6/26 - Rays (51-27) @ Marlins (41-37): Game 3

Hideo Nomo: (4 - 1), 2.54 ERA vs. Sergio Mitre: (1 - 0), 3.38 ERA

MIAMI -- The Rays have won the third and final game of this citrus series in Miami in a long, fifteen inning battle. Just about all of the offense in the game was home runs. Mike Jacobs got things started in the second solo shot, but Evan Longoria tied it up in the fourth with his own solo homer. Jeremy gave the Marlins the lead again in the fifth with a solo homer, but B.J. Upton tied it up again in the sixth with HIS own solo shot. Jeremy Hermida gave the Marlins the lead for the third time in the game with a seventh inning lead-off homer, his second of the game. Gabe Gross tied it up AGAIN in the eighth with an pinch-hit opposite field shot that barely made it out. The game remained tied at three until the fifteenth inning; with two on, Jason Bartlett hit an RBI single, Troy Percival closed it out, and the Rays won the game.

Final Score:
Rays: 4
Marlins: 3
F/15


Hideo Nomo: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

B.J. Upton: 1-6, HR (25)
Evan Longoria: 2-6, HR (22)
Jason Bartlett: 2-6, RBI
Gabe Gross: 1-1, HR (1)


Sergio Mitre: 10 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Mike Jacobs: 1-6, HR (9)
Jeremy Hermida: 2-6, 2 HR (13, 14)

WP - J.P. Howell (2-4) | LP - Taylor Tankersley (2-2) | SV - Troy Percival (22)