Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 14, Houston 10
When: 2:05 PM ET, Sunday, June 26, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Brian Gorman, 3B - Jim Wolf
Attendance: 23965
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 30110204314191
Houston 12220012010140
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Johnny Damon LF 6 3 4 0 0 0 1 .274
Ben Zobrist RF-2B 5 4 3 1 1 1 3 .268
Evan Longoria 3B 6 3 4 5 0 1 4 .253
B.J. Upton CF 5 2 2 4 1 2 3 .228
Sean Rodriguez 2B 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .224
     Matt Joyce PH-RF 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 .310
Casey Kotchman 1B 5 0 2 2 0 1 2 .343
Kelly Shoppach C 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .182
     John Jaso PH-C 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .220
Elliot Johnson SS 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .204
     J.P. Howell RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Joel Peralta RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Adam Russell RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Wade Davis PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500
     Kyle Farnsworth RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jeff Niemann SP 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
     Justin Ruggiano PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .305
     Cesar Ramos RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Sam Fuld PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .241
     Juan Cruz RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Reid Brignac SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182
Totals 46 14 19 14 4 13 25  
Batting
2B - Ben Zobrist (25), Evan Longoria (13), Matt Joyce (17), Casey Kotchman (14), Elliot Johnson (3)
HR - Evan Longoria 2 (9), B.J. Upton (11)
TB - Johnny Damon 4, Ben Zobrist 4, Evan Longoria 11, B.J. Upton 5, Matt Joyce 2, Casey Kotchman 3, Elliot Johnson 2, Wade Davis, Jeff Niemann
RBI - Ben Zobrist (40), Evan Longoria 5 (33), B.J. Upton 4 (41), Matt Joyce 2 (38), Casey Kotchman 2 (22)
2-Out RBI - Evan Longoria 3 (18), Matt Joyce 2 (17), Casey Kotchman 2 (9)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B.J. Upton 2 (25), Kelly Shoppach (20), John Jaso (19), Sam Fuld 2 (24)
Team LOB - 9
Fielding
E - Kelly Shoppach (2)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jeff Niemann 3.0 7 5 5 0 2 0 5.58
Cesar Ramos 1.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 4.12
Juan Cruz 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.14
J.P. Howell (W 1-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 9.31
Joel Peralta 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 1 4.00
Adam Russell (H 2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.63
Kyle Farnsworth 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.99
WP - Jeff Niemann
Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 66-43, Cesar Ramos 14-9, Juan Cruz 30-22, J.P. Howell 13-7, Joel Peralta 10-7, Adam Russell 4-3, Kyle Farnsworth 14-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 5-1, Cesar Ramos 1-2, Juan Cruz 0-3, J.P. Howell 3-0, Joel Peralta 0-0, Adam Russell 2-0, Kyle Farnsworth 1-0
Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 16, Cesar Ramos 5, Juan Cruz 6, J.P. Howell 4, Joel Peralta 2, Adam Russell 3, Kyle Farnsworth 3
Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Michael Bourn CF 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 .282
Jeff Keppinger 2B 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 .336
     Mark Melancon RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Sergio Escalona RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Jason Michaels PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203
Hunter Pence RF 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 .315
Carlos Lee LF-1B 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 .268
Chris Johnson 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .244
Brett Wallace 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .293
     Wilton Lopez RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Matt Downs 2B 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .280
Clint Barmes SS 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .218
Carlos Corporan C 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .122
J.A. Happ SP 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .292
     Jason Bourgeois LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .364
Totals 36 10 14 9 0 5 8  
Batting
2B - Jeff Keppinger (6), Hunter Pence (22), Carlos Lee (20), Chris Johnson (18), Brett Wallace (19), Clint Barmes (11), Carlos Corporan (1)
3B - Carlos Lee (3)
HR - Jeff Keppinger (2), Matt Downs (6)
TB - Michael Bourn, Jeff Keppinger 7, Hunter Pence 2, Carlos Lee 5, Chris Johnson 2, Brett Wallace 2, Matt Downs 4, Clint Barmes 3, Carlos Corporan 2, Jason Bourgeois
RBI - Michael Bourn (26), Jeff Keppinger 2 (13), Carlos Lee 3 (41), Matt Downs 2 (21), Clint Barmes (12)
2-Out RBI - Carlos Lee (17)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Chris Johnson (35), Clint Barmes (23)
S - Carlos Corporan (1), J.A. Happ (3)
SF - Jeff Keppinger (1)
Team LOB - 2
Baserunning
CS - Jason Bourgeois (4, 2nd by Cruz/Shoppach)
SB - Michael Bourn (33, 2nd off Ramos/Shoppach)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
J.A. Happ 5.0 9 5 5 3 8 1 5.54
Wilton Lopez (L 1-4; BS 3) 2.1 4 4 4 0 2 1 3.18
Mark Melancon (BS 3) 1.1 6 5 5 1 2 1 3.11
Sergio Escalona 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.08
WP - Wilton Lopez, Mark Melancon
Pitches-Strikes - J.A. Happ 111-64, Wilton Lopez 47-29, Mark Melancon 38-24, Sergio Escalona 6-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J.A. Happ 1-1, Wilton Lopez 2-1, Mark Melancon 2-0, Sergio Escalona 0-0
Batters Faced - J.A. Happ 27, Wilton Lopez 11, Mark Melancon 11, Sergio Escalona 1
Inherited Runners-Scored - Mark Melancon 2-2, Sergio Escalona 1-0