ST.
PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay's Jacob Faria capped what he describes
as the "best two-week span of my life" with his first major league win.
The 23-year-old right-hander sparkled in his big league debut Wednesday night, taking a three-hitter into the seventh inning of a 3-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Pitching on the sixth anniversary of the day the Rays selected him in the 10th round of the 2011 amateur draft, Faria walked two and struck out five in 6 1/3 innings, settling down after falling behind three batters into the game to help his team end a season-high four-game losing streak.
"Usually after starts, my legs would be exhausted. But I feel like I could go run a mile right now. I've still got a ton of adrenaline going," said Faria, who also became engaged to be married on May 23, the sixth anniversary of meeting his long-time girlfriend.
"He provided a huge boost for us," Rays manager Kevin Cash added. "We needed a win, and generally you don't ask for a guy to come up and make his major league debut to provide that. But it worked out. He was just outstanding."
Relievers Tommy Hunter, Jose Alvarado and Alex Colome finished the combined four-hitter, with Colome getting the final three outs for his 16th save.
A night after squandering numerous scoring opportunities in a 4-2 loss to the White Sox, the Rays sputtered early offensively against Mike Pelfrey (2-5), who escaped jams in the first two innings but couldn't do it again in the third, when the Rays scored three times.
Tim Beckham singled with the bases loaded, giving Tampa Bay only its second hit of the series in 15 at-bats with runners in scoring position.
Another run scored when right fielder Avisail Garcia misplayed Beckham's hit for an error. Daniel Robertson's RBI grounder made it 3-1.
Faria (1-0) allowed hits to two of the first three batters he faced, with Laury Garcia leading off the game with a single before stealing second and scoring on Jose Abreu's single to right field.
The rookie, 6-1 with a 3.07 ERA for Triple-A Durham before being promoted earlier Wednesday, didn't allow another hit until Kevan Smith doubled with two outs in the fifth.
"Their guy did a nice job of kind of keeping us off balance. ... He mixed his pitches well," White Sox manager Rick Renteria said.
Pelfrey, meanwhile, allowed three runs and six hits over 5 1/3 innings.
The White Sox, who snapped a five-game losing streak on Tuesday night, have lost six of seven. They've been outscored 37-15 while dropping four of five on a nine-game trip that ends this weekend at Cleveland.
"We actually have been playing decent baseball," Renteria said. "I thought we've had a couple of games where we didn't play very well. The rest of them, for the most part, I think we've been in games. We just haven't been able to score enough runs to overcome some deficits."
TRAINER'S ROOM
White Sox: RHP James Shields (right lat strain) will make his second rehab start for Triple-A Charlotte on Thursday night. ... LHP Carlos Rodon (left biceps bursitis) will go from Class A Winston-Salem to Charlotte to make his second rehab start on Sunday.
Rays: 2B Brad Miller was placed on the 10-day DL with a right groin strain. He had returned Friday after missing 13 games due to a left abdominal strain.
QUICK TURN OF EVENTS
Rays INF Michael Martinez left Tropicana Field after Tuesday night's series opener, expecting to be designated for assignment to make room on the roster for Faria. Before the paperwork could be filed with MLB, though, Miller informed the team of his injury and the Rays called Martinez to tell him he would remain on the team.
UP NEXT
White Sox: LHP Derek Holland (4-5), the starter in Thursday night's series finale, is 1/3 with a 5.27 ERA over his last five starts.
Rays: RHP Jake Odorizzi (3-3), coming off a start against Seattle on Friday where he gave up eight runs in 2 1/3 innings, faces Holland.
Chicago White Sox
The 23-year-old right-hander sparkled in his big league debut Wednesday night, taking a three-hitter into the seventh inning of a 3-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Pitching on the sixth anniversary of the day the Rays selected him in the 10th round of the 2011 amateur draft, Faria walked two and struck out five in 6 1/3 innings, settling down after falling behind three batters into the game to help his team end a season-high four-game losing streak.
"Usually after starts, my legs would be exhausted. But I feel like I could go run a mile right now. I've still got a ton of adrenaline going," said Faria, who also became engaged to be married on May 23, the sixth anniversary of meeting his long-time girlfriend.
"He provided a huge boost for us," Rays manager Kevin Cash added. "We needed a win, and generally you don't ask for a guy to come up and make his major league debut to provide that. But it worked out. He was just outstanding."
Relievers Tommy Hunter, Jose Alvarado and Alex Colome finished the combined four-hitter, with Colome getting the final three outs for his 16th save.
A night after squandering numerous scoring opportunities in a 4-2 loss to the White Sox, the Rays sputtered early offensively against Mike Pelfrey (2-5), who escaped jams in the first two innings but couldn't do it again in the third, when the Rays scored three times.
Tim Beckham singled with the bases loaded, giving Tampa Bay only its second hit of the series in 15 at-bats with runners in scoring position.
Another run scored when right fielder Avisail Garcia misplayed Beckham's hit for an error. Daniel Robertson's RBI grounder made it 3-1.
Faria (1-0) allowed hits to two of the first three batters he faced, with Laury Garcia leading off the game with a single before stealing second and scoring on Jose Abreu's single to right field.
The rookie, 6-1 with a 3.07 ERA for Triple-A Durham before being promoted earlier Wednesday, didn't allow another hit until Kevan Smith doubled with two outs in the fifth.
"Their guy did a nice job of kind of keeping us off balance. ... He mixed his pitches well," White Sox manager Rick Renteria said.
Pelfrey, meanwhile, allowed three runs and six hits over 5 1/3 innings.
The White Sox, who snapped a five-game losing streak on Tuesday night, have lost six of seven. They've been outscored 37-15 while dropping four of five on a nine-game trip that ends this weekend at Cleveland.
"We actually have been playing decent baseball," Renteria said. "I thought we've had a couple of games where we didn't play very well. The rest of them, for the most part, I think we've been in games. We just haven't been able to score enough runs to overcome some deficits."
TRAINER'S ROOM
White Sox: RHP James Shields (right lat strain) will make his second rehab start for Triple-A Charlotte on Thursday night. ... LHP Carlos Rodon (left biceps bursitis) will go from Class A Winston-Salem to Charlotte to make his second rehab start on Sunday.
Rays: 2B Brad Miller was placed on the 10-day DL with a right groin strain. He had returned Friday after missing 13 games due to a left abdominal strain.
QUICK TURN OF EVENTS
Rays INF Michael Martinez left Tropicana Field after Tuesday night's series opener, expecting to be designated for assignment to make room on the roster for Faria. Before the paperwork could be filed with MLB, though, Miller informed the team of his injury and the Rays called Martinez to tell him he would remain on the team.
UP NEXT
White Sox: LHP Derek Holland (4-5), the starter in Thursday night's series finale, is 1/3 with a 5.27 ERA over his last five starts.
Rays: RHP Jake Odorizzi (3-3), coming off a start against Seattle on Friday where he gave up eight runs in 2 1/3 innings, faces Holland.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Chicago - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jacob Faria pitching for Tampa Bay | CHW | TB |
| L. García reached on infield single to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Cabrera flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| L. García stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Abreu singled to right, L. García scored. | 1 | 0 |
| A. García struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Frazier flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Mike Pelfrey pitching for Chicago | CHW | TB |
| Dickerson doubled to deep left. | 1 | 0 |
| Kiermaier lined out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| Longoria grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Dickerson to third on error by shortstop Anderson. | 1 | 0 |
| Morrison struck out swinging, Longoria stole second. | 1 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Rasmus struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jacob Faria pitching for Tampa Bay | CHW | TB |
| Davidson grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Anderson grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Smith struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Mike Pelfrey pitching for Chicago | CHW | TB |
| Beckham singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Beckham stole second. | 1 | 0 |
| Robertson hit by pitch. | 1 | 0 |
| Norris lined out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Dickerson flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Kiermaier lined out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jacob Faria pitching for Tampa Bay | CHW | TB |
| Sánchez grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| L. García walked. | 1 | 0 |
| L. García caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Cabrera grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Mike Pelfrey pitching for Chicago | CHW | TB |
| Longoria reached on infield single to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Morrison doubled to deep right, Longoria to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Rasmus intentionally walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Beckham singled to right, Longoria scored, Morrison to third, Rasmus to second. Morrison scored, Rasmus to third on error by A. Garcia, Beckham to second advancing on throw. | 1 | 2 |
| Robertson grounded into fielder's choice to third, Rasmus scored, Beckham to third. | 1 | 3 |
| Norris grounded into double play, third to second to first, Robertson out at second. | 1 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jacob Faria pitching for Tampa Bay | CHW | TB |
| Abreu grounded out to third. | 1 | 3 |
| A. García lined out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Frazier struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Mike Pelfrey pitching for Chicago | CHW | TB |
| Dickerson singled to deep center. | 1 | 3 |
| Kiermaier lined out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| Longoria grounded out to shortstop, Dickerson to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Morrison intentionally walked. | 1 | 3 |
| Dickerson stole third, Morrison stole second. | 1 | 3 |
| Souza Jr. struck out looking. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jacob Faria pitching for Tampa Bay | CHW | TB |
| Davidson struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Anderson lined out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| Smith doubled to deep left. | 1 | 3 |
| Sánchez struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Mike Pelfrey pitching for Chicago | CHW | TB |
| Rasmus grounded out to first. | 1 | 3 |
| Beckham grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| Robertson grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jacob Faria pitching for Tampa Bay | CHW | TB |
| L. García popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| Cabrera grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| Abreu lined out to third. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Mike Pelfrey pitching for Chicago | CHW | TB |
| Norris flied out to left. | 1 | 3 |
| Jennings relieved Pelfrey. | 1 | 3 |
| Dickerson grounded out to third. | 1 | 3 |
| Kiermaier fouled out to third. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jacob Faria pitching for Tampa Bay | CHW | TB |
| A. García lined out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| Frazier walked. | 1 | 3 |
| Hunter relieved Faria. | 1 | 3 |
| Davidson struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Anderson struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Dan Jennings pitching for Chicago | CHW | TB |
| Longoria struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Morrison popped out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Souza Jr. struck out looking. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jose Alvarado pitching for Tampa Bay | CHW | TB |
| Alvarado relieved Hunter. | 1 | 3 |
| Smith grounded out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Sánchez flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| L. García grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Dan Jennings pitching for Chicago | CHW | TB |
| Rasmus struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Infante relieved Jennings. | 1 | 3 |
| Beckham struck out looking. | 1 | 3 |
| Robertson struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | CHW | TB |
| Colomé relieved Alvarado. | 1 | 3 |
| Cabrera reached on infield single to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| Abreu flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| A. García popped out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Cabrera to second on fielder's indifference. | 1 | 3 |
| Frazier struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Chicago White Sox
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. García CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .298 | .350 | .464 |
| Cabrera LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .255 | .306 | .373 |
| Abreu 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .278 | .332 | .471 |
| A. García RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .327 | .366 | .540 |
| Frazier 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | .193 | .303 | .404 |
| Davidson DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .248 | .295 | .497 |
| Anderson SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .257 | .278 | .388 |
| Smith C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .234 | .258 | .344 |
| Sánchez 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .300 | .350 | .447 |
| Totals | 30 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 129 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Smith (7, Faria) RBI: Abreu (32) White Sox RISP: 1-3 (Sánchez 0-1, Abreu 1-1, Frazier 0-1) Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: L. García (6, 2nd base off Faria/Norris) CS: L. García (4, 2nd base by Faria/Norris) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Anderson (13, catch); A. García (6, bobble) DP: 1 (Frazier-Sánchez-Abreu). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 9,313 (30% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:53 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Bill Miller, First Base - Adam Hamari, Second Base - Kerwin Danley, Third Base - Todd Tichenor |
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