MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TAMPA BAY RAYS AT LOS ANGELES DODGERS
09/18/2019
 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TAMPA BAY RAYS AT LOS ANGELES DODGERS
GAME ID: 2609 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2019 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay Rays (79-74) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0
Los Angeles Dodgers (77-76) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 10 1
Dodgers Solve Rays, 4-2
The Los Angeles Dodgers topped the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-2, in National League action at Dodger Stadium. The player of the game was Los Angeles pitcher and Merrillville, Indiana native Jeff Samardzija. Cody Allen converted his 23rd save in 31 tries. The second-place Dodgers lifted their record to 77-76.

With two out in the bottom of the third, Josh Donaldson put Los Angeles in front, 4-1, with a 2-run double. The Dodgers went on to win the ballgame.

"One win at a time, one game at a time. We try not to get too far ahead of ourselves," Samardzija told the Los Angeles Times.
TAMPA BAY BATTING LINESCORE LOS ANGELES BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
X. Bogaerts SS 5 1 1 0 0 2 4 .283 18 65
R. Devers 3B 5 0 1 1 0 2 4 .244 14 47
A. Hicks CF 5 0 1 0 0 2 3 .237 9 29
M. Conforto RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .241 29 71
M. Cabrera 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .205 1 14
B. Posey C 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .289 3 10
M. Ozuna LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .270 26 89
D. LeMahieu 2B 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 .243 7 43
J. Paxton P 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 0 1
   a-D. Vogelbach PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .204 8 24
   M. Givens P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   C. Smith P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-N. Cruz PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .220 31 89
Totals 35 2 8 2 4 11 20      
a - D. Vogelbach pinch hit for J. Paxton in the 6th
b - N. Cruz pinch hit for C. Smith in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Paxton (1, 2nd Inning off J. Samardzija, 2 on, 1 out)
Triples: X. Bogaerts (5, 5th Inning off J. Samardzija, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: M. Conforto , J. Paxton 2 , R. Devers , X. Bogaerts 3 , D. LeMahieu , M. Ozuna , A. Hicks , M. Cabrera
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Devers , M. Ozuna , A. Hicks , B. Posey , M. Cabrera
GIDP: B. Posey
Team LOB: 10
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Peraza SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .287 16 55
M. Betts RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .255 30 79
J. Schoop 2B 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .242 29 83
B. Goodwin LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .195 13 42
J. Donaldson 3B 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 .220 20 74
R. Grichuk CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .210 31 77
   C. Allen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
J. Smoak 1B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .203 11 38
   a-B. Gardner PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .175 4 12
   b-D. Freese 1B 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 .208 7 22
E. Gattis C 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 .244 19 50
J. Samardzija P 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .224 1 1
   S. Oberg P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-R. Urena PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .186 1 4
   P. Maton P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 0
   J. Holder P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   J. Barnes P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   d-F. Cordero CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 7 29
Totals 32 4 10 4 1 8 15      
a - B. Gardner pinch ran for J. Smoak in the 2nd
b - D. Freese substituted for B. Gardner in the 3rd
c - R. Urena pinch hit for S. Oberg in the 6th
d - F. Cordero substituted for J. Barnes in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Smoak (19, 2nd Inning off J. Paxton, 1 on, 2 outs) M. Betts 2 (42, 1st Inning off J. Paxton, 0 on, 1 out; 3rd Inning off J. Paxton, 1 on, 0 outs) J. Donaldson (33, 3rd Inning off J. Paxton, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: R. Grichuk , J. Smoak 2 , J. Peraza , M. Betts 4 , E. Gattis 2 , J. Donaldson 3 , D. Freese
2-out RBI: J. Smoak , E. Gattis , J. Donaldson
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Grichuk , J. Peraza
Sac Bunt: J. Samardzija
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
CS: M. Betts (4)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Peraza (24)
Double Plays: 1 (Schoop-Peraza-Freese)
TAMPA BAY PITCHING LINESCORE LOS ANGELES PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
J. Paxton L (5-8) 5.0 8 4 4 1 4 0 79 49 5.88   
M. Givens 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 10 2.38   
C. Smith 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 27 20 0.95   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Paxton 38
Batters Faced: J. Paxton 23, M. Givens 4, C. Smith 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Paxton 7-3, M. Givens 0-1, C. Smith 1-3
Pitches - Strikes: J. Paxton 79-49, M. Givens 15-10, C. Smith 27-20
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
J. Samardzija W (12-12) 5.0 6 2 2 1 7 0 90 59 4.09   
S. Oberg H (18) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 9 3.43   
P. Maton H (15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 6 4.38   
J. Holder 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 3.44   
J. Barnes H (16) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 2.45   
C. Allen SV (23) 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 21 10 2.71   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Samardzija 53
Batters Faced: J. Samardzija 23, S. Oberg 4, P. Maton 3, J. Holder 2, J. Barnes 2, C. Allen 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Samardzija 4-4, S. Oberg 1-2, P. Maton 0-2, J. Holder 0-0, J. Barnes 1-0, C. Allen 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Samardzija 90-59, S. Oberg 17-9, P. Maton 10-6, J. Holder 8-7, J. Barnes 5-5, C. Allen 21-10
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Barnes 2-0
WP: J. Samardzija
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Jeff Samardzija
Ballpark: Dodger Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (70 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 17 mph
Start Time: 5:10 PM EST
Time: 3:04
Attendance: 16679
Special Notes: 1B Justin Smoak was injured while running the bases.
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