays put up 2 in the 4th. Brandon Gomes earned the win and Grant Balfour picked up the save. Matt Joyce went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	9
TBA	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2		5	7

W: Brandon Gomes L: Neal Cotts SV: Grant Balfour

Umpires — HP: Hunter Wendelstedt · 1B: Mike DiMuro · 2B: Mike Estabrook · 3B: Jerry Layne · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Shin-Soo Choo	4	1	2	1	1
Elvis Andrus	4	1	3	1	0
Prince Fielder	4	0	0	0	0
Adrian Beltre	4	0	0	0	2
Alex Rios	4	0	1	2	0
Michael Choice	4	0	0	0	1
Robinson Chirinos	3	1	0	0	1
Leonys Martin	3	0	0	0	1
Josh Wilson	3	1	3	0	0
Mitch Moreland	1	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
David DeJesus	3	0	0	0	1	0
Wil Myers	3	1	0	0	1	0
Ben Zobrist	3	0	0	0	0	1
Evan Longoria	3	1	0	0	1	1
James Loney	2	1	2	2	2	0
Desmond Jennings	4	0	1	0	0	0
Matt Joyce	4	1	2	2	0	0
Jose Molina	2	0	0	0	0	1
Yunel Escobar	3	1	1	1	0	0
Logan Forsythe	1	0	1	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nick Martinez	6.0	4	3	3
Jason Frasor	1.0	2	0	0
Neal Cotts	1.0	1	2	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
David Price	6.0	9	6
Jake McGee	1.0	0	0
Brandon Gomes	1.0	0	0
Grant Balfour	1.0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Shin-Soo Choo: S9/L89S
Elvis Andrus: S7/G56.1-2
Prince Fielder: 8/F8LXD+.2-3
Adrian Beltre: K
Alex Rios: SB2
Alex Rios: D7/L8LS+.3-H;2-H
Michael Choice: K

Bot 1

David DeJesus: 63/G6
Wil Myers: 53/G56+
Ben Zobrist: 8/F89XD+

Top 2

Robinson Chirinos: 63/G6D/MREV
Leonys Martin: K
Josh Wilson: S5/G5S-
Shin-Soo Choo: S7/L78S.1-2
Elvis Andrus: S7/L78S-.2-H;1-2
Prince Fielder: 43/G4

Bot 2

Evan Longoria: 143/L13
James Loney: D9/L9LM
Desmond Jennings: S7/G56.2-3
Matt Joyce: 5/F5F-
Jose Molina: K

Top 3

Adrian Beltre: K
Alex Rios: 8/F8RXD+
Michael Choice: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 3

Yunel Escobar: HR/F7D+
David DeJesus: W
Wil Myers: 46(1)3/GDP/G4+
Ben Zobrist: K

Top 4

Robinson Chirinos: HP
Leonys Martin: 13/SH.1-2
Josh Wilson: S9/F9LS-.2-3
Shin-Soo Choo: 8/SF/F8RD+.3-H
Elvis Andrus: S8/L8RM.1-3
Prince Fielder: 6(1)/FO/G6M

Bot 4

Evan Longoria: 53/G5
James Loney: W
Desmond Jennings: 4/F89S
Matt Joyce: HR/F9LD+.1-H
Jose Molina: 53/G6S-

Top 5

Adrian Beltre: 3/G3+
Alex Rios: 43/G4S-
Michael Choice: 43/G4

Bot 5

Yunel Escobar: 53/G56S-
David DeJesus: 8/F8RXD+
Wil Myers: 3/F34S-

Top 6

Robinson Chirinos: K
Leonys Martin: 63/G6
Josh Wilson: S1/G-
Shin-Soo Choo: K

Bot 6

Ben Zobrist: 43/G34
Evan Longoria: K23
James Loney: W
Desmond Jennings: 54(1)/FO/G56

Top 7

Elvis Andrus: 4/F8LS
Prince Fielder: 13/G15+
Adrian Beltre: 63/G6+

Bot 7

Matt Joyce: S7/G56
Logan Forsythe: S7/F8LM.1-3;BX2(764)
Yunel Escobar: 63/G6S
David DeJesus: 63/G6S-

Top 8

Alex Rios: 8/F8RM
Michael Choice: 53/G56
Robinson Chirinos: 8/F8RD

Bot 8

Wil Myers: W
Ben Zobrist: 13/SH.1-2
Evan Longoria: IW
James Loney: D7/F7D.2-H;1-H
Desmond Jennings: 2/P
Matt Joyce: 9/F89D

Top 9

Leonys Martin: 8/F8LXD+
Mitch Moreland: 2/F2LF-
Shin-Soo Choo: 43/G4

Notes & reviews

replay,2,chirr001,TEX,laynj901,STP01,,Y,M,TBA,C $Robinson Chirinos was called safe but Rays manager Joe Madden challenged the ruling; it was overturned by replay

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