Tampa Bay Rays vs. Toronto Blue Jays - Box Score - September 01, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 1, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 4

Toronto leads 2-1 (as of 9/1)

Game 1: Thursday, August 30
Tampa Bay	0	Final
Toronto	2	Final
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Game 2: Friday, August 31
Tampa Bay	1	Final
Toronto	2	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, September 1
Tampa Bay	5	Final
Toronto	4	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, September 2
Tampa Bay	9	Final
Toronto	4	Final
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Rays 5

(72-61, 37-31 away)

Blue Jays 4

(60-72, 33-31 home)

Alerts

1:07 PM ET, September 1, 2012

Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TB	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	0
TOR	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	7	0

W: W. Davis (2-0)

L: H. Alvarez (7-12)

S: F. Rodney (40)

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jennings LF	5	0	1	0	0	1	17	.249	.313	.398
B Upton CF	4	1	2	0	0	0	10	.249	.300	.417
B Zobrist SS	3	1	1	1	1	1	18	.266	.375	.466
E Longoria DH	2	0	0	0	2	0	15	.281	.365	.491
M Joyce RF	4	1	2	3	0	1	13	.256	.354	.457
J Keppinger 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	11	.331	.380	.452
C Pena 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	19	.188	.317	.338
R Roberts 2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	15	.221	.302	.354
J Lobaton C	2	1	0	0	1	2	18	.227	.328	.318
a-B Francisco PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.235	.291	.373
J Molina C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.270	.308
Totals	33	5	8	5	4	7	139
a-fouled out to first for J Lobaton in the 9th
BATTING 2B: B Zobrist (34, H Alvarez); M Joyce (15, H Alvarez); B Upton (23, H Alvarez) HR: R Roberts (3, 3rd inning off H Alvarez 0 on, 1 Out); M Joyce (15, 8th inning off B Lincoln 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: R Roberts (13), B Zobrist (54), M Joyce 3 (51) 2-out RBI: B Zobrist, M Joyce 2 GIDP: J Keppinger, E Longoria Rays RISP: 2-6 (B Zobrist 1-2, M Joyce 1-1, E Longoria 0-1, J Keppinger 0-1, B Upton 0-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: B Upton (26, 2nd base off B Lincoln/Y Torrealba)
FIELDING DP: 1 (J Niemann-B Zobrist-C Pena). Outfield Assist: B Upton (O Vizquel at Home).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Niemann	3.1	1	0	0	0	4	0	45-29	3.08
J Howell	0.1	2	2	2	2	0	1	22-8	2.89
W Davis (W, 2-0)	2.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	33-19	2.33
J McGee (H, 13)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12-10	2.06
J Peralta (H, 32)	0.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	23-17	3.76
F Rodney (S, 40)	1.2	1	0	0	2	2	0	28-12	0.73
Totals	9.0	7	4	4	7	9	1	163-95
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Niemann 5/10; J Howell 1/5; W Davis 5/8; J McGee 2/3; J Peralta 5/5; F Rodney 2/7 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Niemann 8-6-9-6; J Howell 2-3-0-3; W Davis 7-1-5-6; J McGee 2-3-4-1; J Peralta 6-2-6-3; F Rodney 4-4-1-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Niemann 4-2; J Howell 1-0; W Davis 3-3; J McGee 1-0; J Peralta 0-0; F Rodney 1-1 Game Scores: J Niemann 62

Toronto Blue Jays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
R Davis LF	4	1	1	0	1	1	24	.246	.306	.377
C Rasmus CF	3	1	1	0	2	1	22	.228	.294	.421
E Encarnacion 1B	3	1	1	2	1	0	25	.288	.386	.570
A Lind DH	4	0	1	2	0	0	15	.234	.300	.396
M McCoy PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.224	.239
Y Torrealba C	3	0	1	0	1	1	19	.244	.311	.358
K Johnson 2B	3	0	0	0	1	3	18	.225	.314	.365
M Sierra RF	4	0	0	0	0	3	17	.272	.298	.407
O Vizquel 3B	3	0	1	0	1	0	15	.223	.263	.254
A Hechavarria SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	.211	.233	.316
Totals	30	4	7	4	7	9	163
BATTING 2B: A Hechavarria (3, J Peralta) HR: E Encarnacion (36, 4th inning off J Howell 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: E Encarnacion 2 (92), A Lind 2 (31) S: A Hechavarria GIDP: A Hechavarria Blue Jays RISP: 3-8 (M Sierra 0-2, R Davis 1-2, A Lind 1-1, K Johnson 0-1, C Rasmus 1-2) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: R Davis (40, 2nd base off W Davis/J Lobaton) CS: C Rasmus (3, 2nd base by W Davis/J Lobaton)
FIELDING DP: 2 (A Hechavarria-K Johnson-E Encarnacion, O Vizquel-K Johnson-E Encarnacion).

Toronto Blue Jays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
H Alvarez (L, 7-12)	5.0	5	4	4	4	2	1	86-48	5.04
A Loup	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	25-16	1.99
B Lincoln	1.1	2	1	1	0	2	1	19-13	4.86
B Lyon	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	2.20
Totals	9.0	8	5	5	4	7	2	139-83
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: H Alvarez 10/22; A Loup 4/6; B Lincoln 5/6; B Lyon 0/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: H Alvarez 16-5-11-16; A Loup 6-4-3-3; B Lincoln 1-4-4-4; B Lyon 2-1-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: H Alvarez 12-1; A Loup 1-1; B Lincoln 1-1; B Lyon 0-3 Game Scores: H Alvarez 39

Scoring Summary

			TB	TOR
	3rd	R Roberts homered to left center (404 feet).	1	0
	3rd	B Zobrist doubled to deep right, J Lobaton scored, B Upton to third.	2	0
	3rd	M Joyce doubled to center, B Upton and B Zobrist scored, E Longoria to third.	4	0
	4th	E Encarnacion homered to left center (488 feet), C Rasmus scored.	4	2
	8th	M Joyce homered to right (396 feet).	5	2
	8th	A Lind singled to center, A Hechavarria and R Davis scored, E Encarnacion to third.	5	4
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Game Notes

RAYS PITCHER JEFF NIEMANN LEFT THE GAME IN THE FOURTH INNING WITH RIGHT ARM TIGHTNESS.

Game Information

Stadium	Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON
Attendance	20,478 (41.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:14
Weather	73 degrees, sunny
Wind	11 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Jordan Baker, First Base - Jim Joyce, Second Base - Jim Reynolds, Third Base - Lance Barrett