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Texas Rangers @ Tampa Bay Rays

2019-06-30 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 11234 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:28

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Texas Rangers 6–2. Tampa Bay Rays opened the scoring in the 2nd — Joey Wendle out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Delino DeShields. Yandy Diaz scores. Texas Rangers took the lead in the 4th — Joey Gallo homers (20) on a fly ball to right field. Elvis Andrus scores. Tampa Bay Rays took the lead in the 4th — Willy Adames hits a ground-rule double (12) on a line drive to left-center field. Kevin Kiermaier scores. Joey Wendle to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Joey Gallo homers (20) on a fly ball to right field. Elvis Andrus scores — worth 24% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Kevin Cash (M): Called third strike.

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Line score

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

W: Blake Snell L: Jesse Chavez SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bruce Dreckman · 1B: John Libka · 2B: Paul Emmel · 3B: Mike Estabrook · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Shin-Soo Choo	4	0	0	0	2
Delino DeShields	3	0	0	0	2
Elvis Andrus	4	1	2	0	0
Joey Gallo	2	1	2	2	0
Logan Forsythe	3	0	0	0	3
Willie Calhoun	3	0	0	0	2
Danny Santana	3	0	0	0	2
Ronald Guzman	3	0	0	0	3
Jeff Mathis	2	0	0	0	2
Nomar Mazara	1	0	0	0	1
Rougned Odor	1	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Austin Meadows	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tommy Pham	4	1	1	1	0	3
Brandon Lowe	4	0	0	0	0	3
Yandy Diaz	4	3	3	0	0	0
Kevin Kiermaier	4	2	2	2	0	0
Avisail Garcia	3	0	0	0	1	1
Joey Wendle	2	0	0	1	0	1
Willy Adames	4	0	1	1	0	2
Travis d'Arnaud	4	0	1	0	0	2

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jesse Chavez	6.0	5	0	8
Brett Martin	1.0	2	0	3
Jose Leclerc	1.0	2	1	2

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Blake Snell	6.0	3	12
Chaz Roe	0.0	1	0
Colin Poche	0.2	0	1
Adam Kolarek	1.1	0	3
Emilio Pagan	1.0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Shin-Soo Choo: K
Delino DeShields: K
Elvis Andrus: 9/F9M

Bot 1

Austin Meadows: 43/G34D
Tommy Pham: K
Brandon Lowe: K

Top 2

Joey Gallo: S1/BG56S
Logan Forsythe: K
Willie Calhoun: CS2(26)
Willie Calhoun: K

Bot 2

Yandy Diaz: DGR/L9LM+
Kevin Kiermaier: E6/TH/G6.2-3
Avisail Garcia: SB2
Avisail Garcia: K/C
Joey Wendle: 8/SF/F8LM.3-H(UR)
Willy Adames: 8/L8LD+

Top 3

Danny Santana: K
Ronald Guzman: K
Jeff Mathis: K

Bot 3

Travis d'Arnaud: 63/G6
Austin Meadows: K
Tommy Pham: K

Top 4

Shin-Soo Choo: 63/G4
Delino DeShields: K
Elvis Andrus: S7/G56+
Joey Gallo: HR/F9D+.1-H
Logan Forsythe: K

Bot 4

Brandon Lowe: K
Yandy Diaz: D9/G3+
Kevin Kiermaier: S8/G4M+.2-H
Avisail Garcia: 7/F8LD
Joey Wendle: HP.1-2
Willy Adames: DGR/L8LXD+.2-H;1-3
Travis d'Arnaud: K

Top 5

Willie Calhoun: K
Danny Santana: 13/G-
Ronald Guzman: K

Bot 5

Austin Meadows: 7/F7LM
Tommy Pham: HR/F9D+
Brandon Lowe: 8/F8LM
Yandy Diaz: 53/G5

Top 6

Jeff Mathis: K
Shin-Soo Choo: 9/F9D
Delino DeShields: 9/L9M+

Bot 6

Kevin Kiermaier: 43/G4
Avisail Garcia: 9/F89M
Joey Wendle: K

Top 7

Elvis Andrus: S8/L6D+
Joey Gallo: 13/SH.1-2
Logan Forsythe: K
Willie Calhoun: 53/G56

Bot 7

Willy Adames: K23
Travis d'Arnaud: S7
Austin Meadows: S8/L8RM.1-3
Tommy Pham: K
Brandon Lowe: K

Top 8

Danny Santana: K
Ronald Guzman: K
Nomar Mazara: K

Bot 8

Yandy Diaz: D8/L8RD+
Kevin Kiermaier: T9/L89D+.2-H
Avisail Garcia: PB.3-H(UR)(NR)
Avisail Garcia: W
Joey Wendle: 36(1)/FO/G34S
Willy Adames: K+SB2
Travis d'Arnaud: K

Top 9

Shin-Soo Choo: K
Rougned Odor: 9/F89D
Elvis Andrus: 43/G6

Notes & reviews

Rays challenged call that Kiermaier was out at 1st; call was overturned - safe on throwing error
Tampa Bay manager Cash ejected by HP umpire Dreckman for arguing called third strike
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