Tampa Bay Rays vs. Houston Astros - Box Score - May 22, 2010 - ESPN

Scores for May 22, 2010

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 5/22)

Game 1: Friday, May 21
Tampa Bay	1	Final
Houston	2	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, May 22
Tampa Bay	4	Final
Houston	2	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, May 23
Tampa Bay	10	Final
Houston	6	Final
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Rays 4

(31-12, 18-5 away)

Astros 2

(15-28, 9-17 home)

Alerts

7:05 PM ET, May 22, 2010

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

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

W: J. Niemann (4-0)

L: W. Rodriguez (2-6)

S: R. Soriano (12)

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Bartlett SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	15	.247	.328	.349
C Crawford LF	5	1	4	0	0	0	25	.321	.377	.509
B Zobrist 2B-RF	2	0	1	1	3	0	18	.301	.381	.417
E Longoria 3B	5	0	1	1	0	0	13	.319	.386	.578
C Pena 1B	3	0	0	0	2	2	25	.186	.306	.366
B Upton CF	3	1	0	0	2	1	22	.220	.299	.393
G Kapler RF	2	1	1	0	0	0	9	.258	.338	.323
a-R Brignac PH-2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.284	.348	.444
D Navarro C	4	0	1	2	0	0	16	.188	.270	.238
J Niemann P	3	0	0	0	0	1	13	.000	.000	.000
G Balfour P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-H Blalock PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	.308	.308	.308
R Soriano P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Totals	34	4	10	4	7	5	166
a-flied out to center for G Kapler in the 8th b-singled to right for G Balfour in the 9th
BATTING 2B: E Longoria (14, W Rodriguez); D Navarro (4, W Rodriguez); C Crawford (14, W Rodriguez) RBI: D Navarro 2 (4), E Longoria (38), B Zobrist (21) 2-out RBI: D Navarro 2 Rays RISP: 3-12 (B Zobrist 1-1, C Pena 0-1, J Niemann 0-2, E Longoria 0-3, C Crawford 1-1, B Upton 0-2, D Navarro 1-2) Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING SB: B Upton (14, 2nd base off W Rodriguez/H Quintero) CS: B Upton (4, Home by W Rodriguez/H Quintero) Picked Off: C Crawford (1st base by H Quintero)
FIELDING E: B Zobrist (1, ground ball); J Bartlett (6, throw) DP: 1 (E Longoria-B Zobrist-C Pena).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Niemann (W, 4-0)	7.0	4	2	2	1	5	1	97-61	2.54
G Balfour (H, 4)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	13-10	2.45
R Soriano (S, 12)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-10	1.42
Totals	9.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	122-81
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Niemann 14/27; G Balfour 3/4; R Soriano 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Niemann 23-7-10-21; G Balfour 1-3-3-3; R Soriano 3-4-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Niemann 6-10; G Balfour 0-2; R Soriano 1-1 Game Scores: J Niemann 65

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Bourn CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	18	.288	.363	.346
J Keppinger 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	15	.280	.331	.371
L Berkman 1B	3	1	2	1	1	0	15	.233	.347	.437
C Lee LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	15	.200	.241	.331
H Pence RF	4	0	0	1	0	0	14	.244	.258	.391
G Blum 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	.290	.319	.348
H Quintero C	4	0	0	0	0	2	14	.231	.250	.282
T Manzella SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	14	.186	.250	.235
W Rodriguez P	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	.294	.278	.294
C Sampson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
a-C Sullivan PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.238	.250
W Lopez P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Totals	33	2	5	2	1	7	122
a-struck out swinging for C Sampson in the 7th
BATTING HR: L Berkman (5, 6th inning off J Niemann 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: H Pence (18), L Berkman (14) GIDP: C Lee Astros RISP: 1-3 (G Blum 0-1, H Pence 0-1, C Lee 1-1) Team LOB: 5
FIELDING DP: 1 (L Berkman).

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
W Rodriguez (L, 2-6)	6.0	6	3	3	4	4	0	107-59	4.33
C Sampson	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	20-9	1.50
W Lopez	2.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	39-22	5.14
Totals	9.0	10	4	4	7	5	0	166-90
PITCHING IBB: C Pena (By W Lopez) HBP: G Kapler (By W Rodriguez) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: W Rodriguez 14/27; C Sampson 1/5; W Lopez 6/10 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: W Rodriguez 17-10-14-18; C Sampson 4-0-1-4; W Lopez 6-3-6-7 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W Rodriguez 4-8; C Sampson 1-2; W Lopez 1-3 Game Scores: W Rodriguez 48

Scoring Summary

			TB	HOU
	1st	H Pence grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Keppinger scored, C Lee out at second, L Berkman to third.	0	1
	4th	D Navarro doubled to right, B Upton and G Kapler scored, D Navarro to third advancing on throw.	2	1
	5th	E Longoria grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Crawford scored, B Zobrist out at second.	3	1
	6th	L Berkman homered to center (406 feet).	3	2
	9th	B Zobrist walked, H Blalock scored, J Bartlett to third, C Crawford to second.	4	2
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Game Information

Stadium	Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Attendance	33,778 (80.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:48
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Dana Demuth, First Base - Kerwin Danley, Second Base - C.B. Bucknor, Third Base - Doug Eddings