Final
Sanchez & Sanchez lead Marlins past Rays 14-9
Jun 12, 2010 - 3:31 AMVideo
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.(AP) -- Forget the sloppy eighth and ninth innings. The Florida Marlins won the opener of the Citrus Series, and that was enough for manager Fredi Gonzalez.
Anibal Sanchez pitched seven solid innings and Gaby Sanchez homered twice and drove in a career-high six runs Friday night, leading the Marlins a 14-9 victory over Tampa Bay and trimming the Rays' lead in the AL East to one game over the New York Yankees.
Florida committed three errors after their starting pitcher departed with a 10-run lead, allowing the team with baseball's best record - though not by much - to make it interesting late.
"That eighth and ninth inning we made some mistakes. But other than that, hey, we got through it," Gonzalez said.
"We won, and I don't think anybody got hurt. We'll take it. We won't give it back and we won't play it again. That's a very good club over there. If you give them opportunities you're going to have to do what we did to beat them."
The Marlins beat their intrastate rivals for just the third time in 13 tries over the past three seasons, handing Rays starter James Shields (5-5) his fourth consecutive loss while Anibal Sanchez (6-3) won for the fifth time in six starts.
Tampa Bay's division lead is its smallest May 15.
Gaby Sanchez had four hits, including a three-run homer off Shields, who matched a career high by allowing 10 runs over 3 1-3 innings - the right-hander's shortest outing of the season. The Marlins first baseman also had a sacrifice fly in the fifth and two-run homer in the seventh.
Anibal Sanchez yielded a two-run double to B.J. Upton and a solo homer to Carlos Pena, who tied a Rays record by going deep for the fifth consecutive game. Pena, who's batting .196, has six homers during the streak.
The Marlins went 1-5 against Tampa Bay each of the past two seasons, and the Rays have won seven of the last nine series between the teams at Tropicana Field, where the first of this year's six interleague meetings drew a crowd of 19,338.
Florida's Chris Coghlan went 4 for 4 with two walks and drove in a run, extending his hitting streak to 11 games.
Gaby Sanchez's second homer, a two-run shot off Andy Sonnanstine, put Florida up 14-3.
"It's definitely nice. But today's over and now we've got to work for tomorrow and hopefully keep it rolling," Sanchez said.
"It was one of those games I got some pitches, and I was able to put some swings on them. I'm definitely not going up there trying to hit a home run. They just kind of happen."
Tampa Bay scored once in the seventh and four times in the eighth, when Hank Blalock had a two-run single off Rick VandenHurk and the Marlins helped the Rays by dropping two popups for errors. A third error allowed another run to score in the ninth.
Anibal Sanchez allowed four runs and seven hits. He walked three and struck out four, breezing for the most part after Florida scored five runs in the third and four more in the fourth.
The Marlins loaded the bases in the third on two walks and Gaby Sanchez's bunt single that Shields couldn't field. The Rays starter looked like he might wiggle off the hook when Hanley Ramirez struck out and Jorge Cantu popped to right, but the third out was much more difficult to get.
Shields walked Dan Uggla on a 3-2 pitch, driving in a run to make it 2-0. Ross followed with a two-run single and Mike Stanton, who had three hits in his big league debut on Tuesday, finished the five-run inning by lining a two-run triple into the gap in right-centerfield.
"We were one pitch away from keeping it" 1-0," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "It just didn't work out for us."
Sanchez's first homer made it 9-0. Ross drove in the final run charged to Shields with his fourth-inning single off Sonnanstine.
During his losing streak, Shields has allowed 25 runs and 34 hits over 23 2-3 innings. Most of the damage has come in his last three starts.
"It's unacceptable the way I'm pitching right now," Shields said. "I'm letting my team down and not giving them a chance to win."
NOTES: The Marlins set a season-high with 14 runs. They had 15 hits, three off their season high. ... Jose Canseco homered in five straight games for the Rays from May 16-21, 1999. ... Maddon continues to tinker with his batting order. C John Jaso batted leadoff for the third time and Pena, who is emerging from a season-long slump, was moved back into the cleanup spot he occupied earlier in the season. ... Rays first-round draft pick Justin O'Connor (No. 31 overall) attended the game. He has agreed to a contract and will report to the minors next week.
- Rays 9, Marlins 14 - FINAL
FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Coghlan lf 4 4 4 1 2 0 0 .278
G Sanchez 1b 5 3 4 6 0 0 2 .282
H Ramirez ss 4 0 0 1 0 1 4 .278
J Cantu dh 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .286
D Uggla 2b 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 .258
B Barden 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
C Ross cf
Jun 11 10:27 PM - ML
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
ERROR BY WES HELMS ALLOWED CARLOS PENA TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B UPTON ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 14
TAMPA BAY 9 BOTTOM,9TH
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: H BLALOCK (.229, 2-FOR-4, 2 RBI)
Marlins 14, Rays 9 Bot 9, 0 OutsJun 11 10:18 PM - ML
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
FORCE OUT BY CARL CRAWFORD SCORED SEAN RODRIGUEZ
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, C CRAWFORD ON FIRST, K SHOPPACH ON THIRD, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 14
TAMPA BAY 8 BOTTOM,8TH
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: W AYBAR (.250, 0-FOR-1)
Marlins 14, Rays 8 Bot 8, 0 OutsJun 11 9:59 PM - ML
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
WILD PITCH BY TAYLOR TANKERSLEY ALLOWED HANK BLALOCK TO
SCORE.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, K SHOPPACH ON SECOND, S RODRIGUEZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 14
TAMPA BAY 7 BOTTOM,8TH
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J JASO (.292, 0-FOR-2, 2 BB)
Marlins 14, Rays 7 Bot 8, 0 OutsJun 11 9:55 PM - ML
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY HANK BLALOCK SCORED BEN ZOBRIST AND CARLOS PENA
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, H BLALOCK ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 14
TAMPA BAY 6 BOTTOM,8TH
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: S RODRIGUEZ (.256, 0-FOR-3)
Marlins 14, Rays 6 Bot 8, 0 OutsJun 11 9:44 PM - ML
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY CARL CRAWFORD SCORED HANK BLALOCK
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J JASO ON SECOND, R BRIGNAC ON THIRD, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 14
TAMPA BAY 4 BOTTOM,7TH
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: W AYBAR (.252, 4 HR, 14 RBI)
Marlins 14, Rays 4 Bot 7, 0 OutsJun 11 9:27 PM - ML
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY GABY SANCHEZ (7) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 2
OUT IN THE 7TH OFF ANDY SONNANSTINE SCORED CHRIS COGHLAN.
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 14, TAMPA BAY 3
DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: H RAMIREZ (.279, 0-FOR-3, SF, RBI)
Marlins 14, Rays 3 Top 7, 0 OutsJun 11 9:16 PM - ML
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY CHRIS COGHLAN SCORED MIKE STANTON
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C COGHLAN ON FIRST, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 12
TAMPA BAY 3 TOP,7TH
DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: G SANCHEZ (.280, 3-FOR-3, SF, HR, 4 RBI)
Marlins 12, Rays 3 Top 7, 0 OutsJun 11 9:14 PM - ML
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY CARLOS PENA (14) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
6TH OFF ANIBAL SANCHEZ.
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 11, TAMPA BAY 3
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: B ZOBRIST (.308, 0-FOR-1, BB)
Marlins 11, Rays 3 Bot 6, 0 OutsJun 11 8:59 PM - ML
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY GABY SANCHEZ SCORED WES HELMS
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C COGHLAN ON FIRST, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 11
TAMPA BAY 2 TOP,5TH
DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: H RAMIREZ (.280, 0-FOR-2, SF, RBI)
Marlins 11, Rays 2 Top 5, 0 OutsJun 11 8:42 PM - ML
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY B.J. UPTON SCORED CARLOS PENA AND CARL CRAWFORD
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B UPTON ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 10
TAMPA BAY 2 BOTTOM,4TH
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: H BLALOCK (.200, 0-FOR-1)
Marlins 10, Rays 2 Bot 4, 0 OutsJun 11 8:31 PM - ML
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY CODY ROSS SCORED DAN UGGLA
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, C ROSS ON FIRST, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 10
TAMPA BAY 0 TOP,4TH
DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M STANTON (.364, 1-FOR-2, 2 RBI)
Marlins 10, Rays 0 Top 4, 0 OutsJun 11 8:21 PM - ML
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY GABY SANCHEZ (6) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 0
OUT IN THE 4TH OFF JAMES SHIELDS SCORED CHRIS COGHLAN AND
RONNY PAULINO.
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 9, TAMPA BAY 0
DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: H RAMIREZ (.281, 0-FOR-1, SF, RBI)
Marlins 9, Rays 0 Top 4, 0 OutsJun 11 8:10 PM - ML
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
TRIPLE BY MIKE STANTON SCORED CODY ROSS AND DAN UGGLA
SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, M STANTON ON THIRD, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 6
TAMPA BAY 0 TOP,3RD
DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: W HELMS (.284, 0-FOR-1)
Marlins 6, Rays 0 Top 3, 0 OutsJun 11 7:56 PM - ML
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY CODY ROSS SCORED GABY SANCHEZ AND CHRIS COGHLAN
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, C ROSS ON FIRST, D UGGLA ON THIRD, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 4
TAMPA BAY 0 TOP,3RD
DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M STANTON (.300, 0-FOR-1)
Marlins 4, Rays 0 Top 3, 0 OutsJun 11 7:54 PM - ML
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
BASES LOADED WALK TO DAN UGGLA SCORED RONNY PAULINO
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D UGGLA ON FIRST, G SANCHEZ ON SECOND, C
COGHLAN ON THIRD, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 2
TAMPA BAY 0 TOP,3RD
DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: C ROSS (.294, 0-FOR-1)
Marlins 2, Rays 0 Top 3, 0 OutsJun 11 7:51 PM - ML
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
FLORIDA 1 1 2 0
TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 (BOT 1)
CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - ANIBAL SANCHEZ
TAM - JAMES SHIELDS
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J JASO (.298, 3 HR, 24 RBI)
C CRAWFORD (.297, 5 HR, 32 RBI)
E LONGORIA (.326, 11 HR, 47 RBI)
Marlins 1, Rays 0 Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 11 7:16 PM
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