Cobb goes 5 1/3

By Eddie Michels on March 22, 2017

Alex Cobb – EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO

Tampa Bay Rays starter Alex Cobb went 5 1/3 innings on Monday allowing three runs on six hits while walking one and striking out five. Cobb had “Tommy John Surgery” in May of 2015 returning to the Rays during a September call up last year.

Frazier later scored on John Jaso’s home run to right on a 3-1 pitch. In the bottom of the ninth Frazier walked, stole second then scored on Gift Ngoepe’s single to right center to give the Pirates a 5-4 win over the visiting Rays.

Adam Frazier EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO

John Jaso EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO

Rays Steven Sousa Jr. Strokes a Solo Homer to Center on a 1-2 Pitch EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO

RHP Jaime Schultz took the loss for the Rays on Monday against the Pirates 5-4 in Bradenton. Schultz went 2 2/3 innings allowing two runs on two hits while walking two and striking out three. EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO

Chad Motolla Throwing BP EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TB	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	8	0
PIT	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	9	2

Tampa Bay Rays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
Smith RF	3	0	1	0	1	0	.200	.259	.240
Moreno RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Weeks Jr. DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	.360	.429	.880
a-Meyer PH-DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Souza Jr. CF	4	1	1	1	0	2	.278	.297	.472
Milone CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500
Gillaspie 1B	3	1	1	0	1	1	.211	.286	.474
McCarthy 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.400	.467
Bauers LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.353	.439	.824
Olmedo-Barrera LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Franklin 2B	3	0	1	1	0	0	.400	.447	.543
Wong 2B	1	1	1	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125
Casali C	2	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.333	.333
McKenry C	1	0	0	0	0	1	.138	.219	.207
Robertson SS	3	0	1	1	1	1	.162	.262	.189
Sole SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500
Leonard 3B	2	1	1	1	0	0	.290	.333	.710
Padlo 3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
TOTALS	36	4	8	4	4	8
a-flied out to left for R Weeks Jr. in the 7th
BATTING 2B: Gillaspie (2, Kuhl); Moreno (1, Lindblom) HR: Leonard (2, 3rd inning off Kuhl 0 on, 0 Out); Souza Jr. (1, 3rd inning off Kuhl 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: Franklin (5), Leonard (5), Souza Jr. (6), Robertson (5) 2-out RBI: Souza Jr., Robertson Rays RISP: 2-17 (Franklin 1-2, Meyer 0-2, Robertson 1-3, Casali 0-2, McKenry 0-1, McCarthy 0-1, Padlo 0-2, Milone 0-1, Souza Jr. 0-1, Bauers 0-1, Gillaspie 0-1) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: Franklin (3, 2nd base off Kuhl/F Cervelli); Smith (3, 2nd base off Schugel/F Cervelli)

Tampa Bay Rays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Cobb	5.1	6	3	3	1	5	1	3.95
E. Ramírez	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.86
Schultz (L, 0-1)	2.2	2	2	2	2	3	1	2.13
TOTALS	8.2	9	5	5	3	8	2
PITCHING WP: Cobb Batters faced: Cobb 23; E. Ramírez 3; Schultz 12 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Cobb 5-6; E. Ramírez 2-0; Schultz 3-2

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
Frazier SS	3	2	1	0	2	1	.442	.520	.605
Gosselin 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500
Schugel P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
G. Ngoepe 2B	2	0	1	1	0	1	.405	.463	.486
Jaso 3B	4	1	1	2	0	1	.310	.417	.690
F Cervelli C	3	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.368	.400
Stallings C	1	1	1	1	0	0	.350	.458	.700
Osuna LF-1B	3	1	2	0	1	0	.436	.521	.923
D Ortiz CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.350	.366	.425
E Wood RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.200	.286	.333
Moroff 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.115	.303	.115
Lindblom P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-Meadows PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.436	.500
Kuhl P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
a-Rogers PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.364	.364	.364
Hanson LF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.378	.385	.514
TOTALS	35	5	9	4	3	8
a-struck out swinging for C Kuhl in the 5th b-flied out to left for J Lindblom in the 9th
BATTING 2B: Frazier (4, Cobb); Osuna (3, Cobb) HR: Jaso (3, 1st inning off Cobb 1 on, 1 Out); Stallings (2, 8th inning off Schultz 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Jaso 2 (9), Stallings (2), G. Ngoepe (5) 2-out RBI: G. Ngoepe Pirates RISP: 2-8 (Gosselin 0-1, D Ortiz 0-1, Moroff 0-1, G. Ngoepe 1-1, E Wood 0-2, Jaso 1-2) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: Frazier (2, 2nd base off Schultz/McKenry)
FIELDING E: Osuna (2, fly ball); Lindblom (1, throw)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Kuhl	5.0	4	3	3	1	4	2	3.75
Schugel	1.1	1	0	0	3	0	0	5.19
Lindblom (W, 3-0)	2.2	3	1	0	0	4	0	0.00
TOTALS	9.0	8	4	3	4	8	2
PITCHING Batters faced: Kuhl 21; Schugel 8; Lindblom 11 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Kuhl 4-7; Schugel 1-3; Lindblom 1-3

Scoring Summary

			TB	PIT
	1st	Jaso homered to right, Frazier scored.	0	2
	2nd	Franklin singled to right center, Gillaspie scored.	1	2
	3rd	Leonard homered to left.	2	2
	3rd	Souza Jr. homered to center.	3	2
	4th	Osuna scored on Cobb’s wild pitch.	3	3
	8th	Robertson singled to left, Wong scored, Robertson to second advancing on throw.	4	3
	8th	Stallings homered to center.	4	4
	9th	G. Ngoepe singled to right, Frazier scored.	4	5
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Game Information

Stadium	McKechnie Field, Bradenton, FL
Attendance	6091
Game Time	3:05
Weather	76 degrees, sunny
Wind	10 mph
Umpires	Home Plate – Chad Whitson, First Base – Chad Fairchild, Second Base – Ryan Blakney, Third Base – Jeremie Rehak