MAJOR LEAGUE
TAMPA BAY RAYS AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
07/30/2014
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MAJOR LEAGUE
TAMPA BAY RAYS AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
GAME ID: 1511 - WEDNESDAY, JULY 30TH , 2014 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay Rays (45-57) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 9 0
St. Louis Cardinals (57-45) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0
Garza, Rays Curb Cardinals, 4-2
Tampa Bay Rays starter Matt Garza turned in an exceptional performance against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium, resulting in a Tampa Bay win, 4-2. Grant Balfour earned the save, his 18th, for the Rays. Tampa Bay is 4th in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 45-57.

Garza picked up the win. He's now 5-11, after putting the St. Louis offense in the deep freeze. Over 7 innings, he allowed no earned runs on 3 hits.

"Matt was fantastic," said Tampa Bay manager . "Great passion, great pace."
TAMPA BAY BATTING LINESCORE ST. LOUIS BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Crawford LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .248 8 32
K. Kiermaier CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .203 6 31
Y. Díaz 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .356 13 52
B. Lowe 2B 4 1 1 3 0 0 1 .230 21 64
E. Longoria 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .246 12 45
D. Martinez RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .202 7 32
B. Zobrist SS 4 1 1 1 0 2 2 .223 7 29
C. Pena DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .175 5 10
D. Navarro C 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .240 9 24
Totals 34 4 9 4 1 6 8      
BATTING
Doubles: E. Longoria (19, 9th Inning off B. Gibson, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: B. Zobrist (7, 3rd Inning off B. Gibson, 0 on, 0 outs) , B. Lowe (21, 6th Inning off B. Gibson, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: C. Crawford , K. Kiermaier , Y. Díaz 2 , B. Lowe 4 , E. Longoria 2 , D. Martinez , B. Zobrist 4 , C. Pena
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Pena
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
CS: C. Crawford (3) , D. Martinez (3)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Longoria-Lowe-Díaz, Lowe-Zobrist-Díaz)
PB: D. Navarro
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
O. Smith SS 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .223 0 23
A. Pujols 1B 4 1 1 0 0 2 4 .256 8 29
R. Hornsby 2B 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 .314 9 56
S. Musial RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .237 11 50
   a-C. Hafey PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .246 5 49
   b-W. McGee RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 2 23
J. Mize DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282 6 26
J. Medwick LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .305 6 47
J. Torre C 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 .301 7 31
   c-J. Bottomley PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .265 1 4
R. Lankford CF 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .229 4 22
K. Boyer 3B 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 .217 6 28
   d-F. Frisch PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .262 0 4
Totals 32 2 6 2 4 12 13      
a - C. Hafey pinch hit for S. Musial in the 8th
b - W. McGee substituted for C. Hafey in the 9th
c - J. Bottomley pinch hit for J. Torre in the 9th
d - F. Frisch pinch hit for K. Boyer in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: R. Hornsby (29, 8th Inning off J. Howell, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: O. Smith , A. Pujols , R. Hornsby 3 , J. Medwick 2
2-out RBI: O. Smith , R. Hornsby
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Pujols , C. Hafey , K. Boyer , F. Frisch
GIDP: A. Pujols , S. Musial
Team LOB: 7
TAMPA BAY PITCHING LINESCORE ST. LOUIS PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Garza W (5-11) 7.0 3 1 0 3 10 0 104 4.25   
J. Howell H (9) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 21 4.46   
G. Balfour SV (18) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 3.51   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Garza 76
Batters Faced: M. Garza 26, J. Howell 5, G. Balfour 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Garza 7-3, J. Howell 1-1, G. Balfour 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: M. Garza 104-68, J. Howell 21-12, G. Balfour 15-8
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Gibson L (12-6) 8.0 8 4 4 1 5 2 120 3.05   
B. Sutter 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 2.33   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Gibson 54
Batters Faced: B. Gibson 32, B. Sutter 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Gibson 12-6, B. Sutter 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: B. Gibson 120-76, B. Sutter 8-5
Inherited Runners - Scored: B. Sutter 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Matt Garza
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (78 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 10 mph
Start Time: 6:15 PM CT
Time: 3:13
Attendance: 28200
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