Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 4, Seattle 3
Thursday, May 3, 2012 1:10 PM
When: 1:10 PM ET, Thursday, May 3, 2012
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Jim Wolf
Attendance: 11575
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Seattle 020010000370
Tampa Bay 04000000-471
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Seattle 11-16 3-6 8-10 L6
Tampa Bay 18-8 12-1 6-7 W5
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this win, the Tampa Bay Rays have a 12-1 record at home this season. The Seattle Mariners have a 8-10 record on the road.
  • Tampa Bay has a streak of 5 straight up wins. The Rays have won 9 of their last 10 games.
  • Seattle has a streak of 6 straight up losses. The Mariners have won 4 of their last 10 games.
  • Jeff Niemann pitched 5.2 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 4.05. Fernando Rodney closed out the game to get the save and has 9 saves for the season. Kevin Millwood took the loss for Seattle.
  • Jeff Keppinger had the only homerun for Tampa Bay.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Seattle   Tampa Bay
Kevin Millwood Player Jeff Niemann
Loss W/L Win
6.1 IP 5.2
4 Strikeouts 5
7 Hits 7
5.68 ERA 4.76
Hitting
Seattle   Tampa Bay
John Jaso Player Jeff Keppinger
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 2
0 HR 1
4 TB 5
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg K RBI BB SB E
Seattle 7 0 11 .212 8 3 2 1 0
Tampa Bay 7 1 12 .226 6 4 3 2 1
Upcoming Games
  • Tampa Bay will play their next game at home against Oakland. The Rays have a W/L % of .722 after a win and .625 after a loss.
  • Seattle will play their next game at home against Minnesota. The Mariners have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .333 after a loss.