Cleveland Indians vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Box Score - May 15, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for May 15, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 4

Series tied 1-1 (as of 5/15)

Game 1: Thursday, May 14
Cleveland	11	Final
Tampa Bay	7	Final
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Game 2: Friday, May 15
Cleveland	7	Final
Tampa Bay	8	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, May 16
Cleveland	2	Final
Tampa Bay	4	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, May 17
Cleveland	5	Final
Tampa Bay	7	Final
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Indians 7

(14-23, 7-12 away)

Rays 8

(17-20, 7-8 home)

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7:38 PM ET, May 15, 2009

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	2
TB	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	1	1	8	10	1

W: D. Wheeler (1-0)

L: L. Vizcaino (0-1)

Cleveland Indians
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
G Sizemore CF	5	1	1	1	0	0	17	.226	.305	.413
A Cabrera SS	4	1	0	0	1	2	25	.326	.394	.435
V Martinez C	5	1	2	0	0	1	19	.400	.476	.641
S Choo RF	3	3	2	2	2	0	21	.296	.427	.496
J Peralta 3B	3	1	2	0	1	0	14	.258	.326	.336
M DeRosa 1B	4	0	1	2	1	1	24	.245	.309	.422
R Garko DH	4	0	1	1	1	1	19	.271	.366	.388
M LaPorta LF	4	0	0	1	0	0	19	.222	.313	.370
J Carroll 2B	4	0	2	0	0	1	19	.286	.286	.286
Totals	36	7	11	7	6	6	177
BATTING 2B: J Peralta (7, S Kazmir) HR: G Sizemore (7, 1st inning off S Kazmir 0 on, 0 Out); S Choo (5, 4th inning off S Kazmir 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: G Sizemore (25), M DeRosa 2 (25), R Garko (15), M LaPorta (3), S Choo 2 (23) S: J Peralta SF: M LaPorta 2-out RBI: M DeRosa Indians RISP: 4-11 (M DeRosa 1-3, G Sizemore 0-1, M LaPorta 0-1, R Garko 1-3, J Carroll 1-1, A Cabrera 0-1, J Peralta 1-1) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: G Sizemore (6, 2nd base off L Cormier/D Navarro)
FIELDING E: S Choo (3, throw); J Carroll (1, throw)

Cleveland Indians
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
An Reyes	5.1	5	5	3	1	4	0	80-49	6.88
T Sipp	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6-2	4.26
J Lewis (H, 4)	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	27-18	4.50
R Betancourt (B, 2)	1.2	1	1	1	2	2	1	26-15	4.95
L Vizcaino (L, 1-2)	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	6-3	###
Totals	8.0	10	8	6	4	6	2	145-87
PITCHING T Sipp pitched to 1 batter in the 6th; L Vizcaino pitched to 1 batter in the 9th WP: T Sipp; J Lewis IBB: C Pena (By R Betancourt) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: An Reyes 12/22; T Sipp 0/1; J Lewis 5/6; R Betancourt 5/7; L Vizcaino 0/1 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: An Reyes 14-10-8-17; T Sipp 0-1-1-0; J Lewis 2-2-8-6; R Betancourt 2-6-4-3; L Vizcaino 0-1-1-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: An Reyes 4-8; T Sipp 0-0; J Lewis 2-1; R Betancourt 1-1; L Vizcaino 0-0 Game Scores: A Reyes 45

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Upton CF	5	2	3	1	0	1	27	.190	.293	.273
C Crawford LF	4	1	2	0	0	1	8	.333	.393	.449
E Longoria 3B	3	2	1	1	1	2	20	.343	.399	.693
C Pena 1B	3	1	1	1	1	0	14	.256	.365	.624
W Aybar DH	3	0	1	1	1	1	16	.275	.333	.353
G Gross RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	.262	.366	.361
a-B Zobrist PH-RF	2	1	1	1	0	0	10	.286	.375	.636
A Iwamura 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	20	.274	.338	.371
J Bartlett SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	12	.359	.399	.539
D Navarro C	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	.183	.211	.248
Totals	32	8	10	5	4	6	145
a-grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop for G Gross in the 6th
BATTING 2B: B Upton (7, An Reyes); J Bartlett (8, J Lewis) HR: B Zobrist (7, 8th inning off R Betancourt 0 on, 0 Out); B Upton (1, 9th inning off L Vizcaino 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: C Pena (33), W Aybar (5), E Longoria (46), B Zobrist (18), B Upton (5) S: D Navarro Rays RISP: 3-8 (C Pena 1-1, A Iwamura 0-1, B Zobrist 0-1, E Longoria 1-2, C Crawford 0-1, W Aybar 1-2) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: B Upton 2 (11, 3rd base off An Reyes/V Martinez, 3rd base off R Betancourt/V Martinez); C Crawford 2 (24, 2nd base off R Betancourt/V Martinez, 2nd base off An Reyes/V Martinez); B Zobrist (3, 2nd base off J Lewis/V Martinez) CS: A Iwamura (1, 2nd base by R Betancourt/V Martinez)
FIELDING E: L Cormier (1, throw) Outfield Assist: B Upton (M DeRosa at Home).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Kazmir	3.1	10	7	7	4	2	2	91-51	6.97
L Cormier	2.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	43-25	2.17
T Percival	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16-10	5.40
J Howell	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16-9	2.81
D Wheeler (W, 1-1)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11-5	5.79
Totals	9.0	11	7	7	6	6	2	177-100
PITCHING J Howell pitched to 1 batter in the 9th WP: S Kazmir First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Kazmir 14/23; L Cormier 6/10; T Percival 1/3; J Howell 2/4; D Wheeler 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Kazmir 16-5-13-17; L Cormier 9-3-7-6; T Percival 3-1-4-2; J Howell 3-1-1-4; D Wheeler 1-0-1-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Kazmir 2-5; L Cormier 1-4; T Percival 0-2; J Howell 2-1; D Wheeler 2-1 Game Scores: S Kazmir 10

Scoring Summary

			CLE	TB
	1st	G Sizemore homered to right.	1	0
	1st	M DeRosa singled to left, S Choo scored, J Peralta to second.	2	0
	3rd	M DeRosa walked, V Martinez scored, S Choo to third, J Peralta to second.	3	0
	3rd	R Garko singled to center, S Choo scored, J Peralta to third, M DeRosa to second.	4	0
	3rd	M LaPorta hit sacrifice fly to right, J Peralta scored.	5	0
	4th	S Choo homered to right, A Cabrera scored.	7	0
	4th	C Pena singled to right, B Upton scored, E Longoria to third, E Longoria scored, C Pena to second on throwing error by right fielder S Choo.	7	2
	4th	W Aybar singled to center, C Pena scored.	7	3
	6th	E Longoria singled to center, C Crawford scored.	7	4
	6th	B Zobrist grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, W Aybar out at second, E Longoria to third, E Longoria scored on throwing error by second baseman J Carroll.	7	5
	7th	J Bartlett scored on J Lewis' wild pitch.	7	6
	8th	B Zobrist homered to right.	7	7
	9th	B Upton homered to left.	7	8
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Game Notes

CLEVELAND MANAGER ERIC WEDGE WAS EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE GREG GIBSON IN THE THIRD INNING FOR ARGUING A PLAY AT THE PLATE.

Game Information

Stadium	Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
Attendance	25,827 (75.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:28
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Greg Gibson, First Base - Andy Fletcher, Second Base - Ted Barrett, Third Base - Tim Mcclelland