[Nick Soulis]

Tampa Bay Rays 2008 4 Record 0 16 Runs Scored 11 .218 AVG .209 5 0 2 SB 1 11 Runs Allowed 16 1.95 ERA 3.28 0 HR Allowed 5 2.43 BB/9 4.54 6.08 K/9 6.31 2.50 K/BB 1.39 .740 Defensive Efficiency .767 Pittsburgh Pirates 1979

TAMPA BAY RAYS 2008 BATTING STATS Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Eric Hinske 1B 3 2 2 2 0 0 2 3 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 James Shields SP 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Cliff Floyd RF 4 13 2 5 1 0 1 2 9 3 2 0 0 .385 .500 .692 1.192 Matt Garza SP 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Carl Crawford LF 4 19 2 6 2 1 0 3 10 0 1 0 1 .316 .316 .526 .842 Ben Zobrist SS 3 10 0 3 2 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 .300 .364 .500 .864 Jason Bartlett SS 2 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 B J Upton CF 4 15 1 3 0 1 0 1 5 1 3 1 0 .200 .250 .333 .583 John Jaso C 4 13 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 .154 .313 .154 .466 Carlos Pena 1B 4 13 3 2 0 0 2 2 8 3 2 0 0 .154 .313 .615 .928 Akinori Iwamura 2B 3 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .071 .133 .071 .205 Evan Longoria 3B 4 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 0 0 .063 .167 .063 .229 Chad Bradford CL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dan Johnson 1B 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .000 .286 .000 .286 Fernando Perez CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PITTSBURGH PIRATES BATTING STATS Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Mike Easler 1B 3 9 1 4 2 0 0 2 6 1 1 0 0 .444 .500 .667 1.167 Lee Lacy 3B 4 9 3 3 2 0 0 1 5 3 4 0 0 .333 .500 .556 1.056 Willie Stargell 1B 4 13 2 4 2 0 0 1 6 0 3 0 0 .308 .308 .462 .769 Phil Garner 2B 3 11 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 .273 .273 .364 .636 John Milner LF 4 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 Bill Robinson 3B 4 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 Dave Parker RF 4 17 1 3 2 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 .176 .176 .294 .471 Frank Taveras SS 4 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 Ed Ott C 4 13 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 3 2 0 0 .154 .313 .231 .543 Omar Moreno CF 4 17 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 .059 .059 .059 .118 Matt Alexander 2B 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Bert Blyleven SP 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 John Candelaria SP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Bruce Kison MR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Steve Nicosia C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Enrique Romo MR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Rennie Stennett 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 TAMPA BAY RAYS 2008 PITCHING STATS Name W L SV ERA G GS IP HA R ER HR BB K WHIP OAVG BABIP Scott Kazmir SP 1 0 0 0.00 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1 10 0.67 .172 .263 Matt Garza SP 1 0 0 0.00 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0.63 .083 .095 Chad Bradford CL 1 0 2 0.00 3 0 2.2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1.50 .364 .400 James Shields SP 1 0 0 4.15 2 2 17.1 16 9 8 0 6 11 1.27 .246 .296 PITTSBURGH PIRATES PITCHING STATS Name W L SV ERA G GS IP HA R ER HR BB K WHIP OAVG BABIP Kent Tekulve CL 0 1 0 0.00 1 0 0.2 1 2 0 0 2 1 4.50 .250 .333 Enrique Romo MR 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1.00 .167 .200 Don Robinson SP 0 1 0 1.13 1 1 8.0 5 1 1 1 1 3 0.75 .172 .160 John Candelaria SP 0 1 0 2.25 1 1 8.0 6 3 2 0 1 6 0.88 .200 .250 Bruce Kison MR 0 0 0 2.45 2 0 3.2 3 1 1 1 2 4 1.36 .214 .222 Bert Blyleven SP 0 1 0 6.08 2 2 13.1 13 9 9 3 11 10 1.80 .260 .270 TOP PERFORMANCES - BATTERS # Player Team Opponent Date AB R H RBI HR BB Score 1 Eric Hinske Tampa Bay Pittsburgh 01/01/1979 2 2 2 3 2 1 50 2 Mike Easler Pittsburgh Tampa Bay 01/01/1979 4 1 3 2 0 1 33 3 Carl Crawford Tampa Bay Pittsburgh 01/01/1979 5 0 4 2 0 0 29 4 Phil Garner Pittsburgh Tampa Bay 01/01/1979 5 2 3 1 0 0 23 5 Lee Lacy Pittsburgh Tampa Bay 01/01/1979 4 2 2 1 0 1 22 6 Cliff Floyd Tampa Bay Pittsburgh 01/01/1979 4 1 2 0 0 1 12 7 Willie Stargell Pittsburgh Tampa Bay 01/01/1979 4 1 2 0 0 0 7 8 Cliff Floyd Tampa Bay Pittsburgh 01/01/1979 3 0 2 0 0 0 7 9 Ben Zobrist Tampa Bay Pittsburgh 01/01/1979 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 10 B J Upton Tampa Bay Pittsburgh 01/01/1979 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 TOP PERFORMANCES - PITCHERS # Player Team Opponent Date IP HA R ER BB K Score 1 Scott Kazmir Tampa Bay Pittsburgh 01/01/1979 9.0 5 0 0 1 10 86 2 Matt Garza Tampa Bay Pittsburgh 01/01/1979 8.0 2 2 0 3 3 74 3 Don Robinson Pittsburgh Tampa Bay 01/01/1979 8.0 5 1 1 1 3 70 4 John Candelaria Pittsburgh Tampa Bay 01/01/1979 8.0 6 3 2 1 6 65 5 James Shields Tampa Bay Pittsburgh 01/01/1979 8.0 4 3 2 4 4 64 6 Bert Blyleven Pittsburgh Tampa Bay 01/01/1979 7.0 7 4 4 6 5 46 7 James Shields Tampa Bay Pittsburgh 01/01/1979 9.1 12 6 6 2 7 45 8 Bert Blyleven Pittsburgh Tampa Bay 01/01/1979 6.1 6 5 5 5 5 41 SIMULATED GAMES Game # Visitor Home Score Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Box Scores 1 Tampa Bay Pittsburgh 4-3 James Shields Bert Blyleven Chad Bradford Box Scores 2 Tampa Bay Pittsburgh 4-2 Matt Garza John Candelaria Chad Bradford Box Scores 3 Pittsburgh Tampa Bay 1-0 Scott Kazmir Don Robinson Box Scores 4 Pittsburgh Tampa Bay 7-6 Chad Bradford Kent Tekulve Box Scores

The 08 Rays pull the big upset by beating the 79 Pirates in four straight games behind some strong pitching. The Rays had a 1.95 team ERA and Scott Kasmir was especially strong in game three at Tropicana Field. Stars for the Bucs like Dave Parker hit under .200 and the Pirates failed to hit one home run in the entire series.