There were so many memorable moments in tonight’s game. First, the Rays had as many home runs as they did sac fly’s on Sunday with four; Desmond Jennings to left in the first, Luke Scott to right in the fourth, BJ Upton to left in the fifth, and Carlos Pena to right in the sixth.
Pena’s blast also happened to be his 1,000th career hit! BJ Upton also came up big, going 1-2 with two RBI’s and one run. He’s now up to six RBI’s on the season, and he’s only played in four games so far.
To say the least, David Price was on point. Price got a five hit, six strikeout complete game, all the while only giving up one walk to Eric Aybar in the ninth. He handled Pujols perfectly, jamming him on the inside portion of the plate the whole night. Pujols pulled a big 0-fer on the evening, going 0-4 with three pop outs, and a line drive caught by Sean Rodriguez in the fourth.
Price kept up his velocity the whole night, and it was nice seeing him sprinkle in his curveball and changeup through out the course of the game. Better yet, he was efficient and maintained his control, which was absolutely pivotal to his success. Price, inevitably kept the Angels hitters off balance, and only really faced a real threat in the ninth after he walked Aybar and gave up a two out single to Tori Hunter. In the end though, he was able to get out of a jam by inducing a Mark Trumbo pop-out to left to end the game.
They’ll do it all over again tomorrow night at the same time and in the same place. Jeremy Hellickson will take the bump opposite of straight edge prick, CJ Wilson. After last seasons 1-6 start, how refreshing is it to see the Rays start this season three games over .500 at 10-7 overall, and 6-1 at home?
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