May 16, 2008 Tampa Bay Rays at St. Louis Cardinals Play by Play and Box Score

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LAA 4
LAD 2 BAL 5
WSN 3 SDP 6
@SEA 4 TEX 16
HOU 8 ARI 4
DET 3 ATL 3
OAK 2 CHC 7
PIT 4 CIN 4
CLE 3 MIN 4
@COL 2 KCR 7
@FLA 6 PHI 10
TOR 3 CHW 2
@SFG 0 TBR 3
@STL 1

Standings at end of play this day

Busch Stadium II, Attendance: 43,136

Friday, May 16, 2008, 8:15pm
Time of Game: 2:32

Rays

25-17

Won 2

1st

Joe Maddon

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Rays            0  0  2   1  0  0   0  0  0    3 12  0
Cardinals       0  0  0   0  0  0   0  1  0    1  8  1

W: A Sonnanstine (6-1), L: B Looper (5-3), S: T Percival (11)

Cardinals

24-20

Lost 2

3rd, 3 GB

Tony LaRussa

BATTING

Tampa Bay Rays               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
A Iwamura 2B                  5   1   3   1    0   0  .275  .711   25    3   3   2B
C Crawford LF                 5   0   1   1    0   0  .274  .680   16    2   0   
B Upton CF                    4   0   1   0    1   0  .274  .763   22    4   0   2B,GDP
C Pena 1B                     5   0   1   1    0   1  .212  .690   25    9   1   
E Longoria 3B                 4   0   2   0    0   1  .220  .709   13    1   2   2B
E Hinske RF                   4   0   0   0    0   1  .252  .870   12    2   0   GDP
  G Gross RF                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .218  .685         0   0   
D Navarro C                   3   1   0   0    1   1  .372  .866   20    4   0   
J Bartlett SS                 4   0   2   0    0   0  .245  .559   16    1   5   
A Sonnanstine P               3   1   2   0    0   1  .667 1.334   19    1   1   SH
  T Percival P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       37   3  12   3    2   5              168   27  12

BATTING

2B: B Upton (9, off B Looper); A Iwamura (6, off M Parisi); E Longoria (5, off B Looper).

SH: A Sonnanstine (1, off B Looper).

TB: A Iwamura 4; E Longoria 3; B Upton 2; A Sonnanstine 2; J Bartlett 2; C Pena; C Crawford.

GIDP: B Upton (3); E Hinske (5).

RBI: C Crawford (25); A Iwamura (14); C Pena (20).

2-out RBI: A Iwamura; C Pena.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 4 for 16.

FIELDING

DP: 1. A Iwamura-J Bartlett-C Pena.

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
S Schumaker RF                4   0   0   0    0   0  .278  .735   15    2   0   GDP
C Duncan LF                   4   1   2   1    0   1  .268  .812   13    2   0   HR
A Pujols 1B                   4   0   0   0    0   1  .347 1.070   13   14   1   
R Ankiel CF                   4   0   0   0    0   1  .285  .853   11    0   0   
T Glaus 3B                    4   0   2   0    0   1  .271  .806   16    0   2   3B
Y Molina C                    4   0   1   0    0   0  .300  .762    8    4   1   
A Kennedy 2B                  4   0   0   0    0   0  .273  .643   14    2   3   
B Looper P                    2   0   2   0    0   0  .438 1.089    9    1   2   
  C Perez P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  A Miles PH-SS               1   0   0   0    0   0  .280  .642    1    0   1   
C Izturis SS                  3   0   1   0    0   0  .252  .643    9    2   2   
  M Parisi P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
Totals                       34   1   8   1    0   4              109   27  12

BATTING

3B: T Glaus (1, off A Sonnanstine).

HR: C Duncan (4, off A Sonnanstine; 8th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep RF).

TB: C Duncan 5; T Glaus 4; B Looper 2; C Izturis; Y Molina.

GIDP: S Schumaker (7).

RBI: C Duncan (12).

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 0 for 4.

FIELDING

DP: 2. A Kennedy-A Pujols; A Kennedy-C Izturis-A Pujols.

E: A Pujols (1).

PITCHING

Tampa Bay Rays                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
A Sonnanstine, W (6-1)         8     8   1   1    0   4   1   4.53   31   98-76   48· 3·25   15· 8· 4· 0     66    -     1.04   0.38
T Percival, S (11)             1     0   0   0    0   0   0   2.12    3   11-7     5· 1· 1    0· 3· 0· 0          0-0    1.31   0.09
Totals                         9     8   1   1    0   4   1          34  109-83   53· 4·26   15·11· 4· 0           -

St. Louis Cardinals           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Looper, L (5-3)              6    10   3   3    2   1   0   4.25   28  117-72   51· 2·19   14· 3· 8· 0     39    -     0.95  -0.08
C Perez                        1     0   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    4   17-11    5· 2· 4    1· 0· 2· 0          0-0    0.46   0.02
M Parisi                       2     2   0   0    0   3   0   3.00    8   30-20    9· 5· 6    3· 0· 2· 0          0-0    0.35   0.03
Totals                         9    12   3   3    2   5   0          40  164-103  65· 9·29   18· 3·12· 0           -

Balks: None.

WP: B Looper (1).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Greg Gibson, 2B - Brian Runge, 3B - Charlie Reliford.

Time of Game: 2:32.

Attendance: 43,136.

Weather: 69° F, Wind 6mph out to Leftfield, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Tampa Bay Rays                St. Louis Cardinals                  
1. A Iwamura            2B    1. S Schumaker          RF 
2. C Crawford           LF    2. C Duncan             LF 
3. B Upton              CF    3. A Pujols             1B 
4. C Pena               1B    4. R Ankiel             CF 
5. E Longoria           3B    5. T Glaus              3B 
6. E Hinske             RF    6. Y Molina             C  
7. D Navarro            C     7. A Kennedy            2B 
8. J Bartlett           SS    8. B Looper             P  
9. A Sonnanstine        P     9. C Izturis            SS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 3   0  2-0  12-  1   13%  69% S Schumaker     A Sonnanstine   Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B; Looper to 3B
   t 3   0  0-1  12-  5  -10%  60% B Upton         B Looper        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B (SS-2B); Iwamura to 3B
   t 3   2  0-1  --3  2    9%  70% C Pena          B Looper        Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Iwamura Scores
   t 4   2  0-2  12-  5    9%  81% A Iwamura       B Looper        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Navarro Scores; Sonnanstine to 2B
   t 3   0  0-0  -2-  6    7%  64% A Iwamura       B Looper        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Sonnanstine to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Braden Looper facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  6   48%  A Iwamura       Lineout: SS (Weak SS)
   O      ---  3   46%  C Crawford      Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          ---  5   48%  B Upton         Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line)
   O      -2-  7   45%  C Pena          Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 0, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Andy Sonnanstine facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   47%  S Schumaker     Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  7   49%  C Duncan        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   50%  A Pujols        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rays 0, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 2nd, Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Braden Looper facing 5-6-7
          ---  2   56%  E Longoria      Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
   O      -2-  4   52%  E Hinske        Lineout: 1B (2B-1B)
   O      -2-  5   49%  D Navarro       Groundout: P-1B (Weak 3B); Longoria to 3B
   O      --3  3   45%  J Bartlett      Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 0, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Andy Sonnanstine facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   47%  R Ankiel        Lineout: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  4   49%  T Glaus         Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   48%  Y Molina        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  5   50%  A Kennedy       Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 0, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 3rd, Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Braden Looper facing 9-1-2
          ---  6   54%  A Sonnanstine   Single to SS (Line Drive to Deep SS)
          1--      57%  A Iwamura       Wild Pitch; Sonnanstine to 2B
          -2-  6   64%  " "             Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Sonnanstine to 3B
   R      1-3  2   70%  C Crawford      Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Sonnanstine Scores; Iwamura to 2B
   OO     12-  5   60%  B Upton         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B (SS-2B); Iwamura to 3B
   R      --3  2   70%  C Pena          Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Iwamura Scores
   O      1--  4   68%  E Longoria      Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 2, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-2, Andy Sonnanstine facing 8-9-1
          ---  6   63%  B Looper        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  4   56%  C Izturis       Single to 1B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B); Looper to 2B
   OO     12-  1   69%  S Schumaker     Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B; Looper to 3B
   O      --3  1   73%  C Duncan        Flyball: RF (RF Line)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 2, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 4th, Rays Batting, Ahead 2-0, Braden Looper facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   72%  E Hinske        Flyball: LF
          ---  9   73%  D Navarro       Walk
   O      1--  5   71%  J Bartlett      Lineout: RF
          1--  4   73%  A Sonnanstine   Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Navarro to 2B
   R      12-  5   81%  A Iwamura       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Navarro Scores; Sonnanstine to 2B
   O      12-  3   79%  C Crawford      Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rays 3, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Andy Sonnanstine facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2   81%  A Pujols        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  3   83%  R Ankiel        Lineout: 2B
          ---  4   81%  T Glaus         Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
   O      --3  1   84%  Y Molina        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 3, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 5th, Rays Batting, Ahead 3-0, Braden Looper facing 3-4-5
          ---  6   86%  B Upton         Walk
   O      1--  4   84%  C Pena          Flyball: LF
          1--  3   88%  E Longoria      Single to SS (Ground Ball); Upton to 3B
   OO     1-3  2   81%  E Hinske        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 3, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Andy Sonnanstine facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   84%  A Kennedy       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS-2B)
          ---  3   81%  B Looper        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
   O      1--  4   84%  C Izturis       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   O      1--  4   87%  S Schumaker     Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 3, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 6th, Rays Batting, Ahead 3-0, Braden Looper facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   86%  D Navarro       Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
          ---  6   87%  J Bartlett      Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   86%  A Sonnanstine   Bunt Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home); Bartlett to 2B
   O      -2-  2   84%  A Iwamura       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 3, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Andy Sonnanstine facing 2-3-4
          ---  3   80%  C Duncan        Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      1--  2   84%  A Pujols        Popfly: 2B
   O      1--  4   87%  R Ankiel        Strikeout Swinging
          1--  5   85%  T Glaus         Single to LF (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Duncan to 2B
   O      12-  2   90%  Y Molina        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rays 3, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 7th, Rays Batting, Ahead 3-0, Chris Perez facing 2-3-4
                  Chris Perez replaces Braden Looper pitching and batting 8th
   O      ---  7   89%  C Crawford      Lineout: 2B
          ---  1   90%  B Upton         Reached on E3 (Line Drive to 2B-1B)
   O      1--  5   89%  C Pena          Groundout: 2B-1B; Upton to 2B
   O      -2-  4   88%  E Longoria      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Rays 3, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Andy Sonnanstine facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   90%  A Kennedy       Flyball: RF
                  Aaron Miles pinch hits for Chris Perez batting 8th
   O      ---  1   92%  A Miles         Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  1   93%  C Izturis       Flyball: LF (Short LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rays 3, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 8th, Rays Batting, Ahead 3-0, Mike Parisi facing 6-7-8
                  Mike Parisi replaces Cesar Izturis pitching and batting 9th; Aaron Miles moves to SS
   O      ---  5   92%  E Hinske        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   92%  D Navarro       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   92%  J Bartlett      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
   O      1--  5   92%  A Sonnanstine   Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 3, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Andy Sonnanstine facing 1-2-3
                  Gabe Gross replaces Eric Hinske playing RF batting 6th
   O      ---  5   94%  S Schumaker     Groundout: P-1B (Weak 2B)
   R      ---  2   88%  C Duncan        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   O      ---  4   91%  A Pujols        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2   93%  R Ankiel        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rays 3, Cardinals 1.

Top of the 9th, Rays Batting, Ahead 3-1, Mike Parisi facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   95%  A Iwamura       Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  1   93%  C Crawford      Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      -2-  5   92%  B Upton         Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B); Iwamura to 3B
   O      --3  7   91%  C Pena          Lineout: 1B (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 3, Cardinals 1.

Bottom of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-3, Troy Percival facing 5-6-7
                  Troy Percival replaces Andy Sonnanstine pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  3   96%  T Glaus         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  3   99%  Y Molina        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  5  100%  A Kennedy       Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rays 3, Cardinals 1.

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