Tampa Bay 8, Cleveland 7

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(14-23)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 11 2 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 8 10 1 WP: D. Wheeler (1-0) LP: L. Vizcaino (0-1)	(17-20)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Cleveland

- G. Sizemore homered to deep right

- M. DeRosa singled to left, S. Choo scored, J. Peralta to second

Top 3rd: Cleveland

- M. DeRosa walked, V. Martinez scored, S. Choo to third, J. Peralta to second

- R. Garko singled to center, S. Choo scored, J. Peralta to third, M. DeRosa to second

- M. LaPorta hit sacrifice fly to deep right, J. Peralta scored

Top 4th: Cleveland

- S. Choo homered to deep right, A. Cabrera scored

Bot 4th: Tampa Bay

- C. Pena singled to right, B.J. Upton scored, E. Longoria to third, E. Longoria scored, C. Pena to second on right fielder S. Choo's throwing error

- W. Aybar singled to center, C. Pena scored

Bot 6th: Tampa Bay

- E. Longoria singled to center, C. Crawford scored

- B. Zobrist grounded into fielder's choice, E. Longoria to third, W. Aybar out at second, E. Longoria scored on second baseman J. Carroll's throwing error

Bot 7th: Tampa Bay

- J. Bartlett scored on wild pitch

Bot 8th: Tampa Bay

- B. Zobrist homered to deep right

Bot 9th: Tampa Bay

- B.J. Upton homered to deep left

Cleveland
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
G. Sizemore cf	5	1	1	1	0	0	3	.226
A. Cabrera ss	4	1	0	0	1	2	2	.326
V. Martinez c	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	.400
S. Choo rf	3	3	2	2	2	0	1	.296
J. Peralta 3b	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	.258
M. DeRosa 1b	4	0	1	2	1	1	2	.245
R. Garko dh	4	0	1	1	1	1	3	.271
M. LaPorta lf	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	.222
J. Carroll 2b	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.286
Totals	36	7	11	7	6	6	17

Batting 2B - J Peralta (7, S Kazmir). HR - G Sizemore (7, 1st inning off S Kazmir 0 on, 0 Out), S Choo (5, 4th inning off S Kazmir 1 on, 1 Out). S - J Peralta. SF - M LaPorta. RBI - G Sizemore (25), M DeRosa 2 (25), R Garko (15), M LaPorta (3), S Choo 2 (23). 2-out RBI - M DeRosa. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M LaPorta 1, R Garko 2, G Sizemore 1, A Cabrera 1. Team LOB - 10.

Base Running SB - G Sizemore (6, 2nd base off L Cormier/D Navarro).    Fielding E - S Choo (3, throw); J Carroll (1, throw).

Tampa Bay
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
B.J. Upton cf	5	2	3	1	0	1	0	.190
C. Crawford lf	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	.333
E. Longoria 3b	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	.343
C. Pena 1b	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	.256
W. Aybar dh	3	0	1	1	1	1	3	.275
G. Gross rf	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.262
B. Zobrist ph-rf	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	.286
A. Iwamura 2b	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.274
J. Bartlett ss	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.359
D. Navarro c	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183
Totals	32	8	10	5	4	6	12

Batting 2B - B Upton (7, An Reyes); J Bartlett (8, J Lewis). HR - B Zobrist (7, 8th inning off R Betancourt 0 on, 0 Out), B Upton (1, 9th inning off L Vizcaino 0 on, 0 Out). S - D Navarro. RBI - C Pena (33), W Aybar (5), E Longoria (46), B Zobrist (18), B Upton (5). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W Aybar 2, A Iwamura 1. Team LOB - 5.

Base Running SB - B Upton 2 (11, 3rd base off R Betancourt/V Martinez, 3rd base off An Reyes/V Martinez), C Crawford 2 (24, 2nd base off R Betancourt/V Martinez, 2nd base off An Reyes/V Martinez), B Zobrist (3, 2nd base off J Lewis/V Martinez). CS - A Iwamura (1, 2nd base by R Betancourt/V Martinez).    Fielding E - L Cormier (1, throw). Outfield assists - B Upton (M DeRosa at Home).

Cleveland
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
A. Reyes	5.1	5	5	3	1	4	0	6.88
T. Sipp	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.26
J. Lewis (H, 4)	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	4.50
R. Betancourt (BS, 2)	1.2	1	1	1	2	2	1	4.95
L. Vizcaino (L, 0-1)	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	INF
Tampa Bay
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
S. Kazmir	3.1	10	7	7	4	2	2	6.97
L. Cormier	2.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	2.17
T. Percival	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.40
J.P. Howell	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.81
D. Wheeler (W, 1-0)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.79

WP - S Kazmir, T Sipp, J Lewis.

IBB - C Pena (by R Betancourt).

Pitches-strikes - An Reyes 80-49; T Sipp 6-2; J Lewis 27-18; R Betancourt 26-15; L Vizcaino 6-3; S Kazmir 91-51; L Cormier 43-25; T Percival 16-10; J Howell 16-9; D Wheeler 11-5.

Ground balls-fly balls - An Reyes 4-8; T Sipp 0-0; J Lewis 2-1; R Betancourt 1-1; L Vizcaino 0-0; S Kazmir 2-5; L Cormier 1-4; T Percival 0-2; J Howell 2-1; D Wheeler 2-1.

Batters faced - An Reyes 22; T Sipp 1; J Lewis 6; R Betancourt 7; L Vizcaino 1; S Kazmir 23; L Cormier 10; T Percival 3; J Howell 4; D Wheeler 4.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Greg Gibson. 1B--Andy Fletcher. 2B--Ted Barrett. 3B--Tim Mcclelland. Ejections: CLEVELAND's Wedge by Gibson (3rd). Time: 3:28. Attendance: 25,827. Weather: INDOORS

Game Notes

THE HOME RUN BY CLEVELAND'S GRADY SIZEMORE LED OFF THE GAME.

CLEVELAND MANAGER ERIC WEDGE WAS EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE GREG GIBSON IN THE TOP OF THE THIRD INNING FOR ARGUING A PLAY AT THE PLATE.

Updated on Saturday, May 16, 2009 4:07 am ET