GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: TAMPA BAY (43-70) at DETROIT (63-50)

AL: TAMPA BAY at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY DELMON YOUNG SCORED CARL CRAWFORD.
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, 1 LEFT ON, 3 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1
DETROIT 1 END TOP, 7TH</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY GREG NORTON SCORED B.J. UPTON.
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, 1 LEFT ON, 3 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1
DETROIT 1 END TOP, 7TH</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY BEN ZOBRIST SCORED DELMON YOUNG.
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, 1 LEFT ON, 3 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1
DETROIT 1 END TOP, 7TH</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY OMAR INFANTE SCORED MARCUS THAMES.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, 2 LEFT ON, 3 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1
DETROIT 0 END BOTTOM, 7TH</div>

 

Kazmir stymies Tigers as Crawford, Devil Rays roll

<h3>TAMPA BAY 8, DETROIT 1</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- Scott Kazmir silenced the Detroit Tigerswhile Carl Crawford and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays made plenty ofnoise at the plate.


Kazmir tossed six scoreless innings and Crawford ripped threehits - including a crucial homer - as the Devil Rays routed thestruggling Tigers, 8-1, in the finale of a four-game seriesThursday.


The teams split the series, but Tampa Bay outscored the reigningAmerican League champion Tigers, 25-17. After dropping thefirst two games here, the Devil Rays posted a 7-1 victoryWednesday thanks to starter James Shields, who worked sevenoutstanding innings.


Kazmir (9-7) followed up Shields' outing with a gem of his ownThursday afternoon, yielding three hits and one walk whilestriking out seven.


It was the sixth straight quality outing for Kazmir, who enteredthe All-Star break with an uncharacteristically high 4.41 ERA.But the hard-throwing lefthander has been terrific since then,going 4-1 with a 1.16 ERA over his last six starts.

Protecting a 1-0 advantage in the fourth, Kazmir ran intotrouble when Placido Polanco led off with a double and GarySheffield followed with an infield hit. The southpaw struck outslugger Magglio Ordonez on a 3-2 pitch, but Detroit executed adouble-steal to advance both runners into scoring position.

But Kazmir bore down, striking out Carlos Guillen and retiringIvan Rodriguez on a grounder to preserve the one-run lead.

The Devil Rays gave Kazmir all the support he would need in thefollowing inning, when Akinori Iwamura ripped a one-out tripleoff Tigers righthander Jeremy Bonderman (10-5).


That set the stage for Crawford, who gave Tampa Bay a 3-0advantage by blasting Bonderman's first-pitch slider over thewall in right field for his 10th homer of the season.

The Devil Rays' lone representative at last month's All-StarGame, Crawford also had a stolen base in the first inning and apair of doubles in the later frames. The speedy left fielderhas a 10-game hitting streak and has been red hot over his lasteight contests, batting .611 (22-for-36) over that stretch.

Iwamura, B.J. Upton, Delmon Young and Greg Norton each chippedin two hits for Tampa Bay, which improved to 4-3 vs. Detroitthis season.


Bonderman got pounded for the fourth consecutive start, allowingseven runs and 10 hits in six-plus innings. The hard-throwingrighthander walked three and struck out four.


The 24-year-old Bonderman has been horrendous over his last fouroutings, going 0-4 with an 11.28 ERA.


Bonderman's poor start could not have come at a worse time forthe Tigers (63-51), who entered in a virtual tie with Seattle inthe AL wild card race.


Detroit scored its lone run of the contest in the bottom of theseventh, when Omar Infante lined a two-out single to plate MarcusThames.


Activated from the disabled list prior to the contest, Thameshad two hits for the Tigers, who have lost 13 of their last 17games.

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 8 14 1
DETROIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: TAM - SCOTT KAZMIR, GARY GLOVER (7TH), SCOTT DOHMANN (8TH), AL REYES
(9TH) AND JOSH PAUL

DET - JEREMY BONDERMAN, TIM BYRDAK (7TH), BOBBY SEAY
(9TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ

HOME RUNS: TAM - CARL CRAWFORD (10) OFF JEREMY BONDERMAN IN THE 5TH, 1 ON

DET - NONE</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 8 14 1
DETROIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: TAM - SCOTT KAZMIR, GARY GLOVER (7TH), SCOTT DOHMANN (8TH), AL REYES
(9TH) AND JOSH PAUL

DET - JEREMY BONDERMAN, TIM BYRDAK (7TH), BOBBY SEAY
(9TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ


WP - SCOTT KAZMIR (9-7)
LP - JEREMY BONDERMAN (10-5)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: TAM - CARL CRAWFORD (10) OFF JEREMY BONDERMAN IN THE 5TH, 1 ON

DET - NONE


TIME: 3:10 ATT: 38,789

PROBABLES: OAK - JOE BLANTON (9-8, 3.71)
DET - JORDAN TATA (1-1, 3.75)

PROBABLES: TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE (1-7, 6.12)
TEX - BRANDON MCCARTHY (5-8, 5.04)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at DETROIT

<div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (8) VS DETROIT (1) - FINAL

TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 .296
C Crawford lf 4 3 3 2 1 0 1 .316
B Upton cf 3 1 2 1 2 1 0 .327
C Pena 1b 5 0 0 0 0 4 7 .270
D Young rf 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 .297
G Norton dh 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 .202
B Zobrist ss 4 0 2 2 0 1 4 .179
J Wilson 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .279
J Paul c 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .194

Totals 38 8 14 8 4 7 17

BATTING: 2B - G Norton (3, J Bonderman); B Zobrist (2, J Bonderman); C Crawford
2 (29, J Bonderman, T Byrdak). 3B - A Iwamura (6, J Bonderman). HR - C Crawford
(10, 5th inning off J Bonderman 1 on, 1 Out). S - J Paul. SF - B Zobrist. RBI -
D Young 2 (61), C Crawford 2 (62), B Zobrist 2 (9), B Upton (54), G Norton
(11). 2-out RBI - D Young. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Pena 1,
C Crawford 1, J Paul 1, B Zobrist 2. GIDP - D Young. Team LOB - 9.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Crawford (37, 2nd base off J Bonderman/I Rodriguez).

FIELDING: E - J Wilson (9, throw). DP: 2 (J Wilson-C Pena, J Wilson-B
Zobrist-C Pena).


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Raburn cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .333
P Polanco 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .349
G Sheffield dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .289
M Ordonez rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .348
C Guillen ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .310
I Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .277
M Thames 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .258
C Monroe lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .221
O Infante 3b 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 .270

Totals 33 1 8 1 1 9 15

BATTING: 2B - P Polanco (28, S Kazmir). RBI - O Infante (15). 2-out RBI - O
Infante. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - I Rodriguez 2, R Raburn 1.
GIDP - I Rodriguez, M Ordonez. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - P Polanco (4, 3rd base off S Kazmir/J Paul), G Sheffield
(18, 2nd base off S Kazmir/J Paul).

FIELDING: PB - I Rodriguez. DP: 1 (C Guillen-P Polanco-M Thames).


----------------------------------------------------
TAMPA BAY - 100 021 400 -- 8
DETROIT - 000 000 100 -- 1
----------------------------------------------------

TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
S Kazmir (W, 9-7) 6 3 0 0 1 7 0 3.58
G Glover 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 5.37
S Dohmann 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.27
Al Reyes 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.29

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
J Bonderman (L, 10-5) 6 10 7 7 3 4 1 4.75
T Byrdak 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 3.25
B Seay 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.06

J Bonderman pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

IBB - B Upton (by T Byrdak). Pitches-strikes: S Kazmir 94-58; G Glover 24-16;
S Dohmann 13-8; Al Reyes 13-11; J Bonderman 106-68; T Byrdak 41-23; B Seay
13-8. Ground balls-fly balls: S Kazmir 5-6; G Glover 2-1; S Dohmann 2-1; Al
Reyes 0-1; J Bonderman 10-4; T Byrdak 2-1; B Seay 1-2. Batters faced: S Kazmir
22; G Glover 6; S Dohmann 3; Al Reyes 3; J Bonderman 30; T Byrdak 10; B Seay 4.


UMPIRES: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Jeff Kellogg. 2B--Eric Cooper. 3B--Andy
Fletcher.

T--3:10. (Plus rain delay totaling 17 minutes in the 1st). Att--38,789.

Weather: 71 degrees, rain. Wind: 5 mph, out to center.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at DETROIT

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
TAMPA BAY 8
DETROIT 1 FINAL</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at DETROIT

<div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (8) VS DETROIT (1) - FINAL

TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 .296
C Crawford lf 4 3 3 2 1 0 1 .316
B Upton cf 3 1 2 1 2 1 0 .327
C Pena 1b 5 0 0 0 0 4 7 .270
D Young rf 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 .297
G Norton dh 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 .202
B Zobrist ss 4 0 2 2 0 1 4 .179
J Wilson 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .279
J Paul c 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .194

Totals 38 8 14 8 4 7 17

BATTING: 2B - G Norton (3, J Bonderman); B Zobrist (2, J Bonderman); C Crawford
2 (29, J Bonderman, T Byrdak). 3B - A Iwamura (6, J Bonderman). HR - C Crawford
(10, 5th inning off J Bonderman 1 on, 1 Out). S - J Paul. SF - B Zobrist. RBI -
D Young 2 (61), C Crawford 2 (62), B Zobrist 2 (9), B Upton (54), G Norton
(11). 2-out RBI - D Young. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Pena 1,
C Crawford 1, J Paul 1, B Zobrist 2. GIDP - D Young. Team LOB - 9.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Crawford (37, 2nd base off J Bonderman/I Rodriguez).

FIELDING: E - J Wilson (9, throw). DP: 2 (J Wilson-C Pena, J Wilson-B
Zobrist-C Pena).


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Raburn cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .333
P Polanco 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .349
G Sheffield dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .289
M Ordonez rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .348
S Casey 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .292
C Guillen ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .310
I Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .277
M Thames 1b-rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .258
C Monroe lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .221
O Infante 3b 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 .270

Totals 33 1 8 1 1 9 15

BATTING: 2B - P Polanco (28, S Kazmir). RBI - O Infante (15). 2-out RBI - O
Infante. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - I Rodriguez 2, R Raburn 1.
GIDP - I Rodriguez, S Casey. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - P Polanco (4, 3rd base off S Kazmir/J Paul), G Sheffield
(18, 2nd base off S Kazmir/J Paul).

FIELDING: PB - I Rodriguez. DP: 1 (C Guillen-P Polanco-M Thames).


----------------------------------------------------
TAMPA BAY - 100 021 400 -- 8
DETROIT - 000 000 100 -- 1
----------------------------------------------------

TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
S Kazmir (W, 9-7) 6 3 0 0 1 7 0 3.58
G Glover 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 5.37
S Dohmann 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.27
Al Reyes 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.29

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
J Bonderman (L, 10-5) 6 10 7 7 3 4 1 4.75
T Byrdak 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 3.25
B Seay 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.06

J Bonderman pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

IBB - B Upton (by T Byrdak). Pitches-strikes: S Kazmir 94-58; G Glover 24-16;
S Dohmann 13-8; Al Reyes 13-11; J Bonderman 106-68; T Byrdak 43-23; B Seay
13-8. Ground balls-fly balls: S Kazmir 5-6; G Glover 2-1; S Dohmann 2-1; Al
Reyes 0-1; J Bonderman 10-4; T Byrdak 2-1; B Seay 1-2. Batters faced: S Kazmir
22; G Glover 6; S Dohmann 3; Al Reyes 3; J Bonderman 30; T Byrdak 10; B Seay 4.


UMPIRES: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Jeff Kellogg. 2B--Eric Cooper. 3B--Andy
Fletcher.

T--3:10. (Plus rain delay totaling 17 minutes in the 1st). Att--38,789.

Weather: 71 degrees, rain. Wind: 5 mph, out to center.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at DETROIT

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TAMPA BAY (8) AT DETROIT (1) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura fouled out to third. C Crawford walked.
C Crawford stole second. B Upton walked. C Pena struck out swinging. D Young
singled to center, C Crawford scored, B Upton to third. G Norton walked,
D Young to second. B Zobrist struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 1, DETROIT 0.

TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Paul flied out to left. A Iwamura tripled to deep right
center. C Crawford homered to right, A Iwamura scored. B Upton struck out
swinging. C Pena grounded out to first. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 3, DETROIT 0.

TAMPA BAY 6TH: D Young grounded out to second. G Norton doubled to deep
left center. B Zobrist doubled to deep right, G Norton scored. J Wilson
grounded out to third. J Paul grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4, DETROIT 0.

TAMPA BAY 7TH: A Iwamura reached on infield single to shortstop.
C Crawford doubled to deep right, A Iwamura to third. B Upton singled to
center, A Iwamura scored, C Crawford to third. T Byrdak relieved J Bonderman.
C Pena struck out swinging. D Young singled to left, C Crawford scored,
B Upton to second. B Upton to third, D Young to second on passed ball by
I Rodriguez. G Norton singled to shallow center, B Upton scored, D Young to
third. B Zobrist hit sacrifice fly to center, D Young scored. J Wilson
struck out swinging. (4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 8, DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 7TH: G Glover relieved S Kazmir. C Guillen singled to center.
I Rodriguez grounded into double play, second to first, C Guillen out at
second. M Thames singled to left. C Monroe reached on infield single to
second, M Thames to second, M Thames to third on throwing error by second
baseman J Wilson. O Infante singled to right center, M Thames scored,
C Monroe to second. R Raburn popped out to second. (1 Run, 4 Hits, 1 Error)
TAMPA BAY 8, DETROIT 1.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at DETROIT

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TAMPA BAY (8) AT DETROIT (1) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 3B, C Crawford LF, B Upton CF, C Pena 1B,
D Young RF, G Norton DH, B Zobrist SS, J Wilson 2B, J Paul C, S Kazmir LHP.

Detroit Starting Lineups -- R Raburn CF, P Polanco 2B, G Sheffield DH,
M Ordonez RF, C Guillen SS, I Rodriguez C, M Thames 1B, C Monroe LF, O Infante 3B,
J Bonderman RHP.

Umpires -- Mike Reilly (HP), Jeff Kellogg (1B), Eric Cooper (2B), Andy Fletcher (3B).

Gametime Weather: 71 degrees, Rain, wind out to center at 5 mph.


TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura fouled out to third. C Crawford walked.
C Crawford stole second. B Upton walked. C Pena struck out swinging.
D Young singled to center, C Crawford scored, B Upton to third. G Norton
walked, D Young to second. B Zobrist struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 1ST: R Raburn flied out to right. P Polanco grounded out to first.
G Sheffield flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1,
DETROIT 0.

TAMPA BAY 2ND: J Wilson singled to center. J Paul sacrificed to third,
J Wilson to second. A Iwamura grounded out to second, J Wilson to third.
C Crawford flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1,
DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 2ND: M Ordonez struck out swinging. C Guillen flied out to center.
I Rodriguez grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1,
DETROIT 0.

TAMPA BAY 3RD: B Upton singled to center. C Pena struck out swinging.
D Young grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, B Upton
out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 3RD: M Thames singled to left. C Monroe struck out swinging.
O Infante popped out to second. R Raburn struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, DETROIT 0.

TAMPA BAY 4TH: G Norton grounded out to first. B Zobrist flied out
to left. J Wilson grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 1, DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 4TH: P Polanco doubled to deep left center. G Sheffield reached on
infield single to shortstop. M Ordonez struck out swinging, P Polanco stole
third, G Sheffield stole second. C Guillen struck out swinging. I Rodriguez
grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, DETROIT 0.

TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Paul flied out to left. A Iwamura tripled to deep right
center. C Crawford homered to right, A Iwamura scored. B Upton struck out
swinging. C Pena grounded out to first. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 3, DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 5TH: M Thames struck out swinging. C Monroe grounded out to third.
O Infante walked. R Raburn struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 3, DETROIT 0.

TAMPA BAY 6TH: D Young grounded out to second. G Norton doubled to deep
left center. B Zobrist doubled to deep right, G Norton scored. J Wilson
grounded out to third. J Paul grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4, DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 6TH: P Polanco grounded out to shortstop. G Sheffield fouled out
to shortstop. M Ordonez flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 4, DETROIT 0.

TAMPA BAY 7TH: A Iwamura reached on infield single to shortstop.
C Crawford doubled to deep right, A Iwamura to third. B Upton singled to
center, A Iwamura scored, C Crawford to third. T Byrdak relieved J Bonderman.
C Pena struck out swinging. D Young singled to left, C Crawford scored,
B Upton to second. B Upton to third, D Young to second on passed ball by
I Rodriguez. G Norton singled to shallow center, B Upton scored, D Young to
third. B Zobrist hit sacrifice fly to center, D Young scored. J Wilson
struck out swinging. (4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 8, DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 7TH: G Glover relieved S Kazmir. C Guillen singled to center.
I Rodriguez grounded into double play, second to first, C Guillen out at
second. M Thames singled to left. C Monroe reached on infield single to
second, M Thames to second, M Thames to third on throwing error by second
baseman J Wilson. O Infante singled to right center, M Thames scored, C Monroe
to second. R Raburn popped out to second. (1 Run, 4 Hits, 1 Error) TAMPA BAY 8,
DETROIT 1.

TAMPA BAY 8TH: S Casey at first base. M Thames in right field. J Paul
grounded out to pitcher. A Iwamura grounded out to second. C Crawford
doubled to deep left. B Upton intentionally walked. C Pena struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 8, DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 8TH: S Dohmann relieved G Glover. P Polanco singled to center.
G Sheffield flied out to center. S Casey grounded into double play, second
to shortstop to first, P Polanco out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 8, DETROIT 1.

TAMPA BAY 9TH: B Seay relieved T Byrdak. D Young grounded out to first.
G Norton fouled out to catcher. B Zobrist singled to left. J Wilson flied
out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 8, DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 9TH: Al Reyes relieved S Dohmann. C Guillen struck out looking.
I Rodriguez struck out swinging. M Thames flied out to left. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 8, DETROIT 1.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at DETROIT

<div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (8) VS DETROIT (1) - FINAL

TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 .296
C Crawford lf 4 3 3 2 1 0 1 .316
B Upton cf 3 1 2 1 2 1 0 .327
C Pena 1b 5 0 0 0 0 4 7 .270
D Young rf 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 .297
G Norton dh 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 .202
B Zobrist ss 4 0 2 2 0 1 4 .179
J Wilson 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .279
J Paul c 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .194

Totals 38 8 14 8 4 7 17

BATTING: 2B - G Norton (3, J Bonderman); B Zobrist (2, J Bonderman); C Crawford
2 (29, J Bonderman, T Byrdak). 3B - A Iwamura (6, J Bonderman). HR - C Crawford
(10, 5th inning off J Bonderman 1 on, 1 Out). S - J Paul. SF - B Zobrist. RBI -
D Young 2 (61), C Crawford 2 (62), B Zobrist 2 (9), B Upton (54), G Norton
(11). 2-out RBI - D Young. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Pena 1,
C Crawford 1, J Paul 1, B Zobrist 2. GIDP - D Young. Team LOB - 9.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Crawford (37, 2nd base off J Bonderman/I Rodriguez).

FIELDING: E - J Wilson (9, throw). DP: 2 (J Wilson-C Pena, J Wilson-B
Zobrist-C Pena).


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Raburn cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .333
P Polanco 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .349
G Sheffield dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .289
M Ordonez rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .348
S Casey 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .292
C Guillen ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .310
I Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .277
M Thames 1b-rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .258
C Monroe lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .221
O Infante 3b 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 .270

Totals 33 1 8 1 1 9 15

BATTING: 2B - P Polanco (28, S Kazmir). RBI - O Infante (15). 2-out RBI - O
Infante. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - I Rodriguez 2, R Raburn 1.
GIDP - I Rodriguez, S Casey. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - P Polanco (4, 3rd base off S Kazmir/J Paul), G Sheffield
(18, 2nd base off S Kazmir/J Paul).

FIELDING: PB - I Rodriguez. DP: 1 (C Guillen-P Polanco-M Thames).


----------------------------------------------------
TAMPA BAY - 100 021 400 -- 8
DETROIT - 000 000 100 -- 1
----------------------------------------------------

TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
S Kazmir (W, 9-7) 6 3 0 0 1 7 0 3.58
G Glover 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 5.37
S Dohmann 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.27
Al Reyes 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.29

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
J Bonderman (L, 10-5) 6 10 7 7 3 4 1 4.75
T Byrdak 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 3.25
B Seay 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.06

J Bonderman pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

IBB - B Upton (by T Byrdak). Pitches-strikes: S Kazmir 94-58; G Glover 24-16;
S Dohmann 13-8; Al Reyes 13-11; J Bonderman 106-68; T Byrdak 43-23; B Seay
13-8. Ground balls-fly balls: S Kazmir 5-6; G Glover 2-1; S Dohmann 2-1; Al
Reyes 0-1; J Bonderman 10-4; T Byrdak 2-1; B Seay 1-2. Batters faced: S Kazmir
22; G Glover 6; S Dohmann 3; Al Reyes 3; J Bonderman 30; T Byrdak 10; B Seay 4.


UMPIRES: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Jeff Kellogg. 2B--Eric Cooper. 3B--Andy
Fletcher.

T--3:10. (Plus rain delay totaling 28 minutes in the 1st). Att--38,789.

Weather: 71 degrees, rain. Wind: 5 mph, out to center.</div>

 

Kazmir stymies Tigers as Crawford, Devil Rays roll

<h3>TAMPA BAY 8, DETROIT 1</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- Scott Kazmir silenced the Detroit Tigerswhile Carl Crawford and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays made plenty ofnoise at the plate.


Kazmir tossed six scoreless innings and Crawford ripped threehits - including a crucial homer - as the Devil Rays routed thestruggling Tigers, 8-1, in the finale of a four-game seriesThursday.


The teams split the series, but Tampa Bay outscored the reigningAmerican League champion Tigers, 25-17. After dropping thefirst two games here, the Devil Rays posted a 7-1 victoryWednesday thanks to starter James Shields, who worked sevenoutstanding innings.


"Kazmir and Shields have been super," Devil Rays manager JoeMaddon said. "That why I like to pitch them back to back."

Kazmir (9-7) followed up Shields' outing with a gem of his ownThursday afternoon, yielding three hits and one walk whilestriking out seven.


"It was just getting ahead," Kazmir said. "It opened up a lotof opportunities for me to throw all of my pitches and make themchase it out of the strike zone. Once you get that firstpitch, you kind of get them in swing mode and I was able tothrow some good changeups and good sliders."


It was the sixth straight quality outing for Kazmir, who enteredthe All-Star break with an uncharacteristically high 4.41 ERA.But the hard-throwing lefthander has been terrific since then,going 4-1 with a 1.16 ERA over his last six starts.

Protecting a 1-0 advantage in the fourth, Kazmir ran intotrouble when Placido Polanco led off with a double and GarySheffield followed with an infield hit. The southpaw struck outslugger Magglio Ordonez on a 3-2 pitch, but Detroit executed adouble-steal to advance both runners into scoring position.

But Kazmir bore down, striking out Carlos Guillen and retiringIvan Rodriguez on a grounder to preserve the one-run lead.

"It's kind of hit or miss with these guys," Kazmir said."They're such a great-hitting ballclub. They are aggressive.You just want to be able to get ahead of them without kind ofserving it up first pitch. That's something they really enjoydoing, they like attacking the first pitch and getting momentumon their side. I got a couple quick outs early in the game andit kind of set the tone."


The Devil Rays gave Kazmir all the support he would need in thefollowing inning, when Akinori Iwamura ripped a one-out tripleoff Tigers righthander Jeremy Bonderman (10-5).


That set the stage for Crawford, who gave Tampa Bay a 3-0advantage by blasting Bonderman's first-pitch slider over thewall in right field for his 10th homer of the season.

"I tried to get a good pitch to hit, Crawford said. "He's(Bonderman) always been tough on us, he's always been tough onme. Today I just tried to be patient, saw he was strugglingearly on. Wanted to just get a good pitch to hit."

The Devil Rays' lone representative at last month's All-StarGame, Crawford also had a stolen base in the first inning and apair of doubles in the later frames. The speedy left fielderhas a 10-game hitting streak and has been red hot over his lasteight contests, batting .611 (22-for-36) over that stretch.

"I'm just trying to get a base hit every time I go up to theplate," Crawford said. "That's about it. I'm just trying tokeep it simple. I don't have one thing I'm trying to focus on,trying to do every time I go up to the plate other than try toget a base hit.


"I'm just getting a good pitch to hit. I ain't swinging at badpitches."


Iwamura, B.J. Upton, Delmon Young and Greg Norton each chippedin two hits for Tampa Bay, which improved to 4-3 vs. Detroitthis season.


Bonderman got pounded for the fourth consecutive start, allowingseven runs and 10 hits in six-plus innings. The hard-throwingrighthander walked three and struck out four.


The 24-year-old Bonderman has been horrendous over his last fouroutings, going 0-4 with an 11.28 ERA.


"I'm not concerned about him (Bonderman) at all." Tigers managerJim Leyland said. "He is one of my horses and the least of myworries."


Bonderman's poor start could not have come at a worse time forthe Tigers (63-51), who entered in a virtual tie with Seattle inthe AL wild card race.


"We have to play better," Tigers designated hitter GarySheffield said. "All of us have to look in the mirror and seewhat we can do to improve. When we have done that, the winswill come."


Detroit scored its lone run of the contest in the bottom of theseventh, when Omar Infante lined a two-out single to plateMarcus Thames.


Activated from the disabled list prior to the contest, Thameshad two hits for the Tigers, who have lost 13 of their last 17games.


"I felt real good," Thames said. "I had some good at-bats atToledo and I'm ready to do what I can to help this team."