Attendance:
9,617
Game Time:
2:56
Weather:
indoors
Umpires:
Home Plate - Lance Barrett, First Base - Sean Barber, Second Base - Dale Scott,
Third Base - CB Bucknor
Musical
highlight – Melting Pot by Booker T. & The MGs, played during an 8th-inning
mound conference
Section 102,
Row Q, Seat 1 – directly behind home plate, maybe 11 rows back from the field
Highlights –
great start by Tampa Bay’s Matt Moore (7 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 9
Ks) … Rays scratched out 3 runs in the first 6 innings, including a John Jaso
HR that got stuck in one of the catwalks hanging from the dome … former Nat
Steven Souza Jr. played the whole game without an official at-bat, drawing 3
walks and getting hit by a pitch
Other –
reliever Alex Colome wiped out Moore’s fine work in the eighth, giving up 4
singles with 2 out and 1 on as the Orioles took a 4-3 lead
Dome sweet
dome -- It was good that the Rays could play ball indoors, as it was raining
both when I walked to the Trop and after the game when I walked back to the
hotel. The experience certainly wasn’t terrible: the seats were reasonably
comfortable and the scoreboard actually provided more information (pitch counts
for both pitchers visible at all times, type of pitch as well as speed) than at
Nationals Park. The Cubano unfortunately was pre-made rather than grilled to order
(pork BBQ Friday night was better), and the between-innings race between 3
bottles of different Pepsi products was not particularly inspiring. The fans who
were there were enthusiastic; I imagine the noise level for a postseason game
would be impressive.
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