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Garza, Rays look to continue home streak

Jun 14, 2008 - 12:59 PM FLORIDA (36-31) at TAMPA BAY (39-28), 6:10 pm EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- Matt Garza and the Tampa Bay Rays aim for their fifth straight home victory on Saturday when they face the Florida Marlins in interleague play.

Tampa Bay defeated Florida, 7-3, on Friday to run its record to 25-10 at Tropicana Field - the second best home mark in the American League.

The Rays give the ball to Garza (4-3, 4.38 ERA), who tries to maintain a perfect record (3-0) here. However, the 24-year-old righthander has struggled in his last two starts, going 0-2 and surrendering 10 runs total in road losses at Texas and Boston.

The Marlins, losers of five of six on the road, counter with Mark Hendrickson (7-4, 5.76 ERA), who is winless in his last three outings. The tall lefthander, at 6-9, surrendered six runs and five hits in just 2 1/3 frames in a 9-4 loss to Cincinnati last Monday.

The Marlins hold a 34-22 advantage in the "Battle of Florida."








  • ML
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    FLORIDA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
    TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 x 4 5 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: FLA - MARK HENDRICKSON, DOUG WAECHTER (6TH), JUSTIN MILLER (7TH),
    RENYEL PINTO (8TH) AND MATT TREANOR
    TAM - MATT GARZA, DAN WHEELER (8TH), TROY PERCIVAL
    (9TH) AND

    Jun 14 9:10 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    JUSTIN RUGGIANO HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING GABE GROSS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BARTLETT ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 1
    TAMPA BAY 4 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D NAVARRO (.329, 0-FOR-3)

    Marlins 1, Rays 4  Bot 7, 0 OutsJun 14 8:33 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JASON BARTLETT SCORED B.J. UPTON AND WILLY AYBAR.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J BARTLETT ON FIRST, G GROSS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 1
    TAMPA BAY 3 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.274, 0-FOR-2)

    Marlins 1, Rays 3  Bot 4, 0 OutsJun 14 7:35 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY MIKE JACOBS SCORED JEREMY HERMIDA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 1
    TAMPA BAY 1 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: D UGGLA (.292, 0-FOR-1)

    Marlins 1, Rays 1  Top 4, 0 OutsJun 14 7:09 PM


  • ML
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JONNY GOMES (5) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 2ND OFF MARK HENDRICKSON.
    CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 0, TAMPA BAY 1
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: G GROSS (.247, 5 HR, 14 RBI)

    Marlins 0, Rays 1  Bot 2, 0 OutsJun 14 6:42 PM

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