Tuesday, August 4, 2009

6/28 - Rays (52-28) @ Pirates (41-40): Game 2

James Shields: (4 - 3), 2.70 ERA vs. Paul Maholm: (6 - 4), 5.95 ERA

PITTSBURGH -- The Rays have won game two of this interleague series in Pittsburgh with another extra innings victory. The Pirates scored their only run of the game in the first on an RBI single hit by Xavier Nady. The Rays would then tie it up in the fifth with a Jason Bartlett RBI single, and the rest of the game was a pitchers duel between James Shields and Paul Maholm. The Rays finally broke away in the tenth when Carlos Pena belted a two-run homer as the Rays win by two.

Final Score:
Rays: 3
Pirates: 1

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James Shields: 9 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Carlos Pena: 3-5, 2B, HR (39), 2 RBI
Carl Crawford: 2-4, R
Jason Bartlett: 1-4, RBI

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Paul Maholm: 9.2 IP, 10 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Nate McLouth: 2-5, R
Xavier Nady: 2-4, RBI

WP - James Shields (5-3) | LP - Paul Maholm (6-5) | SV - Troy Percival (23)

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