Ejections: Joel Peralta by Tim Tschida [Doctored ball (Pine tar)]
Time of Game: 3:06 Attendance: 27835
Starting Lineups:
Tampa Bay Rays Washington Nationals
1. Jennings lf Espinosa 2b
2. Pena 1b Harper cf
3. Upton cf Zimmerman 3b
4. Joyce rf Morse rf
5. Zobrist 2b LaRoche 1b
6. Lobaton c Desmond ss
7. Johnson ss Moore lf
8. Rhymes 3b Flores c
9. Price p Wang p
RAYS 1ST: Jennings singled to center; Pena singled to right
[Jennings to third]; Upton singled to left [Jennings scored,
Pena to second]; Joyce grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Pena to third, Upton out at second];
Zobrist flied to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rays 1, Nationals
0.
NATIONALS 1ST: Espinosa singled to center; Harper struck out;
Espinosa stole second; Zimmerman grounded out (third to first)
[Espinosa to third]; Morse reached on an error by Rhymes
[Espinosa scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; LaRoche was called out on
strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rays 1, Nationals 1.
RAYS 2ND: Lobaton singled to right; Johnson flied to right;
Rhymes lined to center; Price grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rays 1, Nationals 1.
NATIONALS 2ND: Desmond homered to center; Moore singled to left;
Flores grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Moore out at second]; Wang struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rays 1, Nationals 2.
RAYS 3RD: Jennings walked; Pena homered to center [Jennings
scored]; Upton doubled to left; Joyce grounded out (first
unassisted) [Upton to third]; Zobrist reached on a fielder's
choice [Upton out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Lobaton
walked [Zobrist to second]; Johnson tripled to center [Zobrist
scored, Lobaton scored]; Rhymes flied to left; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Rays 5, Nationals 2.
NATIONALS 3RD: Espinosa popped to third; Harper walked;
Zimmerman grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Harper out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 5,
Nationals 2.
RAYS 4TH: Price walked; Jennings struck out; DETWILER REPLACED
WANG (PITCHING); Pena was called out on strikes; Upton struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rays 5, Nationals 2.
NATIONALS 4TH: Morse singled to center; LaRoche lined into a
double play to pitcher [Morse out at first (pitcher to first)];
Desmond grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rays 5, Nationals 2.
RAYS 5TH: Joyce popped to catcher; Zobrist flied to right;
Lobaton flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 5,
Nationals 2.
NATIONALS 5TH: RHYMES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); RODRIGUEZ
REPLACED JOYCE (PLAYING 3B); ZOBRIST CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); Moore flied to center; Flores flied to right; Detwiler
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 5,
Nationals 2.
RAYS 6TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Rhymes
grounded out (third to first); Price was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 5, Nationals 2.
NATIONALS 6TH: Espinosa grounded out (pitcher to first); Harper
grounded out (shortstop to first); Zimmerman singled to left;
Morse homered to right-center [Zimmerman scored]; Michael
Morse's fly was touched by a fan on top of the out-of-town
scoreboard; the ball caromed off the railing above and behind
the scoreboard and bounced back onto the field; it was ruled a
home run by 1B umpire Jeff Nelson, who immediately walked into
the center of the infield; the umpires huddled and then crew
chief Tim Tschida watched the replay and upheld the call;
LaRoche grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rays 5, Nationals 4.
RAYS 7TH: Jennings lined to right; Pena was hit by a pitch;
Upton popped to third; Rodriguez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Rays 5, Nationals 4.
NATIONALS 7TH: Desmond grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore
grounded out (third to first); Flores struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Rays 5, Nationals 4.
RAYS 8TH: M. GONZALEZ REPLACED DETWILER (PITCHING); Zobrist
walked; with a 3-1 count on Ben Zobrist, 1B umpire Jeff
Nelson called time; there was a delay while the ballpark
operations staff coevered the batter's eye advertising sign,
which had not closed to the plain green paint; Lobaton
singled to left [Zobrist to second]; Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Zobrist to third, Lobaton to second];
SUTTON BATTED FOR RHYMES; Sutton struck out; MATSUI BATTED FOR
PRICE; Matsui grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Rays 5, Nationals 4.
NATIONALS 8TH: SUTTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); PERALTA
REPLACED MATSUI (PITCHING); LOMBARDOZZI BATTED FOR M. GONZALEZ;
MCGEE REPLACED PERALTA (PITCHING); Lombardozzi grounded out
(second to first); when Joel Peralta came onto the field from
the bullpen to enter the game, Nationals manager Davey Johnson
came out and talked with HP Umpire Tim Tschida; Tschida called
Rays manager Joe Madden onto the field and they walked to the
mound; Tschida took Peralta's glove and found pine tar under the
flap on the back; the glove was confiscated and Peralta ejected
by Tschida; Espinosa grounded out (third to first); Harper
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 5,
Nationals 4.
RAYS 9TH: MATTHEUS REPLACED LOMBARDOZZI (PITCHING); Jennings
struck out; Pena grounded out (first unassisted); Rays
manager Joe Maddon asked HP umpire Tim Tschida to check
Nationals pitcher Ryan Mattheus for any foreign substances; none
were found; Upton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 5,
Nationals 4.
NATIONALS 9TH: RODNEY REPLACED MCGEE (PITCHING); Zimmerman
grounded out (first unassisted); Morse struck out; LaRoche
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 5,
Nationals 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Rays 5 8 1 7
Nationals 4 6 0 1
