Final in 8

Rays 1

(11-10, 4-6 away)

Pirates 4

(13-9, 8-6 home)

1:05 PM ET, March 23, 2009

McKechnie Field, Bradenton, Florida 

123456789 R H E
TB 000000010 1 - -
PIT 02020000 - 4 - -
 

TAMPA BAY (1) AT PITTSBURGH (4)

 TAMPA BAY        AB  R  H BI  PITTSBURGH       AB  R  H BI
 G Kapler CF       3  0  0  0  N Morgan LF       3  0  1  1 
 G Gross RF        1  0  1  1  A McCutchen CF    1  0  0  0 
 D Navarro C       3  0  1  0  R Vazquez 2B      4  0  1  0 
 S Riggans C       1  0  0  0  L Cruz 2B         0  0  0  0 
 W Aybar 2B        3  0  0  0  Ad LaRoche 1B     3  0  1  0 
 M Ensberg 3B      1  0  0  0  S Pearce 1B       1  0  0  0 
 C Pena 1B         2  0  0  0  E Hinske 3B       3  1  2  0 
 J Weber LF        1  0  0  0  A Machado 3B      1  0  0  0 
 P Burrell LF      3  0  0  0  B Moss RF         2  1  0  1 
 C Richard 1B      1  0  0  0  G Jones RF        1  0  0  0 
 M Joyce DH        3  0  0  0  J Wilson SS       2  2  2  0 
 J Ruggiano RF/CF  3  0  1  0  B Bixler SS       1  0  0  0 
 R Sadler CF       0  0  0  0  J Jaramillo C     4  0  0  1 
 R Brignac SS/2B   3  0  1  0  Z Duke P          2  0  1  1 
 R Olmedo 2B       0  0  0  0  D Veal P          0  0  0  0 
 A Kennedy 3B/SS   1  1  0  0  An LaRoche PH     1  0  0  0 
                               T Yates P         0  0  0  0 
                               C Bootcheck P     0  0  0  0 
                               J Salazar PF      1  0  0  0 
                               J Chavez P        0  0  0  0 
 TOTALS           29  1  4  1  TOTALS           30  4  8  4

 TAMPA BAY                 000 000 010 --  1
 PITTSBURGH                020 200 00x --  4

 LOB--TAMPA BAY 4, PITTSBURGH 8. 2B--J Wilson 2, Z
 Duke, Ad LaRoche, G Gross. 3B--E Hinske. SB--N 
 Morgan 2 (5), S Pearce 1 (1), J Ruggiano 1 (3). 
 CS--N Morgan, R Brignac, J Ruggiano.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  TAMPA BAY
 J Hammel (L,0-1)                   4   6   4   4   5   2   0
 L Cormier                          2   1   0   0   1   0   0
 J Nelson                           1   1   0   0   0   1   0
 J DePaula                          1   0   0   0   0   0   0
  PITTSBURGH
 Z Duke (W,1-0)                     5   2   0   0   2   4   0
 D Veal                             1   0   0   0   0   0   0
 T Yates                            1   0   0   0   0   1   0
 C Bootcheck                        1   2   1   1   1   2   0
 J Chavez (S,1)                     1   0   0   0   0   1   0

 SO--TB: J Ruggiano 2, C Richard, P Burrell, R 
 Brignac, W Aybar, C Pena, S Riggans. PIT: R 
 Vazquez, A Machado, Ad LaRoche. BB--TB: A Kennedy 
 2, C Pena. PIT: A McCutchen 3, N Morgan, J Wilson,
 B Moss. T--2:37. A--4,947.

Game Information

StadiumMcKechnie Field, Bradenton, FL
Umpires, First Base - Charlie Reliford, Second Base - Jerry Crawford, Third Base - Phil Cuzzi