O's pound Rays, 8-4; Balfour hurt

BOXSCORE: 1970 Baltimore Orioles At 2008 Tampa Bay Rays 4/10/2010

Orioles AB R H RBI AVG Rays AB R H RBI AVG
G.Sisler 1B 5 0 0 0 .385 C.Crawford LF 5 0 2 0 .200
P.Blair CF 5 1 1 0 .130 J.Bartlett SS 4 0 1 0 .261
M.Mora RF,LF 3 2 1 1 .143 B.Upton CF 4 0 2 0 .273
F.Robinson LF 2 2 1 3 .444 C.Pena 1B 3 0 0 0 .095
A-N.Markakis RF 1 0 0 0 .176 E.Longoria 3B 4 0 0 0 .136
C.Hoiles C 3 1 2 2 .238 F.McGriff DH 4 1 1 1 .217
B-R.Dempsey C 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Cantu 2B 4 1 1 0 .250
M.Rettenmund DH 3 1 1 0 .444 R.Winn RF 4 1 1 0 .190
C-J.Lowenstein PH 1 0 0 0 .500 J.Flaherty C 4 1 3 3 .571
C.Ripken SS 3 1 1 0 .227
B.Robinson 3B 4 0 1 1 .238
B.Roberts 2B 3 0 0 1 .391
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Totals 33 8 8 8 Totals 36 4 11 4

A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Robinson In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Hoiles In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Rettenmund In 9th Inning

INJURY: Grant Balfour INJURED (for 15 more games) in 8th inning

Orioles......... 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 - 8 8 0
Rays............ 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 11 0

Orioles (5-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Palmer WIN(1-1) 7 10 4 4 1 4 2 121 5.52 A1 D3
M.Drabowsky 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 27 5.40 D4
Totals 9 11 4 4 1 5 2

Rays (1-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
S.Kazmir LOSS(0-2) 4 2/3 5 6 6 5 3 2 90 14.14 A1 C5
A.Lopez 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 41 4.70 C6 D4
J.Howell 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 D5 D6
G.Balfour 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 0.00 D7 D9
J.Mecir 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 0.00 E1
Totals 9 8 8 8 8 4 3

ATTENDANCE- 17,087 DATE- Saturday, April 10th 2010 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Dale Ford, Bill Kunkel, Charlie Berry, John Hirschbeck
T- 2:54
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles: 7 Rays: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 1 Rays: 1
DOUBLES- C.Ripken(3rd), B.Upton(2nd), R.Winn(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Mora(1st), F.Robinson(3rd), C.Hoiles(4th), F.McGriff(2nd),
J.Flaherty(1st)
STOLEN BASES- F.Robinson(1st), C.Crawford(2nd), B.Upton(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Bartlett
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Roberts
WALKS- M.Mora-2, F.Robinson-2, C.Hoiles, R.Dempsey, M.Rettenmund, C.Ripken,
C.Pena
STRIKE OUTS- F.Robinson, C.Hoiles, M.Rettenmund, B.Roberts, B.Upton-2,
E.Longoria-2, J.Flaherty
GIDP- G.Sisler, E.Longoria
WILD PITCHES- S.Kazmir, J.Howell

The Baltimore Orioles toppled the Tampa Bay Rays by a 8 to 4 score at
Tropicana Field.

Baltimore tallied 6 runs in the 4th inning with the help of 5 hits. The key at-bat was by Frank Robinson who helped quiet the crowd when he belted a three-run homer (his 3rd). Tampa Bay had 11 hits in the game while Baltimore had 8, but Baltimore had the more timely hits, including 3 home runs (Chris Hoiles (4th) and Melvin Mora (1st), in addition to F. Robinson).

The win was credited to Jim Palmer(1-1) who went 7 innings allowing 4 runs (all on homeruns by John Flaherty (1st) and Fred McGriff (2nd)).
Scott Kazmir(0-2) ended up with the loss. He was knocked around pretty good, giving up 6 runs on 5 hits (2 homers) and 5 walks in 4 and 2/3 innings.

More bad news for the Rays-Grant Balfour was placed on the 15 day DL with a strained forearm after the game. Rays skipper Joe Maddon had no word at the post game press conference on Balfour's replacement, but did state that an announcement would be forthcoming tomorrow. He also added "in this division, we can't keep this up or we'll be buried by the end of April".


*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 G.Sisler 3- 4 2 Fly Out b-0
1 P.Blair 2- 6 4 Line Out b-0
2 M.Mora 2-11 5 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 C.Crawford 2- 7 3 Ground Out b-0
1 J.Bartlett 2- 3 3 Ground Out b-0
2 B.Upton 2- 6 6 Single b-1
2 1 1 Stolen Base 1-2
2 2 C.Pena 6- 5 6 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 F.Robinson 3- 9 5 Walk b-1
0 1 C.Hoiles 1 Wild Pitch 1-2
0 2 C.Hoiles 6- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
1 2 M.Rettenmun 6- 5 3 Strike Out b-0
2 2 C.Ripken 4-10 3 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 E.Longoria 6- 9 4 Strike Out b-0
1 F.McGriff 5- 9 4 Fly Out b-0
2 J.Cantu 5- 5 4 Single b-1
2 1 R.Winn 4- 6 1 5 Double 1-3 b-2
2 23 J.Flaherty 3- 6 3 3 Home Run 3-H 2-H b-H
2 C.Crawford 3-10 3 Single b-1
2 1 1 Stolen Base 1-2
2 2 J.Bartlett 6- 6 2 Pop Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 B.Robinson 2- 3 3 Foul Out b-0
1 B.Roberts 2- 7 3 Fly Out b-0
2 G.Sisler 1-12 3 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 B.Upton 5- 5 1 Double b-2
0 2 C.Pena 2- 3 5 Fly Out b-0
1 2 E.Longoria 4- 2 6 Ground Out 2-3 b-0
2 3 F.McGriff 2- 7 4 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 P.Blair 5- 8 5 Single b-1
0 1 M.Mora 4- 9 6 Walk 1-2 b-1
0 12 F.Robinson 1- 4 5 Home Run 2-H 1-H b-H
0 C.Hoiles 6 Home Run b-H
0 M.Rettenmun 3- 9 4 Walk b-1
0 1 C.Ripken 4- 2 5 Double 1-3 b-2
0 23 B.Robinson 2 Single 3-H 2-3 b-1
0 1 3 B.Roberts 2- 7 6 Sac Fly 3-H b-0
1 1 G.Sisler 2- 5 1 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 J.Cantu 4-10 4 Fly Out b-0
1 R.Winn 1- 7 3 Fly Out b-0
2 J.Flaherty 5- 5 5 Single b-1
2 1 C.Crawford 3- 6 1 Single 1-3 b-1
2 1 3 J.Bartlett 4-10 2 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 P.Blair 3 Ground Out b-0
1 M.Mora 3- 9 5 Walk b-1
1 1 F.Robinson 2- 9 3 Strike Out b-0
2 1 C.Hoiles 3- 4 4 Walk 1-2 b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Albie Lopez
2 12 M.Rettenmun 6- 8 6 Force Play 1-o b-1
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 B.Upton 3- 8 3 Strike Out b-0
1 C.Pena 4-11 4 Walk b-1
1 1 E.Longoria 5-10 5 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 C.Ripken 5- 7 5 Ground Out b-0
1 B.Robinson 2- 7 5 Ground Out b-0
2 B.Roberts 5- 2 5 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0 F.McGriff 1- 6 10 5 Home Run b-H
0 J.Cantu 3- 6 5 Pop Out b-0
1 R.Winn 3-11 5 Ground Out b-0
2 J.Flaherty 5- 9 5 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 G.Sisler 2- 4 5 Pop Out b-0
1 P.Blair 6-11 5 Ground Out b-0
2 M.Mora 1-11 14 5 Home Run b-H
2 F.Robinson 3-10 5 Walk b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - J.P. Howell
2 1 1 Stolen Base 1-2
2 2 C.Hoiles 1 Wild Pitch 2-3
2 3 C.Hoiles 2-11 1 Single 3-H b-1
2 1 M.Rettenmun 6- 7 6 Single 1-3 b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Grant Balfour
2 1 3 C.Ripken 5- 5 6 Walk 1-2 b-1
2 123 B.Robinson 6-10 5 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0 C.Crawford 2- 7 4 Ground Out b-0
1 J.Bartlett 4- 6 12 4 Single b-1
1 1 B.Upton 3- 5 4 Strike Out b-0
2 1 1 Caught Stealing 1-o
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
0 B.Roberts 6-12 3 Strike Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE P - Jim Mecir
G. Balfour Injured for 15 more games
1 G.Sisler 5- 7 10 4 Fly Out b-0
2 P.Blair 3- 6 4 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Moe Drabowsky
SUBSTITUTE LF- Melvin Mora
SUBSTITUTE RF- Nick Markakis
SUBSTITUTE C - Rick Dempsey
0 C.Pena 4-10 4 Fly Out b-0
1 E.Longoria 1- 8 4 Strike Out b-0
2 F.McGriff 2-11 4 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
0 M.Mora 4-10 3 Ground Out b-0
1 N.Markakis 3- 7 6 Fly Out b-0
2 R.Dempsey 3- 7 4 Walk b-1
SUBSTITUTE PH- John Lowenstein
2 1 J.Lowenstei 4- 5 6 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
0 J.Cantu 3- 6 2 Pop Out b-0
1 R.Winn 6- 8 4 Ground Out b-0
2 J.Flaherty 4- 3 5 Single b-1