Rays def. Tigers 10-9 on 3/3/08

March 3, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Tampa Bay	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	0	1		10	15	1
Detroit	1	1	0	4	0	0	3	0	0		9	16	1

Complete boxscore available at:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2008_03_03_tbamlb_detmlb_1

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03/03/2008 5:18 PM ET
Bonderman strong, but Tigers edged
Guillen and Cabrera combine to go 4-for-5 in loss to Rays
By Jason Beck / MLB.com

RAYS 10, TIGERS 9
at Lakeland, Fla.
Monday, March 3

Rays at the plate: Willy Aybar's two-run double helped the Rays tie the game in the top of the fourth. Carl Crawford added an RBI double in the fifth before Jonny Gomes went deep in the sixth for his first home run of the year. Andy Cannizaro's two-run homer put the Rays ahead briefly in the seventh. Former Tiger Carlos Pena added two hits and an RBI, raising his average to .500 this spring.

Tigers at the plate: Miguel Cabrera opened Detroit's scoring in the opening inning when he singled in Gary Sheffield, capping a run of three straight Tigers reaching base safely. Curtis Granderson doubled home Edgar Renteria an inning later. Marcus Thames' three-run homer paced a four-run fourth inning, and Wilkin Ramirez slugged another three-run homer in the seventh to tie the game.

Rays on the mound: Matt Garza needed 35 pitches to get through the first inning, and it didn't get any easier from there. Granderson's double knocked Garza from the game after he gave up one run on five hits allowed over 1 2/3 innings. Grant Balfour came to the rescue with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief before Thames homered off Chad Orvella.

Tigers on the mound: Jeremy Bonderman tossed three scoreless innings in his second start of the spring, allowing two hits and striking out a pair. Four of Tampa Bay's runs came off Virgil Vasquez, who allowed six hits in two innings of work.

Grapefruit League records: Rays 4-0, Tigers 3-2-1

Up next: The Tigers visit the Astros on Tuesday for a 1:05 p.m. ET contest at Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee. Nate Robertson will make his second start of the spring, followed by Macay McBride, Francis Beltran, Todd Jones, Tim Byrdak and Preston Larrison. Roy Oswalt is scheduled to start for Houston, while former Tiger Dave Borkowski is also slated to pitch.

The Rays return to St. Petersburg for a stretch of five home games over the next nine days, starting with Tuesday's 1:05 p.m. ET matchup with the Twins. Edwin Jackson is slated to make the start opposite Boof Bonser. Andy Sonnanstine, Al Reyes, Trever Miller, Dan Wheeler, Gary Glover and Scott Dohmann are also expected to appear.

Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

Detroit	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Granderson, CF	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	.364
2-Guzman, Fre, PR-CF	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	.400
Polanco, P, 2B	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	.417
1-Raburn, PR-2B	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	.250
Sheffield, DH	2	1	0	0	1	1	4	.000
a-Ramirez, W, PH-DH	3	1	1	3	0	1	5	.444
Guillen, 1B	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	.167
Thames, 1B	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	.333
Larish, 1B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Cabrera, 3B	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	.231
Hessman, 3B	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	.143
Perez, T, LF	6	0	3	0	0	0	4	.333
Renteria, SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	.167
Hollimon, M, SS	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.167
Rodriguez, C	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111
St. Pierre, M, C	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	.200
3-Thomas, PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ryan, C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Joyce, RF	4	1	1	0	1	2	5	.429
Totals	42	9	16	9	9	7	30
a-Grounded into a double play for Sheffield in the 5th. 1-Ran for Polanco, P in the 4th. 2-Ran for Granderson in the 5th. 3-Ran for St. Pierre, M in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Granderson 2 (2, Garza, Orvella), Joyce (2, Orvella), Perez, T (1, Howell). HR: Thames (1, 4th inning off Orvella, 2 on, 1 out), Ramirez, W (1, 7th inning off Mason, 2 on, 0 out). TB: Granderson 4; Guzman, Fre 2; Polanco, P; Ramirez, W 4; Guillen 2; Thames 4; Cabrera 2; Perez, T 4; Renteria; Joyce 2. RBI: Cabrera (2), Granderson (4), Polanco, P (1), Thames 3 (4), Ramirez, W 3 (5). 2-out RBI: Cabrera; Granderson. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Perez, T; Sheffield; Rodriguez; Joyce 2; Hollimon, M; Ramirez, W. GIDP: Ramirez, W. Team LOB: 15. FIELDING E: St. Pierre, M (1, fielding).

Detroit	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Bonderman	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3.60
Vasquez (BS, 1)	2.0	6	4	4	0	1	0	9.00
Galarraga (BS, 1)	1.0	2	2	0	1	1	1	0.00
Tata	0.1	2	3	3	2	0	1	81.00
Lopez	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Dolsi (L, 0-1)	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	4.50

WP: McGee, Galarraga, Tata.
HBP: Rodriguez, Joh (by Tata).
Ground outs-fly outs:
Garza 2-3, Balfour 1-3, Orvella 0-3, McGee 2-1, Mason 0-1, Howell 2-0,
Sonnanstine 1-1, Bonderman 5-1, Vasquez 2-3, Galarraga 1-1, Tata 1-0,
Lopez 2-2, Dolsi 2-0.
Batters faced: Garza 10, Balfour 7,
Orvella 10, McGee 6, Mason 7, Howell 8, Sonnanstine 3, Bonderman 10,
Vasquez 12, Galarraga 6, Tata 6, Lopez 6, Dolsi 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Balfour 1-0, McGee 1-0, Mason 2-0, Lopez 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Mark Wegner. 1B: Jerry Layne. 2B: Jeff Kellogg. 3B: Dan Iassogna.
Weather: 81 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 10 mph, Out to LF.
T: 4:02.
Att: 6,425.

16 hits though... that's good.

Better than the last few games! They just need to convert the hits into Runs!

Sounds like it was a good game at least.

Yep, our regulars are doing better, Cabrera went 2 for 3 ab, Sheff drew a walk, Grandy, well is just doing great 2 for 3 and his other at bat was a BB. Polanco 1 for 2 with a walk, Thames HR, Gullen 2 for 2, Timo 3 for 6! 16 HITS was good, they just did not convert to runs as well as they should.

Hey, we got 9 runs! That's not bad.

Better than yesterday!

Yeah!