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Rays Win in Extras Despite Blown Save

Posted on July 4, 2013 at 11:06 PM.

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Bronx, NY - Goodness, a game filled with excitement from beginning to end! The Rays are in NY for a 3-game series against their division foe, the Yankees. Possessing a slim lead over NY in the standings, the Rays were hoping to ride the stellar pitching they have been receiving of late from their starters to put some much needed space between the rivals.

The game began in dubious fashion, with Terry Carrara hitting a leadoff homerun. This is notable for two reasons: 1) This is only Carrara's 2nd homerun this season, and 2) It is only Carrara's 2nd career homerun (!!). The remainder of the first went without incident, and the only other run the Rays could muster over the course of 9 innings was an RBI by Brandon Guyer in a fielder's choice.

Hellickson, meanwhile, was shining like the freakiin' sun. He tossed 7 great innings, allowing 5 hits and only 1 run (courtesy of a Robinson Cano bomb into the RCF seats). He was mowing down the hapless Yankee lineup, accruing 8 K's in the process. All was looking well for Tampa, so Joe Maddon brought in his rookie closer, Harold Bernero (he of the 104-MPH fastball). He started out ominously, with a leadoff double to Pierzynski. After getting Cano to pop out to short, confidence began to build.

This was short-lived, however, as the next batter was Curtis Granderson. He deposited the first pitch from Bernero into the outfield seats! He had earned his 3rd blown save of the year (

) With the game tied at 2, we headed to extras.

Nothing happened in the 10th, but in the 11th inning... Brandon Guyer leads off with a soft line out to shortstop. Next batter is Mark Trumbo, who promptly singles to CF. He is replaced by pinch runner Jovanni Pierre, a stolen base specialist. During the course of a pick-off attempt, pitcher Boone Logan throws the ball into the stands, allowing Pierre to advance on the error. Wil Myers is given the IBB treatment (cowards!), bringing up platoon catcher Ryan Hanigan. On a 1-1 pitch, Hanigan deposits the ball into the RF seats for his 1st homerun of the year! It couldn't have come at a better time.

By the end of the inning, Maddon had brought in Robbie Ross, and as usual, he allowed a couple of runs on a HR to Curtis Granderson. Alas, despite the best efforts of the Yankees, they couldn't overcome Hanigan's crushing blow. And news reports say that despite Bernero's blown save, Maddon and the Rays front office continue to have strong faith in their rookie closer. He's gonna be special, that one.

Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees
Jun 2, 2015	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Tampa Bay (31-26)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 3	5	10	0
New York (28-29)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0 2	4	9	1
W: C. Ramos (1-0) L: B. Logan (1-2) S: R. Ross

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TAM	NYY
TAM	1	Terry Carrara hits a 339 ft homerun to RF	1	0
TAM	3	Brandon Guyer grounds into a FC; Terry Carrara scores	2	0
NYY	6	Robinson Cano hits a 383 ft homerun to RCF	2	1
NYY	9	Curtis Granderson doubles to LCF; Robinson Cano scores	2	2
TAM	11	Ryan Hanigan hits a 344 ft homerun to RF; Jovanni Pierre and Wil Myers score	5	2
NYY	11	Curtis Granderson hits a a 410 ft homerun to CF; A.J. Pierzynski scores	5	4

Tampa Bay Rays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
T. Carrara	5	2	2	1	1	0	0.281
J. Harrison	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.252
E. Longoria	4	0	1	0	1	0	0.387
B. Guyer	5	0	2	1	0	1	0.340
M. Trumbo	5	0	1	0	0	1	0.285
J. Pierre	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.195
W. Myers	4	1	0	0	1	1	0.267
R. Hanigan	4	1	2	3	1	0	0.388
L. Martin	5	0	1	0	0	0	0.309
G. Chase	5	0	1	0	0	0	0.310
BATTING HR: T. Carrara (2), R. Hanigan (1) RBI: T. Carrara (15), G. Guyer (32), R. Hanigan 3 (9)
BASERUNNING SB: T. Carrara (37), E. Longoria (7)

Tampa Bay Rays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
J. Hellickson	7.0	5	1	1	0	8	1.78
G. Navarro (H)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.73
H. Bernero	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	1.95
C. Ramos (W)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	6.46
R. Ross (S)	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	3.48

New York Yankees
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
E. Nunez	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.294
A. J. Pierzynski	5	1	1	0	0	1	0.312
R. Cano	4	2	2	1	1	0	0.318
C. Granderson	5	1	3	3	0	1	0.249
M. Teixeira	5	0	0	0	0	5	0.270
T. Neal	4	0	0	0	0	3	0.252
M. Otto	4	0	2	0	0	0	0.280
D. Fowler	3	0	1	0	0	1	0.254
E. Cabrera	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.222
M. Mesa	4	0	0	0	0	2	0.250
BATTING 2B: C. Granderson (13), M. Otto (11) HR: R. Cano (9), C. Granderson (11) RBI: R. Cano (35), C. Granderson 3 (37)
FIELDING E: R. Cano (4, throw)