MAJOR LEAGUE
TAMPA BAY RAYS AT TORONTO BLUE JAYS
08/29/2014
 
MAJOR LEAGUE
TAMPA BAY RAYS AT TORONTO BLUE JAYS
GAME ID: 1917 - FRIDAY, AUGUST 29TH , 2014 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay Rays (58-70) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 3
Toronto Blue Jays (69-59) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 1
Rays Subdue Blue Jays, 3-2
The Tampa Bay Rays got a strong performance from pitcher James Shields, who stymied the Toronto offense en route to a win, 3-2, at Rogers Centre. Picking up the save was Grant Balfour, his 25th. The 4th-place Rays hiked their record to 58-70.

Tampa Bay used a well-timed hit by Dave Martinez to capture the win. The right fielder socked a run-scoring double in the top of the fourth inning to put the Rays ahead, 2-1. Though it was his only hit in 4 at-bats, it was important.

"We put some tough at-bats on some tough pitches," said Tampa Bay manager .
TAMPA BAY BATTING LINESCORE TORONTO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Crawford LF 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 .245 10 41
K. Kiermaier CF 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .208 9 41
Y. Díaz 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .342 16 67
   a-C. Kotchman 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
B. Lowe 2B 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 .229 24 75
E. Longoria 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .230 15 53
B. Zobrist SS 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 .231 13 40
D. Martinez RF 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .231 8 45
D. Navarro C 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 .250 10 33
C. Pena DH 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 .165 5 12
Totals 34 3 7 3 2 10 17      
a - C. Kotchman substituted for Y. Díaz in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: D. Martinez (15, 4th Inning off J. Key, 2 on, 1 out) , B. Lowe (23, 8th Inning off P. Quantrill, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: C. Crawford , B. Lowe 4 , B. Zobrist 2 , D. Martinez 2
2-out RBI: B. Lowe
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Martinez , C. Pena 2
Sac Bunt: K. Kiermaier
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: Y. Díaz (8) , B. Lowe (8) , B. Zobrist (8)
Double Plays: 1 (Navarro-Lowe)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Alomar 2B 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .254 8 36
T. Fernandez SS 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 .253 5 45
B. Bichette DH 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 .310 16 88
J. Donaldson 3B 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .276 33 83
V. Guerrero Jr. 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 .281 19 73
D. White CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .227 15 62
J. Bautista LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .212 5 15
   a-J. Olerud PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .323 0 4
   b-S. Stewart LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 1 8
A. Rios RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .175 4 13
B. Martinez C 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .205 8 30
   c-C. Delgado PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .169 2 7
Totals 36 2 9 2 0 7 23      
a - J. Olerud pinch hit for J. Bautista in the 8th
b - S. Stewart substituted for J. Olerud in the 9th
c - C. Delgado pinch hit for B. Martinez in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: V. Guerrero Jr. (19, 2nd Inning off J. Shields, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Fernandez 2 , J. Donaldson 3 , V. Guerrero Jr. 4 , D. White 2 , B. Martinez
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Bichette , V. Guerrero Jr. , J. Olerud , A. Rios
Sac Fly: B. Bichette
Hit by Pitch: C. Delgado
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
CS: T. Fernandez (9) , D. White (9)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Fernandez (10)
TAMPA BAY PITCHING LINESCORE TORONTO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Shields W (11-8) 6.0 8 2 1 0 5 1 105 3.36   
J. McGee H (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.95   
E. Yan H (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 27 3.05   
G. Balfour SV (25) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 4.09   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Shields 55
Batters Faced: J. Shields 26, J. McGee 3, E. Yan 5, G. Balfour 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Shields 4-7, J. McGee 2-1, E. Yan 2-0, G. Balfour 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Shields 105-73, J. McGee 10-8, E. Yan 27-16, G. Balfour 13-9
WP: J. Shields
Hit Batsmen: G. Balfour
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Key L (11-7) 5.1 5 3 2 2 5 0 104 3.58   
P. Quantrill 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 27 3.45   
T. Henke 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 2.79   
D. Ward 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 3.20   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Key 51
Batters Faced: J. Key 24, P. Quantrill 8, T. Henke 2, D. Ward 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Key 5-6, P. Quantrill 3-1, T. Henke 1-0, D. Ward 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Key 104-63, P. Quantrill 27-18, T. Henke 8-6, D. Ward 9-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: P. Quantrill 1-0 , T. Henke 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: James Shields
Ballpark: Rogers Centre
Weather: Cloudy (60 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 15 mph
Start Time: 7:07 PM ET
Time: 3:35
Attendance: 35360
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