Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 5, St. Louis 1
Saturday, July 2, 2011 7:10 PM
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, July 2, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Victor Carapazza
Attendance: 23897
Final Scoring Summary
 
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St. Louis 0001000001100
Tampa Bay 00000500-5100
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
St. Louis 45-39 21-18 24-21 L1
Tampa Bay 46-37 20-21 26-16 W1
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this win, the Tampa Bay Rays have a 20-21 record at home this season. The St. Louis Cardinals have a 24-21 record on the road.
  • Tampa Bay has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Rays have won 6 of their last 10 games.
  • St. Louis has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Cardinals have won 5 of their last 10 games.
  • Jeff Niemann pitched 6.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 5.05. Kyle McClellan took the loss for St. Louis.
  • Justin Ruggiano had the only homerun for Tampa Bay. Lance Berkman had the only homerun for St. Louis.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
St. Louis   Tampa Bay
Kyle McClellan Player Jeff Niemann
Loss W/L Win
5.2 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 5
8 Hits 9
7.94 ERA 1.50
Hitting
St. Louis   Tampa Bay
David Freese Player Johnny Damon
2 Hits 4
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 4
1.000 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg K RBI BB SB E
St. Louis 10 1 13 .286 7 1 3 0 0
Tampa Bay 10 1 14 .323 5 5 2 0 0
Upcoming Games
  • Tampa Bay will play their next game at home against St. Louis. The Rays have a W/L % of .522 after a win and .595 after a loss.
  • St. Louis will play their next game on the road against Tampa Bay. The Cardinals have a W/L % of .533 after a win and .538 after a loss.