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Comeback falls short
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Rays 5, Marlins 2
Andrew Miller allowed five runs and struck out four in 6 1/3 innings. (Steve Nesius/AP)
By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
The Marlins rallied to load the bases in the ninth and Wes Helms drew a bases-loaded walk that plated Jorge Cantu, but both Ronny Paulino and Ross Gload struck out to end the game. Andrew Miller took the loss and is now winless in his past four starts.
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Series at a glance:
FLA
Florida (38-39)
Lost 3 		Tampa Bay 5, Florida 2   TB
Tampa Bay (42-35)
Won 5
June 28, 2009
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
Florida
 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1   2 4 1
Tampa Bay
 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 X   5 10 0
Standings thru 6/28/09  |  Recap: FLA | TB  |  Gameday  |  Marlins stats  |  Rays stats
Florida AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Coghlan, LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .259
Bonifacio, 3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .249
Ramirez, H, SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .333
Cantu, 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .283
Uggla, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .225
Ross, C, CF 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .276
Hermida, DH 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .256
  b-Helms, PH-DH 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .235
  1-De Aza, PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Paulino, R, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 .265
Carroll, RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .288
  a-Gload, PH-RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .288
Totals 29 2 4 2 6 6 17  

a-Grounded out for Carroll in the 8th. b-Walked for Hermida in the 9th.
1-Ran for Helms in the 9th.

BATTING
TB: Bonifacio; Ramirez, H; Cantu; Uggla.
RBI: Ramirez, H (51), Helms (14).
2-out RBI: Ramirez, H.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Uggla; Paulino, R; Gload 2.
GIDP: Paulino, R.
Team RISP: 1-for-7.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Bonifacio (16, 2nd base off Price/Navarro).
CS: Ramirez, H (6, 2nd base by Price/Navarro).
PO: Ramirez, H (1st base by Price).

FIELDING
E: Uggla (7, throw).
DP: (Bonifacio-Uggla-Cantu).
 
Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Upton, B, CF 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .249
Crawford, LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .316
Longoria, 3B 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .306
Pena, C, 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .242
Zobrist, 2B 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 .287
Burrell, DH 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 .233
Bartlett, SS 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .364
Kapler, RF 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .250
  a-Gross, PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277
Navarro, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .214
Totals 34 5 10 5 1 5 13  

a-Struck out for Kapler in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Bartlett (15, Miller, A), Kapler (12, Miller, A).
HR: Upton, B (6, 3rd inning off Miller, A, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Upton, B 5; Crawford 2; Longoria; Pena, C 2; Zobrist; Bartlett 2; Kapler 2.
RBI: Bartlett (36), Kapler (19), Upton, B (29), Longoria (63), Zobrist (45).
2-out RBI: Zobrist.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Navarro; Burrell 2; Upton, B; Zobrist.
GIDP: Longoria.
Team RISP: 4-for-12.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Upton, B (28, 2nd base off Miller, A/Paulino, R), Pena, C (1, 2nd base off Miller, A/Paulino, R).

FIELDING
DP: (Bartlett-Zobrist-Pena, C).
Pickoffs: Price (Ramirez, H at 1st base).
 
Florida IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Miller, A (L, 2-4) 6.1 8 5 5 1 4 1 4.45
Wood 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
 
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Price (W, 2-2) 6.1 2 1 1 5 4 0 3.93
Nelson, J (H, 6) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.45
Bradford 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.75
Howell (S, 5) 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.67

WP: Miller, A.
HBP: Zobrist (by Miller, A), Ross, C (by Howell).
Pitches-strikes: Miller, A 101-59, Wood 29-20, Price 96-56, Nelson, J 8-6, Bradford 23-14, Howell 17-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Miller, A 4-7, Wood 1-2, Price 6-4, Nelson, J 3-1, Bradford 1-0, Howell 0-0.
Batters faced: Miller, A 29, Wood 7, Price 25, Nelson, J 4, Bradford 3, Howell 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Wood 2-2, Nelson, J 1-0, Howell 2-1.
Umpires: HP: Mike DiMuro. 1B: Ron Kulpa. 2B: Dale Scott. 3B: Jerry Meals.
Weather: 72 degrees, dome.
Wind: Indoors.
T: 2:40.
Att: 29,459.
June 28, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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