MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CHICAGO WHITE SOX AT TAMPA BAY RAYS
09/02/2039
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CHICAGO WHITE SOX AT TAMPA BAY RAYS
GAME ID: 2423 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND , 2039 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago White Sox (54-79) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0
Tampa Bay Rays (87-46) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3 5 0
Rays Drop White Sox, 3-2
Tommy Spears pitched well enough to win, but it was not to be. The Chicago White Sox, despite Spears's fine outing, dropped a 3-2 decision to the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. The win was credited to Chris Williams in relief. His record improves to 7-2. Tommy Spears took the loss. The first-place Rays have won 4 straight.

Jose Mejia came through for Tampa Bay when he hit a run-scoring single in the bottom of the seventh. With a runner on 3rd, he hit a two-strike changeup to left field, staking his team to a 3-2 lead.

"There were things that we could've improved upon," said Rays manager Tampa Manager, "but all in all, I'm satisfied with our performance."
CHICAGO BATTING LINESCORE TAMPA BAY BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Saunders 2B 5 0 0 1 0 1 3 .250 5 38
B. Buchhop RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 .239 28 61
J. Balboa 3B 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 .267 25 78
C. Moore CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .224 21 55
B. Metz LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .238 13 36
J. Lambert 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .235 7 26
K. Jacobs DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .239 4 12
J. Mays SS 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .213 2 29
B. Costenla C 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 .231 8 18
Totals 36 2 10 1 3 6 16      
BATTING
Doubles: B. Metz (13, 8th Inning off C. Williams, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: B. Buchhop , J. Balboa 2 , C. Moore , B. Metz 3 , J. Lambert , J. Mays , B. Costenla 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Saunders , B. Buchhop , B. Metz , J. Lambert 2 , B. Costenla
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: C. Moore (14) , J. Mays (12)
CS: B. Buchhop (8)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Balboa-Saunders-Lambert)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Towler RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .286 18 62
M. Peterson LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .271 35 81
M. Esquivel C 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 .255 25 80
A. Castro 3B 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 .261 24 74
Y. Moore CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .209 16 47
J. Olalde 1B 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 .287 3 12
J. Mejia 2B 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 .235 8 25
   a-K. Dunne SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 0 0
C. Bridgeman SS, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .209 8 32
J. Tejada DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .144 3 15
   b-K. Renaud DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 16 57
Totals 28 3 5 3 1 7 7      
a - K. Dunne substituted for J. Mejia in the 8th
b - K. Renaud inserted as DH in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Olalde (5, 7th Inning off T. Spears, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: M. Esquivel , A. Castro , J. Olalde 3 , J. Mejia
2-out RBI: J. Olalde
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Mejia
GIDP: C. Bridgeman
Team LOB: 2

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Peterson (35)
CHICAGO PITCHING LINESCORE TAMPA BAY PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Spears L (6-14) 6.1 5 3 3 1 7 0 99 5.22   
K. Suarez 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.05   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Spears 57
Batters Faced: T. Spears 25, K. Suarez 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Spears 6-6, K. Suarez 3-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Spears 99-66, K. Suarez 11-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Suarez 1-0
WP: T. Spears
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Nikolic 6.0 8 2 2 1 5 0 92 3.21   
C. Williams W (7-2) 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 0 35 1.31   
M. Patterson 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 3.09   
G. Weihl SV (8) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2.47   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Nikolic 52
Batters Faced: K. Nikolic 27, C. Williams 7, M. Patterson 1, G. Weihl 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Nikolic 9-4, C. Williams 2-1, M. Patterson 0-0, G. Weihl 2-2
Pitches - Strikes: K. Nikolic 92-58, C. Williams 35-21, M. Patterson 6-2, G. Weihl 15-11
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Patterson 2-0 , G. Weihl 3-0
WP: K. Nikolic 2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tommy Spears
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Start Time: 7:35 PM ET
Time: 3:08
Attendance: 30506
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