POSTGAME NOTES Tampa Bay Rays (64-67) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (65-64) Saturday, August 26, 2017
R H E Starting Pitcher (Pitch Count) Pitcher of Record Tampa Bay 4 6 1 Blake Snell (105 pitches/62 strikes) WIN: Tyler Lyons (2-0) St. Louis 6 10 0 Mike Leake (75 pitches/57 strikes) LOSS: Brad Boxberger (3-4) SAVE:
First Pitch: 6:18 p.m. Gametime Temperature: 83° – Clear Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 41,295
Cardinals Notes • Mike Leake made his 26th start of the season, first against the Rays in 2017 and second in his career against the Rays (0- 0)…hurled 6.0 scoreless innings in a win at Tropicana Field with the Reds on 6/27/11. • Tommy Pham hit his 1st career walk-off home run…was his 3rd home run hit in the 9th inning this season (all 4 RBI in 9th inning have come via HR)…tied his season/career-high with 3 runs scored. • Paul DeJong hit his first career triple…was his first RBI since 8/19 at PIT. • Yadier Molina has two RBI w/RISP and 2 outs tonight…was 8-for-49 (.163) in those situations entering tonight’s game. • Kolten Wong has hit safely in his last nine games (15-38, .395)…his 17 RBI in August are his most in any month. • Tyler Lyons threw his 17th consecutive scoreless appearance (16.2 IP, 3 H, 22 K)…now has the longest active scoreless streak in MLB, surpassing Ryan Madson (16.1 IP, WSH)…has won his last five decisions dating back to 2015. • The Cardinals won in walk-off fashion for the 4th time this season…2nd walk-off home run of the season (Matt Carpenter vs. TOR, 4/27 – Game 1)…defeated the Rays in St. Louis for the first time since May 18, 2008…all three of the Cardinals wins vs. the Rays at Busch Stadium III have come via walk-off hit (Ryan Ludwick, HR, 5/17/2008; Skip Schumaker, 2B, 5/18/2008; Tommy Pham, HR, 8/26/2017)…are 5-9 when tied after 8 innings.
Rays Notes • Blake Snell made his 18th start of the season, first against the Cardinals in 2017 and in his career…tied his season-high with 7.0 innings pitched…has thrown 6.0 or more innings in each of his last four starts…the Rays had won his last previous four starts. • Lucas Duda’s last three hits have all been home runs (4 of last 5). • Corey Dickerson established a new single-season home run total with 25. • Adeiny Hechavarria has hit safely in 23-of-27 career games vs. the Cardinals (32-96, .333), hit his 2nd career home run vs. the Cardinals…was his 2nd career home run on an 0-2 count and 6th career home run on two strikes. • Tommy Hunter allowed three hits, tying his season-high for an appearance. • Brad Boxberger blew his 2nd save of the season…had only allowed one inherited runner to scored (out of 8) prior to tonight…last inherited runner scored was 7/27 at NYY. • The Rays lost via walk-off for the 5th time this season, 3rd via home run (last: 7/29 at NYY)…are 53-8 when leading after 7 innings, and 3-6 when tied after 8 innings…committed an error tonight snapping their streak at nine game, one shy of the club record.
Home Runs TAM – Lucas Duda #24 (1st inn., 1 on, 2 out, 1-1 count, off Mike Leake) – 423 feet (132nd career HR) TAM – Corey Dickerson #25 (4th inn., 0 on, 2 out, 0-0 count, off Mike Leake) – 402 feet (88th career HR) TAM – Adeiny Hechavarria #4 (7th inn., 0 on, 1 out, 0-2 count, off Mike Leake) – 405 feet (18th career HR) STL – Tommy Pham #17 (9th inn., 1 on, 0 out, 2-2 count, off Brad Boxberger) – 419 feet (31st career HR) *Walk-off HR*