AL: TAMPA BAY at DETROIT <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAMPA BAY (7) AT DETROIT (1) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura singled to center. C Crawford hit a ground rule double to deep right center, A Iwamura to third. B Upton hit sacrifice fly to right, A Iwamura scored, C Crawford to third. C Pena walked. D Young hit sacrifice fly to center, C Crawford scored. B Harris singled to left, C Pena to third, B Harris to second advancing on throw. J Gomes struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 2, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 4TH: P Polanco homered to left. G Sheffield grounded out to shortstop. M Ordonez struck out looking. C Guillen grounded out to first. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 2, DETROIT 1. TAMPA BAY 5TH: D Navarro doubled to right. A Iwamura grounded out to third. C Crawford walked. B Upton singled to right, D Navarro to third, C Crawford to second. M McBride relieved C Durbin. C Pena flied out to left. D Young singled to left, D Navarro scored, C Crawford to third, B Upton to second. B Harris flied out to center. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, DETROIT 1. TAMPA BAY 6TH: J Gomes struck out swinging. B Zobrist singled to right. D Navarro homered to left, B Zobrist scored. A Iwamura singled to left. C Crawford singled to left, A Iwamura to second. J Grilli relieved M McBride. B Upton flied out to right. C Pena flied out to left. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 5, DETROIT 1. TAMPA BAY 8TH: B Zobrist grounded out to shortstop. D Navarro singled to center. B Seay relieved J Grilli. A Iwamura singled to right, D Navarro to second. C Crawford grounded out to first, D Navarro to third, A Iwamura to second. B Upton intentionally walked. C Pena singled to center, D Navarro and A Iwamura scored, B Upton to third. D Young struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 7, DETROIT 1.</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at DETROIT <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAMPA BAY (7) AT DETROIT (1) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 3B, C Crawford LF, B Upton CF, C Pena 1B, D Young RF, B Harris 2B, J Gomes DH, B Zobrist SS, D Navarro C, J Shields RHP. Detroit Starting Lineups -- C Granderson CF, P Polanco 2B, G Sheffield DH, M Ordonez RF, C Guillen SS, I Rodriguez C, S Casey 1B, R Raburn LF, B Inge 3B, C Durbin RHP. Umpires -- Andy Fletcher (HP), Mike Reilly (1B), Jeff Kellogg (2B), Eric Cooper (3B). Gametime Weather: 79 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind in from right at 10 mph. TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura singled to center. C Crawford hit a ground rule double to deep right center, A Iwamura to third. B Upton hit sacrifice fly to right, A Iwamura scored, C Crawford to third. C Pena walked. D Young hit sacrifice fly to center, C Crawford scored. B Harris singled to left, C Pena to third, B Harris to second advancing on throw. J Gomes struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 2, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 1ST: C Granderson flied out to center. P Polanco struck out swinging. G Sheffield doubled to deep center. M Ordonez grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 2, DETROIT 0. TAMPA BAY 2ND: B Zobrist grounded out to second. D Navarro grounded out to second. A Iwamura flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 2, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 2ND: C Guillen grounded out to first. I Rodriguez struck out swinging. S Casey flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 2, DETROIT 0. TAMPA BAY 3RD: C Crawford grounded out to second. B Upton flied out to right. C Pena struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 2, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 3RD: R Raburn struck out swinging. B Inge singled to left. B Inge to second on wild pitch by J Shields, B Inge out at third on runner's fielder's choice. C Granderson flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 2, DETROIT 0. TAMPA BAY 4TH: D Young singled to center. B Harris flied out to center. J Gomes struck out swinging. B Zobrist flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 2, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 4TH: P Polanco homered to left. G Sheffield grounded out to shortstop. M Ordonez struck out looking. C Guillen grounded out to first. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 2, DETROIT 1. TAMPA BAY 5TH: D Navarro doubled to right. A Iwamura grounded out to third. C Crawford walked. B Upton singled to right, D Navarro to third, C Crawford to second. M McBride relieved C Durbin. C Pena flied out to left. D Young singled to left, D Navarro scored, C Crawford to third, B Upton to second. B Harris flied out to center. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, DETROIT 1. DETROIT 5TH: I Rodriguez singled to left. S Casey singled to right, I Rodriguez to second. R Raburn struck out swinging. B Inge struck out swinging. C Granderson struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, DETROIT 1. TAMPA BAY 6TH: J Gomes struck out swinging. B Zobrist singled to right. D Navarro homered to left, B Zobrist scored. A Iwamura singled to left. C Crawford singled to left, A Iwamura to second. J Grilli relieved M McBride. B Upton flied out to right. C Pena flied out to left. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 5, DETROIT 1. DETROIT 6TH: P Polanco struck out swinging. G Sheffield struck out swinging. M Ordonez grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 5, DETROIT 1. TAMPA BAY 7TH: D Young singled to right. B Harris grounded into double play, third to second to first, D Young out at second. J Gomes flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 5, DETROIT 1. DETROIT 7TH: C Guillen flied out to right. I Rodriguez grounded out to third. S Casey lined out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 5, DETROIT 1. TAMPA BAY 8TH: B Zobrist grounded out to shortstop. D Navarro singled to center. B Seay relieved J Grilli. A Iwamura singled to right, D Navarro to second. C Crawford grounded out to first, D Navarro to third, A Iwamura to second. B Upton intentionally walked. C Pena singled to center, D Navarro and A Iwamura scored, B Upton to third. D Young struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 7, DETROIT 1. DETROIT 8TH: G Glover relieved J Shields. R Raburn struck out looking. B Inge fouled out to catcher. C Granderson reached on infield single to third. P Polanco singled to right, C Granderson to second. G Sheffield fouled out to first. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 7, DETROIT 1. TAMPA BAY 9TH: Z Miner relieved B Seay. B Harris grounded out to shortstop. J Gomes singled to left. B Zobrist walked, J Gomes to second. D Navarro grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, B Zobrist out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 7, DETROIT 1. DETROIT 9TH: G Balfour relieved G Glover. M Ordonez struck out looking. C Guillen struck out swinging. I Rodriguez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 7, DETROIT 1.</div>
Shields helps Devil Rays down Tigers <h3>TAMPA BAY 7, DETROIT 1</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Tigers remain clueless againstJames Shields. Shields tossed seven outstanding innings as the Tampa Bay DevilRays snapped their three-game slide with a 7-1 victory over theTigers on Wednesday night. The 25-year-old Shields yielded one run and five hits with ninestrikeouts to improve to 2-0 against the Tigers. On May 30, hedazzled through nine frames for his second complete game win ofthe season to beat Detroit, 5-3, at Tropicana Field. The righthander's lone mistake came in the fourth inning, whenAll-Star Placido Polanco delivered his seventh homer over theleft field fence It was the ninth time Shields (9-7) has fanned at least eightbatters, with five of those performances coming against anAmerican League Central foe. Tampa Bay's offense wasted little time applying Shields withsome early run support. In the first, B.J. Upton and DelmonYoung both lofted sacrifice flies against Tigers starter ChadDurbin (7-4) for a 2-0 edge. Young delivered a two-out, run-scoring single in the fifth andDioner Navarro launched his fifth homer this season - a two-runblast - an inning later against Detroit reliever Macay McBrideto make it 5-1. Durbin allowed three runs and six hits with three strikeouts in4 1/3 innings. The righthander picked up his first setback as astarter since dropping consecutive starts from July 8-14. Tigers slugger Gary Sheffield finally returned to the lineupafter missing the past five games with a shoulder injury. Hedoubled in the first.
Shields helps Devil Rays down Tigers <h3>TAMPA BAY 7, DETROIT 1</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Tigers remain clueless againstJames Shields. Shields tossed seven outstanding innings as the Tampa Bay DevilRays snapped their three-game slide with a 7-1 victory over theTigers on Wednesday night. The 25-year-old Shields yielded one run and five hits with ninestrikeouts to improve to 2-0 against the Tigers. On May 30, hedazzled through nine frames for his second complete-game win ofthe season in a 5-3 triumph over Detroit at Tropicana Field. The righthander's lone mistake Wednesday came in the fourthinning, when All-Star Placido Polanco delivered his seventhhomer over the left field wall. "I changed mechanics a little bit for this game," Shields said."I thought I pitched really well, except for the home-run ball.All of my pitches were working and I was very confident." It was the ninth time Shields (9-7) has fanned at least eightbatters, with five of those performances coming against anAmerican League Central Division foe. "When you pitch against teams as good as are in our league, youhave to step up your game," Shields said. "That's what I havebeen able to do." Tampa Bay's offense wasted little time supplying Shields withsome early run support. In the first, B.J. Upton and DelmonYoung both lofted sacrifice flies against Tigers starter ChadDurbin (7-4) for a 2-0 edge. Young delivered a two-out, run-scoring single in the fifth andDioner Navarro launched his fifth homer this season - a two-runblast - an inning later against Detroit reliever Macay McBrideto make it 5-1. Navarro finished with three hits to raise his batting average toa meger .201. He also homered in Tuesday's loss. "We should be three up on this team," Young said. "They're agood offensive team and keep coming back. The way to beat themis to keep putting runs on the board." "Letting them get those add-on runs killed us," Tigers managerJim Leyland said. "Durbin was fine, but we knew that even if hepitched well, he wouldn't pitch long, and we let them keepadding on runs. You can't do that against a guy like Shields." Durbin allowed three runs and six hits with three strikeouts in4 1/3 innings. The righthander suffered his first setback as astarter since dropping consecutive starts from July 8-14. "I was slow in the first inning and gave up two runs," Durbinsaid. "I got out of it and was hoping to get through five andgive the (bullpen) a break. You have to give those young guysover there credit, they got some big hits when they neededthem." With the loss, Detroit (63-50) fell into a tie with the SeattleMariners (62-49) in the race for the American League wild card.The Tigers remained one-half game behind the Cleveland Indians(64-50) in the AL Central. Tigers slugger Gary Sheffield finally returned to the lineupafter missing the past five games with a shoulder injury. Hewent 1-for-4 with a double in the first inning. "I felt pretty good out there," Sheffield said. "It was good toget a hit on my first at-bat. The more pitches that I see, themore confident I'll get."
Shields helps Devil Rays down Tigers <h3>TAMPA BAY 7, DETROIT 1</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Tigers remain clueless againstJames Shields. Shields tossed seven outstanding innings as the Tampa Bay DevilRays snapped their three-game slide with a 7-1 victory over theTigers on Wednesday night. The 25-year-old Shields yielded one run and five hits with ninestrikeouts to improve to 2-0 against the Tigers. On May 30, hedazzled through nine frames for his second complete-game win ofthe season in a 5-3 triumph over Detroit at Tropicana Field. The righthander's lone mistake Wednesday came in the fourthinning, when All-Star Placido Polanco delivered his seventhhomer over the left field wall. "I changed mechanics a little bit for this game," Shields said."I thought I pitched really well, except for the home-run ball.All of my pitches were working and I was very confident." It was the ninth time Shields (9-7) has fanned at least eightbatters, with five of those performances coming against anAmerican League Central Division foe. "When you pitch against teams as good as are in our league, youhave to step up your game," Shields said. "That's what I havebeen able to do." Tampa Bay's offense wasted little time supplying Shields withsome early run support. In the first, B.J. Upton and DelmonYoung both lofted sacrifice flies against Tigers starter ChadDurbin (7-4) for a 2-0 edge. Young delivered a two-out, run-scoring single in the fifth andDioner Navarro launched his fifth homer this season - a two-runblast - an inning later against Detroit reliever Macay McBrideto make it 5-1. Navarro finished with three hits to raise his batting average toa meager .201. He also homered in Tuesday's loss. "We should be three up on this team," Young said. "They're agood offensive team and keep coming back. The way to beat themis to keep putting runs on the board." "Letting them get those add-on runs killed us," Tigers managerJim Leyland said. "Durbin was fine, but we knew that even if hepitched well, he wouldn't pitch long, and we let them keepadding on runs. You can't do that against a guy like Shields." Durbin allowed three runs and six hits with three strikeouts in4 1/3 innings. The righthander suffered his first setback as astarter since dropping consecutive starts from July 8-14. "I was slow in the first inning and gave up two runs," Durbinsaid. "I got out of it and was hoping to get through five andgive the (bullpen) a break. You have to give those young guysover there credit, they got some big hits when they neededthem." With the loss, Detroit (63-50) fell into a tie with the SeattleMariners (62-49) in the race for the American League wild card.The Tigers remained one-half game behind the Cleveland Indians(64-50) in the AL Central. Tigers slugger Gary Sheffield finally returned to the lineupafter missing the past five games with a shoulder injury. Hewent 1-for-4 with a double in the first inning. "I felt pretty good out there," Sheffield said. "It was good toget a hit on my first at-bat. The more pitches that I see, themore confident I'll get."
