Rangers 12 - 6 Rays
Final
  for this game

Rays look to roll again at Tropicana Field

May 27, 2008 - 11:49 AM Texas (26-27) at Tampa Bay (31-20) 7:10 pm EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) - The Tampa Bay Rays will look to continue their winning ways at home when the host the Texas Rangers in the second of a three-game series on Tuesday.

In Monday's opener, Scott Kazmir struck out 10 batters and Eric Hinske recorded his ninth homer to lift the Rays to an easy 7-3 victory over the Rangers.

The win marked the fourth straight for Tampa Bay and was the 16th victory in 17 games at Tropicana Field for the club. The Rays became the first team in modern baseball history (since 1900) to own the best record through Memorial Day after posting the worst mark the season before.

"I don't even know what to say about (the best record in baseball)," Rays right fielder Carl Crawford said. "That's just something I always dreamed about. We just want to try to keep it going."

The Rays hand the ball to Andy Sonnanstine (6-2, 5.09 ERA), who is looking to get back on track after suffering one of his worst outings of the season. He was tagged for seven runs and nine hits in six innings of a 9-1 loss at Oakland on Wednesday.

The righthander has faced Texas just once, giving up five runs in 4 1/3 frames during a 7-4 setback on August 10.

Vicente Padilla (6-2, 3.33) counters for the Rangers. Padilla has perhaps been the most effective in the rotation recently, posting a 4-0 record over his last six starts.

The 30-year-old hasn't had the best of luck when facing Tampa Bay, going 0-2 with a dismal 10.13 ERA through three career appearances - two starts.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TEXAS 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 12 16 0
    TAMPA BAY 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6 10 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: TEX - VICENTE PADILLA, EDDIE GUARDADO (7TH), KAMERON LOE (8TH) AND
    JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA
    TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE, J.P. HOWELL (6TH), GARY GLOVER
    (8TH) AND DIONER NA

    May 27 10:26 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY JASON BARTLETT SCORED EVAN LONGORIA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D NAVARRO ON FIRST, C FLOYD ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 12
    TAMPA BAY 6 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.271, 2-FOR-4)

    Rangers 12, Rays 6  Bot 8, 0 OutsMay 27 10:11 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    GRAND SLAM BY JOSH HAMILTON (13) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    8TH OFF J.P. HOWELL SCORED RAMON VAZQUEZ, IAN KINSLER AND MICHAEL
    YOUNG.
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 12, TAMPA BAY 5
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: M BRADLEY (.325, 1-FOR-3, BB, RBI)

    Rangers 12, Rays 5  Top 8, 0 OutsMay 27 9:48 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY IAN KINSLER SCORED JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, I KINSLER ON FIRST, R VAZQUEZ ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 8
    TAMPA BAY 5 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: M YOUNG (.280, 1-FOR-4)

    Rangers 8, Rays 5  Top 8, 0 OutsMay 27 9:45 PM
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    roots
    bigbelly Added 5 roots

    Rangers 7, Rays 5  Bot 6, 0 OutsMay 27 9:17 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    ERIC HINSKE HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING CLIFF FLOYD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 7
    TAMPA BAY 5 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J BARTLETT (.250, 1-FOR-2)

    Rangers 7, Rays 5  Bot 6, 0 OutsMay 27 9:17 PM
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    roots
    RUWTbot Added 29 roots

    Rangers 7, Rays 4  Bot 5, 0 OutsMay 27 8:43 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ERIC HINSKE (10) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF VICENTE PADILLA SCORED CLIFF FLOYD.
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 7, TAMPA BAY 4
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J BARTLETT (.246, 0-FOR-1)

    Rangers 7, Rays 4  Bot 4, 0 OutsMay 27 8:30 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CLIFF FLOYD (3) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF VICENTE PADILLA SCORED EVAN LONGORIA.
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 7, TAMPA BAY 2
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D NAVARRO (.369, 1 HR, 18 RBI)

    Rangers 7, Rays 2  Bot 2, 0 OutsMay 27 7:46 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY BRANDON BOGGS SCORED MILTON BRADLEY AND DAVID
    MURPHY.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, B BOGGS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 7
    TAMPA BAY 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: F CATALANOTTO (.272, 0-FOR-1)

    Rangers 7, Rays 0  Top 2, 0 OutsMay 27 7:41 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DAVID MURPHY SCORED JOSH HAMILTON.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, D MURPHY ON FIRST, M BRADLEY ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 5
    TAMPA BAY 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: B BOGGS (.262, 1-FOR-1, RBI)

    Rangers 5, Rays 0  Top 2, 0 OutsMay 27 7:40 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MILTON BRADLEY SCORED IAN KINSLER.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M BRADLEY ON FIRST, J HAMILTON ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 4
    TAMPA BAY 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: D MURPHY (.285, 0-FOR-1)

    Rangers 4, Rays 0  Top 2, 0 OutsMay 27 7:37 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY EVAN LONGORIA ALLOWED JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA TO
    SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J HAMILTON ON FIRST, I KINSLER ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 3
    TAMPA BAY 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: M BRADLEY (.325, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Rangers 3, Rays 0  Top 2, 0 OutsMay 27 7:37 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TEXAS 2 2 3 0
    TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: TEX - VICENTE PADILLA
    TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE

    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.267, 3 HR, 15 RBI)
    C CRAWFORD (.280, 4 HR, 29 RBI)
    B UPTON (.308, 3 HR,

    Rangers 2, Rays 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsMay 27 7:18 PM

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