Thursday, August 6, 2009

7/6 - Royals (43-36) @ Rays (55-32): Game 3

Great Jimenez: (4 - 3), 5.12 ERA vs. Andy Sonnanstine: (7 - 1), 2.80 ERA

ST. PETERBURG -- The Rays have won game three of this four game series against the Royals in Tampa Bay. The Rays came up with four runs in the fourth on a Carl Crawford RBI single, followed by a three-run blast off the bat of Cliff Floyd. In the fifth inning, Eric Hinske blasted a lead-off home run, his first of the season. B.J. Upton picked up an RBU later in the inning on a sacrifice fly scoring Jason Bartlett from third, and Carlos Pena capped off a three-run fifth with a solo home run. Andy Sonnanstine was dominant, taking a perfect game into the sixth that was broken up by Miguel Olivo with a line drive down the left field line off the glove of the diving Evan Longoria, ruled a hit. The Royals finally got on the board in the seventh with a two-run homer off the bat of Jose Guillen, but that didn't bother Andy Sonnanstine as he went the distance for a two-run, three-hit complete game.

Final Score:
Royals: 2
Rays: 7

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Great Jimenez: 5 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Jose Guillen: 1-3, HR (12), 2 RBI

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Andy Sonnanstine: 9 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

B.J. Upton: 0-3, RBI
Carlos Pena: 2-4, HR (44), 2 R
Carl Crawford: 2-3, RBI, R
Cliff Floyd: 1-3, HR (7), 3 RBI
Eric Hinske: 1-3, HR (1)

WP - Andy Sonnanstine (8-1) | LP - Great Jimenez (4-4) | SV -

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