Post-Game Notes

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TAMPA BAY RAYS 4 (78-64), SEATTLE MARINERS 1 (65-78)

Sunday, September 8, 2013 Safeco Field
FINAL Tampa Bay Rays Seattle Mariners First Pitch: 1:10 pm 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 7 0 0 8 3 0 9 1 0 R 4 1 H 10 5 E 0 1 LOB 11 8

Time of Game: 3:24

Temp: 66/ W @ 3 MPH

Attendance: 18,645

WP: Jake McGee (4-3, 4.07) LP: Yoervis Medina (4-5, 2.95) SV: Fernando Rodney (33)
HOME RUNS: Kendrys Morales (SEA) PITCHING LINES: TAMPA BAY Matt Moore Jake McGee (W) Joel Peralta Fernando Rodney (S) SEATTLE Erasmo Ramirez Charlie Furbush Yoervis Medina (L) Oliver Perez Hector Noesi NO. 20 PITCHER Moore INN. 2 MOB 0 OUT 0 COUNT 0-0 DISTANCE/FIELD 396/LF

IP 6.1 0.2 1.0 1.0 IP 6.0+ 1.0 3 BF 1.0 1.0

H 5 0 0 0 H 4 0 1 1 4

R 1 0 0 0 R 0 0 3 0 1

ER 1 0 0 0 ER 0 0 3 0 1

BB-I 3-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 BB-I 4-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-1

SO 3 0 2 2 SO 5 0 0 0 1

HR 1 0 0 0 HR 0 0 0 0 0

WP 1 0 0 0 WP 0 0 0 0 0

HB 0 0 0 0 HB 0 0 1 0 0

BK 0 0 0 0 BK 0 0 0 0 0

PITCHES/STRIKES 103/61 5/4 20/11 13/9 PITCHES/STRIKES 106/65 14/8 8/2 12/7 29/12

RAYS NOTES: th th The Rays came from behind in the 8 , tallying their 5 win of the year when trailing after 7 inningsTampa Bay snapped a 3-game losing streak and avoiding their first sweep by the Mariners since 8/7-9/06. th rd Sean Rodriguez (1x2,RBI) tallied a pinch-hit, game-winning RBI in the 8 its his 3 game-winning RBI of the year and first since 7/29 @ BOSfirst career pinch-hit, game-winning RBI. nd th o Tallied first pinch-hit RBI on the year and 2 of his career (also: 5/19/2010 @ NYY, RBI 2B in 8 inning). th nd Matt Moore (6.1,5,1,1,3,3,HR) allowed 1 run or fewer for the 13 time this season, tied for the 2 -most starts of 1 run or fewer allowed in the AL with J. MastersonFelix Hernandez leads the AL with 14. o Allowed a homer in 9 of 23 starts, but in only 3 of last 15 GS (since 5/19 @ BAL). th th James Loney (3x4,R,2B,RBI,BB) saw his 12 3-hit game of the year (first since 8/9 @ LAD) hit his 12 game-tying th RBI in the 8 with a double to right field. Evan Longoria (0x2,R,2 BB,HBP) saw his 5-game hit streak snappedduring the streak he hit .368 (7x19) with 1 run, 1 homer, 2 RBIs, and 3 walks. MARINERS NOTES: Erasmo Ramirez (6.0,4,0,0,4,5) threw his first scoreless appearance of 2013 and first start of 3.0+ innings of scoreless baseballthe only other time he didnt allow a run as a starter was 6/30/12 where he went 2.2 innings. o Has a 2.27 ERA (31.2 IP, 8 ER) in his last 5 starts (since 8/18), lowering his ERA from 7.06 to 4.57. nd o 4 walks ties a season high (also: 7/11 vs. BOS), but did not allow a HR for just the 2 start this year (also: 8/18 @ TEX). o Has 5 or more strikeouts in 6 of 10 starts in 2013 and has lasted 6.0 innings or more in 6 starts as well. rd Kendrys Morales (1x2,R,HR,RBI,2 BB) hit a homer in consecutive games for the 3 time this year (last: 5/30-31, also: 4/22-23) hit 3 home runs in last 5 games (since 9/4) after going 28 games without a home run from 8/3 to 9/3. rd o Has back-to-back 20+ home run seasons for first time in career (22 in 2012 w/LAA, 20 in 2013). ..2013 is 3 season overall with 20+ homers (also: 34 HR in 2009 w/ LAA). o Hitting .429 (9x21) with 4 runs, 1 double, 3 homers, 6 RBI, and 3 walks in last 6 games. Brad Miller (2x4) has 25 games multi-hit games this season as opposed to 14 1-hit games and 25 games w/o a hit. Abraham Almonte (0x2,BB,SAC).has sacrifice hits in his last two games (yesterday and today)hes the first Mariner since Trayvon Robinson since 9/25 and 9/27/2012 to have sacrifice hits in 2 straight games. o Saw his 6-game hit streak snappedduring the streak he hit .250 (6x24) with 3 runs scored, 2 doubles, 3 RBI, and 2 walks.

NEXT GAME Seattle Mariners vs. Houston Astros Monday, September 9, 2013 at 7:10 pm PT (ROOT Sports) RHP Taijuan Walker (1-0, 3.60) vs. RHP Jarred Cosart (1-1, 2.13)

Post-Game Quotes
RAYS MANAGER JOE MADDON: That had a chance to be difficult way to end the trip, but things turned around for you We finally broke through with the double by Loney. With the bases loaded, they left Delmon right there, and the one you dont want to make is that, and they get two outs. Matt Moore was really good, Jake came in and did his job, and Joel did, and I thought Fernando was really sharp at the end. You get the breakthrough runs that finally happened, hopefully thats going to open up the floodgates. Loney with the big hit to tie, and then Rodriguez (who had a difficult night Friday) came through Its good for him, its good for us. I know hes gonna feel a lot better about himself after that. Just trying to figure that moment out . I thought they could have walked that first pinch-hitter up there, they could have chosen to do so. I thought Id put Yunel up if they may have walked him, so theres all those different happenstances right there. Then he gets on top of a fastballSean doesand drives it back up the middle. It was outstanding