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TORONTO BLUE JAYS vs. TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS |
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St. Petersburg, FL - For Rocco Baldelli, two at-bats in a spring training game was progress. The Tampa Bay outfielder, sidelined most of last season because of a hamstring injury, went 0-for-2 Saturday in the Rays' 5-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays - his first major league action since May 15. "It was pretty standard. Two groundballs," said Baldelli, who started at designated hitter and probably won't play the outfield for a few games. "It's been a while, I guess, since I played in somewhat of a real game. It feels good, the body feels pretty good. It's pretty much what I was looking for the first day. It was a positive day." Baldelli's health is one of the biggest question marks the Rays have this spring. He appeared in only 127 of 486 games the past three seasons because of an assortment of injuries. Last year, he played in 35 before hurting his hamstring running out a grounder against the Texas Rangers. Baldelli aggravated the injury after just two games of a rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Durham in June. The Rays shut him down for the year in August when lingering soreness ruined his comeback bid after two games with Class-A Vero Beach. The Rays have asked the 26-year-old to pace himself during spring training, hoping to keep him healthy and fresh for the start of the season. Meanwhile, manager Joe Maddon has to determine the workload Baldelli can handle in right field, where Cliff Floyd and Jonny Gomes are also candidates for playing time. Floyd, who also has battled injuries during his 13-year career, played three innings in right on Saturday. He knows what Baldelli is going through, trying to figure out how to pace himself in workouts and games, while also preparing for the season. "It takes a while. The one thing you don't want to do is excuse yourself from everything going on with the team," Floyd said, adding that Maddon has done a good job of giving players leeway to individually do what's necessary to get ready. Evan Longoria had a two-run triple, and Joel Guzman and Mike DiFelice also drove in runs during a four-run sixth inning for the Rays. John McDonald had a bases-loaded sacrifice fly off right-hander James Shields, and Rod Barajas delivered an RBI single off lefty Trever Miller for Toronto. Baldelli grounded into a force play against Blue Jays starter Dustin McGowan in the first and grounded out in fourth against right-hander Casey Janssen. Maddon said he is allowing Baldelli to figure out how to harness himself on the basepaths. "It's his call. We're just encouraging him not to try to beat anything out and just try to stay in a steady gait throughout ... and not try to rush it," the manager said. "But I'll tell you one thing. Even when Rocco is running easily, it's better than most. ... He even runs well when he's not running well." Baldelli said it's not easy to resist the temptation to run full speed. "You can describe it any way you'd like," he said of his approach. "I'm going to do what I have to do to be ready to go on opening day." Game notes |
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Game & team information |
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Date: March 1, 2008 |
Division: Major League Baseball Spring Training/Grapefruit League |
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Location: St. Petersburg, FL |
Field: Progress Engery Park |
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Attendance: 4,918 |
Starting time: 1:05 PM |
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Score |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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R |
H |
E |
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Blue Jays |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2 |
9 |
0 |
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Devil Rays |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
- |
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5 |
11 |
0 |
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Box scores / batting |
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Toronto Blue Jays |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
LOB |
AVG |
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Reed Johnson (CF) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.250 |
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Matt Watson (CF) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
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Shannon Stewart (LF) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
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Adam Lind (LF) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
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Alex Rios (RF) |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
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Sergio Santos (3B) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
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Aaron Hill (DH) |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.250 |
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Brian Jeroloman (PH / DH) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.000 |
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Marco Scutaro (3B / RF) |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
.000 |
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Ryan Patterson (RF) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
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Rod Barajas (C) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.500 |
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Robinzon Diaz (C) |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.500 |
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Russ Adams (2B) |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.250 |
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Joe Inglett (2B) |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.500 |
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John McDonald (SS) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
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Pedro Lopez (SS) |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.333 |
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Curtis Thigpen (1B) |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
.000 |
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Chip Cannon (1B) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
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Toronto Blue Jays Totals: |
20 |
2 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
12 |
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Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
LOB |
AVG |
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Akinori Iwamura (2B) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
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Elliot Johnson (2B) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.667 |
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Carl Crawford (LF) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.250 |
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Joel Guzman (1B) |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.500 |
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Carlos Pena (1B) |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.333 |
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Mike DiFelice (C) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
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Josh Paul (C) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
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Cliff Floyd (RF) |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.500 |
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Justin Ruggiano (PR / RF) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.400 |
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Rocco Baldelli (DH) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.000 |
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Evan Longoria (PH / DH) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.667 |
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Willy Aybar (3B) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
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Ben Zobrist (3B) |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.600 |
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Hector Gimenez (C) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
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John Rodriguez (LF) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
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Jason Bartlett (SS) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
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Jon Weber (CF) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
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Fernando Perez (CF) |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.200 |
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Andy Cannizaro (SS) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
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Tampa Bay Devil Rays Totals: |
31 |
5 |
11 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
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Box scores / pitching |
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Toronto Blue Jays |
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IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
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Dustin McGowan |
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2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Casey Janssen |
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2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
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John Parrish |
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1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Ryan Ketchner |
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1 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
36.00 |
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Jean Machi |
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1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
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Jesse Carlson |
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1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
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IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
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James Shields |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4.50 |
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Al Reyes |
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1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Trever Miller |
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1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
9.00 |
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Dan Wheeler |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Gary Glover |
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1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Scott Dohmann |
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1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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J.P. Howell |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Mitch Talbot |
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1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Additional stats |
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Winning Pitcher: Gary Glover (1 - 0) |
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Losing Pitcher: Ryan Ketchner (0 - 1) |
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Save: Mitch Talbot (1) |
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Wild Pitch: none |
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Balk: none |
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Batters Faced: Dustin McGowan 8, Casey Jannsen 7, John Parrish 3, Ryan Ketchner 7, Jean Machi 4, Jesse Carlson 4, James Shields 9, Al Reyes 3, Trever Miller 4, Dan Wheeler 3, Gary Glover 3, Scott Dohmann 5, J.P. Howell 4, Mitch Talbot 4 |
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Hit By Pitch: Aaron Hill (by James Shields), Reed Johnson (by Al Reyes) |
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Strikeouts: Adam Lind, Brian Jeroloman, Marco Scutaro, Russ Adams, Carlos Pena, Justin Ruggiano, Willy Aybar, Ben Zobrist |
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Walks: Shannon Stewart, Rod Barajas, Evan Longoria |
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Intentional Walks: none |
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Stolen Bases: none |
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Caught Stealing: Rod Barajas (1), Justin Ruggiano (1) |
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2B: Aaron Hill (1), Elliot Johnson 2 (1, 2) |
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3B: Evan Longoria (1), Ben Zobrist (1) |
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Home Run(s): none |
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Left on Base: Toronto Blue Jays - 6, Tampa Bay Devil Rays - 4 |
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Double plays: Toronto Blue Jays - 1, Tampa Bay Devil Rays - 4 |
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Errors: none |
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