During the 2009 International Power Showcase at Tropicana Field, Harper hit a 502-foot home run (with a metal/composite bat), the record for the longest in that stadium.
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Matt Garza NO HITTER: Tampa Bay Pitcher Shuts Down Detroit Tigers
ST. Petersburg (Florida – Tampa Bay Rays finally wound on the right side of the performance pay and memorable.
Matt Garza threw the first no hitter in history, the election is the fifth in the major leagues this season, beating the Detroit Tigers 5-0 Monday night.
We need one. I do not care that he came from. We need only one for our self-confidence, “said Garza, Bearing in mind that the radiation was held scoreless four times in its history, season 13 – three times in the past year.” Players are excited about not only what I am. It’s fun. ”
Faced 26 years), the right hand the minimum 27 batters in 106 early in his career, allowing only the second half of the walk to Brennan Boesch, of the team who was often on the Wrong End of the memorial stones in recent times.
Two hitters, any libel against radiation since July 2009 and was a perfect match. Were unable to hit Monday off Max Scherzer beginning so Matt Joyce in the sixth game grand slam.
It’s one of those days where everything lined up, “the ambassador said,” the defense was playing great. I really can not say enough about them. ”
The Garza (11-5) to shine in the last year of the ejector. The last time there were at least five non-hitters in one season was 1991, when Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan threw one of seven in the big leagues that year, according to statistics from a limited liability company.
It’s only the third time in league history major who participated in the Group has three hitters, during a single season. Attended 1917 St. Louis Brown, Chicago White Sox in three – all against each other.
It is also the first time in 37 years that any two of the hitters, took place in the stadium the same university in a single season. After the 1006 games without one in Tropicana Field, has tossed two games of the last 11 hitter in the dome of the environment.
Matt Garza Throws First No-Hitter In Rays History – SBNation.com
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
St. Petersburg, FL (Sports Network) — Matt Garza tossed the first no-hitter in Tampa Bay history in a 5-0 win over Detroit in the opener of a four-game set at Tropicana Field.
Garza (11-5) walked one, struck out six and faced the minimum 27 hitters for the Rays, who have won three in a row and four out of five. Brennan Boesch was the only baserunner for Detroit and was erased on an inning-ending double play grounder in the second inning.
Tampa Bay was the victim of a no-hitter twice earlier this season at the hands of Oakland’s Dallas Braden, who tossed a perfect game on May 9, and Arizona’s Edwin Jackson, who needed 149 pitches to finish the job on June 25. In fact, the Rays have been no-hit three times since last season with the White Sox‘ Mark Buehrle turning the trick in another perfect game July 23, 2009.
The New York Mets and San Diego Padres are now the only major league teams not have not thrown a no-hitter.
Matt Joyce hit a two-out grand slam in the sixth inning to break up dueling no-hitters and Carl Crawford added a solo shot in the eighth.
Max Scherzer (7-8) had kept the Rays hitless until Joyce’s decisive blow and wound up taking the loss after allowing four runs — three earned — on two hits and four walks while striking out eight over 5 2/3 innings for the Tigers, who have dropped three out of four.
Garza threw 120 pitches to etch his name in the record books and throw the fifth no-hitter in the major leagues this season. It’s the first time since 1991 that at least five no-hitters have been thrown in a single season.
He set down Miguel Cabrera on a line drive to left to open the eighth and then retired Boesch on a called third strike and got Ryan Raburn on a swinging third strike to end the frame.
The right-hander set down Don Kelly on a ground ball to second to open the ninth and then got Gerald Laird on a called third strike to reach the brink of history. He completed the no-hitter by retiring pinch-hitter Ramon Santiago on a fly ball to shallow right field. The Rays then mobbed their teammate, who had been 0-4 in six previous starts against the Tigers.
Ben Zobrist started the winning rally in the sixth with a one-out walk and moved up when Crawford reached on catcher’s interference. Evan Longoria walked to load the bases for Carlos Pena, who struck out. Joyce then broke up Scherzer’s no-hit bid with a grand slam off the right field foul pole on a 3-2 pitch. He had hooked the prior pitch foul down the right field line.
Jason Bartlett followed with a single to center field that chased the Tigers’ young right-hander from the game. Brad Thomas came on and retired Reid Brignac to end the inning.
Crawford’s homered in the eighth off Enrique Gonzalez.
Garza has won his last four decisions…Tampa Bay is 17-8 against the AL Central this year…Joyce’s grand slam was his second of the year and of his career. Detroit skipper Jim Leyland was thrown out of the game after B.J. Upton stole second base the third when he appeared to have been tagged out before arriving at the bag…Scherzer is 0-6 in his last eight road starts and has won only once away from home all season, April 18 in Seattle…Austin Jackson had a 10-game hit streak snapped, while Santiago and Cabrera lost seven-game hit strings.
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
TAMPA BAY, Florida – Newspapers have long joined their communities in root, root, rooting for the home team. But in Tampa Bay, they’ve also got a reputation for rooting for the home team’s business ventures.
As the Rays’ stadium saga enters another summer, both the Tampa Tribune and the St. Petersburg Times have turned up the heat on the debate.
Previous coverage on the Rays’ stadium saga.
“I’ve looked at both papers’ coverage,” said Dr. Randy Miller, a journalism professor at USF. “Both sides have had coverage that clearly points out it either is – or isn’t – a good idea to move the stadium across the bay.”
Miller says the papers – to different degrees – influence the stadium debate through tone and frequency of stories.
Even before Stu Sternberg made his sharp-toothed statement last week, the Tampa Tribune had run a number of front-page stories recently focusing on poor attendance at Tropicana Field and a possible move to Tampa. The St. Petersburg Times had written multiple editorials encouraging the Rays to be more cooperative with St. Petersburg officials.
“I think it would be better if you had a more balanced approached,” Miller said, pointing out that the papers have long driven stadium debates in Tampa Bay.
The Times and Trib each played influential roles in helping the dome in St. Petersburg and the arena in Tampa get built. But it was the Trib’s role in helping Malcolm Glazer and the Buccaneers get Raymond James Stadium that remains the most controversial.
“We were told our coverage would be limited to find solutions to finding a stadium,” said former Tribune editor John Sugg. “Meaning, we were not free to explore all sides of the story.”We know they are armed and extremely dangerous,” Tampa police spokesperson Laura McElroy told The Associated Press. “We don’t know what else they’re capable of.”
McElroy said Curtis pulled over the car because it didn’t have a visible tag, and he called for backup after a background check showed the car’s male passenger was wanted on a misdemeanor charge for writing a bogus check.