Tampa Bay Rays vs. Toronto Blue Jays - Box Score - April 17, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 17, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Toronto leads 1-0 (as of 4/17)

Game 1: Tuesday, April 17
Tampa Bay	3	Final
Toronto	7	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, April 18
Tampa Bay	12	Final
Toronto	2	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, April 19
Tampa Bay	9	Final
Toronto	4	Final
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Rays 3

(5-6, 2-6 away)

Blue Jays 7

(6-4, 4-3 home)

Alerts

7:07 PM ET, April 17, 2012

Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario

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

W: R. Romero (2-0)

L: J. Niemann (0-2)

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jennings CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	17	.227	.306	.273
C Pena 1B	4	0	3	0	0	1	14	.390	.490	.707
E Longoria 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	16	.293	.396	.463
L Scott DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	20	.318	.375	.682
B Zobrist RF-2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	16	.216	.370	.378
M Joyce LF-RF	4	2	2	1	0	1	10	.278	.350	.500
S Rodriguez 2B-SS	2	1	0	0	2	1	14	.185	.313	.185
R Brignac SS	2	0	1	1	0	0	7	.133	.188	.133
a-S Vogt PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
b-J Keppinger PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.270	.389
C Gimenez C	4	0	2	1	0	1	14	.500	.500	.625
Totals	32	3	10	3	4	8	133
a-popped out to second for R Brignac in the 7th b-reached on infield single to third for S Vogt in the 9th
BATTING 2B: C Gimenez (1, R Romero) HR: M Joyce (2, 7th inning off R Romero 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: R Brignac (1), C Gimenez (1), M Joyce (5) GIDP: L Scott 2, C Gimenez Rays RISP: 2-10 (C Pena 0-1, B Zobrist 0-1, M Joyce 0-1, E Longoria 0-1, D Jennings 0-3, R Brignac 1-1, C Gimenez 1-2) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING E: E Longoria 3 (4, ground ball 2, throw) DP: 1 (R Brignac-S Rodriguez-C Pena).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Niemann (L, 0-2)	5.0	3	5	2	1	5	2	87-49	4.50
J Howell	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6-2	7.71
B Gomes	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	31-14	9.00
J McGee	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	20-12	6.75
B Badenhop	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	13-8	7.20
Totals	8.0	7	7	4	5	9	3	157-85
PITCHING J Niemann pitched to 1 batter in the 6th; J Howell pitched to 1 batter in the 6th; B Gomes pitched to 1 batter in the 7th WP: J Niemann; J Howell IBB: C Rasmus (By B Gomes); E Encarnacion (By J McGee) HBP: E Thames (By J Niemann) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Niemann 13/21; J Howell 1/1; B Gomes 1/6; J McGee 2/5; B Badenhop 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Niemann 15-10-11-13; J Howell 1-1-0-0; B Gomes 6-3-3-2; J McGee 4-3-3-2; B Badenhop 3-0-0-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Niemann 5-5; J Howell 0-0; B Gomes 0-1; J McGee 1-0; B Badenhop 2-1 Game Scores: J Niemann 51

Toronto Blue Jays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Y Escobar SS	4	1	0	0	1	0	16	.208	.250	.313
K Johnson 2B	5	1	0	0	0	3	16	.238	.347	.476
J Bautista RF	2	2	1	2	1	0	15	.222	.348	.417
A Lind 1B	3	1	3	3	1	0	23	.300	.382	.500
E Encarnacion DH	3	0	0	0	1	2	21	.268	.318	.585
E Thames LF	2	0	1	0	0	1	16	.269	.333	.308
a-B Francisco PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.250	.333	.375
R Davis LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.313	.385
B Lawrie 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	16	.300	.341	.450
C Rasmus CF	3	0	1	0	1	0	14	.200	.256	.343
J Arencibia C	4	1	0	0	0	1	16	.063	.118	.156
Totals	31	7	7	6	5	9	157
a-struck out swinging for E Thames in the 7th
BATTING HR: J Bautista (2, 1st inning off J Niemann 0 on, 2 Out); A Lind (1, 3rd inning off J Niemann 1 on, 2 Out); B Lawrie (2, 8th inning off B Badenhop 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Bautista 2 (4), A Lind 3 (5), B Lawrie (8) SF: J Bautista 2-out RBI: J Bautista, A Lind 3 GIDP: B Lawrie Blue Jays RISP: 3-9 (E Encarnacion 0-1, E Thames 1-1, A Lind 2-2, B Lawrie 0-1, K Johnson 0-2, B Francisco 0-1, J Arencibia 0-1) Team LOB: 7
FIELDING E: B Lawrie (1, catch) DP: 4 (A Lind, B Lawrie-Y Escobar-A Lind, K Johnson-Y Escobar-A Lind, B Lawrie-K Johnson-A Lind). Outfield Assist: J Bautista (C Pena at 2nd base).

Toronto Blue Jays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Romero (W, 2-0)	6.0	8	3	3	3	4	1	92-50	3.72
J Frasor (H, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-8	1.93
F Cordero (H, 2)	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	21-13	5.40
S Santos	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	10-8	9.00
Totals	9.0	10	3	3	4	8	1	133-79
PITCHING R Romero pitched to 2 batters in the 7th WP: J Frasor; F Cordero First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Romero 12/25; J Frasor 2/3; F Cordero 1/5; S Santos 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Romero 14-11-7-18; J Frasor 4-0-2-2; F Cordero 4-4-3-2; S Santos 4-1-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Romero 9-3; J Frasor 0-2; F Cordero 0-1; S Santos 2-0 Game Scores: R Romero 45

Scoring Summary

			TB	TOR
	1st	J Bautista homered to left (449 feet).	0	1
	3rd	J Bautista hit sacrifice fly to left, J Arencibia scored.	0	2
	3rd	A Lind homered to left (363 feet), K Johnson scored.	0	4
	5th	R Brignac singled to right, M Joyce scored, S Rodriguez to third.	1	4
	5th	C Gimenez reached on infield single to shortstop, S Rodriguez scored.	2	4
	6th	E Thames reached on infield single to third, J Bautista to third, A Lind to second, J Bautista scored, A Lind to third, E Thames to second on throwing error by third baseman E Longoria.	2	5
	7th	M Joyce homered to right (390 feet).	3	5
	7th	A Lind singled to left, Y Escobar scored, A Lind to second advancing on throw.	3	6
	8th	B Lawrie homered to center (433 feet).	3	7
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Game Information

Stadium	Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON
Attendance	15,331 (31.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:05
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Doug Eddings, First Base - Paul Nauert, Second Base - Dana Demuth, Third Base - Kerwin Danley