ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- This dash to third base was a bit different for Mallex Smith.
The Tampa Bay left fielder rushed in to tag out speedy Billy Hamilton after a lengthy rundown, highlighting the Rays' 8-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.
"When you get the fast guy like that, you've got to bring our fast guy and run him down," Rays right fielder Steven Souza Jr. said.
Hamilton stole his major league-leading 31st base in the fourth inning. But he later got trapped when he thought about scoring from second base on a two-out grounder by Eugenio Suarez that shortstop Daniel Robertson bobbled.
It took five throws to nab Hamilton between home and third, with six Rays lined up ready to take part in the rundown. Smith hurried from the outfield and was stationed at third to take a throw and tag Hamilton.
"Who knew he could play infield?" Souza said.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Smith was the first left fielder to make a rundown putout since Milwaukee's Ryan Braun on April 8, 2016, on Houston's Carlos Gomez after four throws on a stolen base attempt.
Smith singled twice, extending his hitting streak to 12 games. The string has taken place since he was recalled from Triple-A Durham on June 9 to replace Gold Glove center fielder Kevin Kiermaier, out with a broken right hip.
"He's ignited our offense," Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
"He creates havoc," Souza added.
Trevor Plouffe homered for his new team and Taylor Featherston also connected for Tampa Bay. Souza and Logan Morrison each drove in two runs.
The Rays also cost themselves on the bases. Plouffe and Featherston both were thrown out at third attempting to advance on hits, and Souza was picked off second.
"We overcome some mistakes, obviously," Cash said.
Erasmo Ramirez (4-2), who was 0-2 with a 10.06 ERA over his previous four starts, held the Reds hitless until Scott Schebler launched his 20th home run leading off the fifth.
Schebler added an RBI single in the sixth. Cincinnati dropped the final two games of the series after winning the opener to stop a nine-game skid.
"It's extremely disappointing," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "It would have been a good feel to not just break a losing streak but to win a series."
Chase Whitley entered with the bases loaded and one out in the eighth, and worked out of the jam. He pitched the ninth to get his second save.
Plouffe was cut by Oakland last week. He hit a solo homer in a two-run fourth off Tim Adleman (4-4) that put Tampa Bay up 3-0.
"First impressions go a long way, and this park didn't leave a good one," Adleman said of Tropicana Field. "That's tough to have a white roof when you play with a white ball, and catwalks everywhere. That doesn't seem like a major league baseball game."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Reds: RHP Homer Bailey (right elbow) will return to start Saturday at Washington.
Rays: OF Colby Rasmus sat out because of hip soreness. He missed the first month of the season recovering from hip surgery. ... SS Tim Beckham, hit by a pitch on the left hand Monday, didn't play.
GETTING A BREAK
Rays 3B Evan Longoria, mired in a 2-for-19 slide, was rested.
LEGO LEAGUE
Lego artist Nathan Sawaya threw the ceremonial first pitch with a baseball he made out of Legos.
SPECIAL STRETCH
Reds 1B Joey Votto walked three times and has reached base safely in 21 straight games. He also had a 27-game on-base stretch earlier this season.
UP NEXT
Reds: RHP Luis Castillo will be called up from Double-A Pensacola to make his major league debut Friday night against Washington RHP Stephen Strasburg (8-2).
Rays: RHP Chris Archer (5-4) looks to improve on his 3-7 record and 4.69 ERA against Baltimore in the opener of a three-games series with Orioles on Friday night.
The Tampa Bay left fielder rushed in to tag out speedy Billy Hamilton after a lengthy rundown, highlighting the Rays' 8-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.
"When you get the fast guy like that, you've got to bring our fast guy and run him down," Rays right fielder Steven Souza Jr. said.
Hamilton stole his major league-leading 31st base in the fourth inning. But he later got trapped when he thought about scoring from second base on a two-out grounder by Eugenio Suarez that shortstop Daniel Robertson bobbled.
It took five throws to nab Hamilton between home and third, with six Rays lined up ready to take part in the rundown. Smith hurried from the outfield and was stationed at third to take a throw and tag Hamilton.
"Who knew he could play infield?" Souza said.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Smith was the first left fielder to make a rundown putout since Milwaukee's Ryan Braun on April 8, 2016, on Houston's Carlos Gomez after four throws on a stolen base attempt.
Smith singled twice, extending his hitting streak to 12 games. The string has taken place since he was recalled from Triple-A Durham on June 9 to replace Gold Glove center fielder Kevin Kiermaier, out with a broken right hip.
"He's ignited our offense," Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
"He creates havoc," Souza added.
Trevor Plouffe homered for his new team and Taylor Featherston also connected for Tampa Bay. Souza and Logan Morrison each drove in two runs.
The Rays also cost themselves on the bases. Plouffe and Featherston both were thrown out at third attempting to advance on hits, and Souza was picked off second.
"We overcome some mistakes, obviously," Cash said.
Erasmo Ramirez (4-2), who was 0-2 with a 10.06 ERA over his previous four starts, held the Reds hitless until Scott Schebler launched his 20th home run leading off the fifth.
Schebler added an RBI single in the sixth. Cincinnati dropped the final two games of the series after winning the opener to stop a nine-game skid.
"It's extremely disappointing," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "It would have been a good feel to not just break a losing streak but to win a series."
Chase Whitley entered with the bases loaded and one out in the eighth, and worked out of the jam. He pitched the ninth to get his second save.
Plouffe was cut by Oakland last week. He hit a solo homer in a two-run fourth off Tim Adleman (4-4) that put Tampa Bay up 3-0.
"First impressions go a long way, and this park didn't leave a good one," Adleman said of Tropicana Field. "That's tough to have a white roof when you play with a white ball, and catwalks everywhere. That doesn't seem like a major league baseball game."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Reds: RHP Homer Bailey (right elbow) will return to start Saturday at Washington.
Rays: OF Colby Rasmus sat out because of hip soreness. He missed the first month of the season recovering from hip surgery. ... SS Tim Beckham, hit by a pitch on the left hand Monday, didn't play.
GETTING A BREAK
Rays 3B Evan Longoria, mired in a 2-for-19 slide, was rested.
LEGO LEAGUE
Lego artist Nathan Sawaya threw the ceremonial first pitch with a baseball he made out of Legos.
SPECIAL STRETCH
Reds 1B Joey Votto walked three times and has reached base safely in 21 straight games. He also had a 27-game on-base stretch earlier this season.
UP NEXT
Reds: RHP Luis Castillo will be called up from Double-A Pensacola to make his major league debut Friday night against Washington RHP Stephen Strasburg (8-2).
Rays: RHP Chris Archer (5-4) looks to improve on his 3-7 record and 4.69 ERA against Baltimore in the opener of a three-games series with Orioles on Friday night.
12:10PM,EDT,June 21,2017
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg,Florida
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg,Florida
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Cincinnati - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa Bay | CIN | TB |
| Hamilton grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Gennett flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Votto struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Tim Adleman pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | TB |
| Smith struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Dickerson walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Morrison lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa Bay | CIN | TB |
| Duvall grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Suárez grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Schebler lined out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Tim Adleman pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | TB |
| Plouffe popped out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Robertson struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Featherston struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa Bay | CIN | TB |
| Mesoraco struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Winker lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Peraza struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Tim Adleman pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | TB |
| Bourjos struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Sucre walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Smith reached on infield single to shortstop, Sucre to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Dickerson lined out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. singled to deep left, Sucre scored, Smith to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Morrison grounded out to first. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa Bay | CIN | TB |
| Hamilton walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Gennett struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Hamilton stole second. | 0 | 1 |
| Votto walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Duvall struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Suárez safe at first on error by shortstop Robertson, Hamilton advanced to third on Robertson error, Votto to second, Hamilton out at home in rundown. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Tim Adleman pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | TB |
| Plouffe homered to left (381 feet). | 0 | 2 |
| Robertson walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Featherston struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Bourjos reached on infield single to shortstop, Robertson to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Sucre flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Smith singled to deep right, Robertson scored, Bourjos to third. | 0 | 3 |
| Smith stole second. | 0 | 3 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa Bay | CIN | TB |
| Schebler homered to center (420 feet). | 1 | 3 |
| Mesoraco flied out to left. | 1 | 3 |
| Winker flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| Peraza flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Tim Adleman pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | TB |
| Souza Jr. doubled to deep left. | 1 | 3 |
| Souza Jr. picked off second. | 1 | 3 |
| Morrison flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| Plouffe walked. | 1 | 3 |
| Robertson singled to center, Plouffe thrown out at third. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa Bay | CIN | TB |
| Hamilton struck out looking. | 1 | 3 |
| Gennett singled to center. | 1 | 3 |
| Votto walked, Gennett to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Díaz relieved Ramírez. | 1 | 3 |
| Duvall struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Suárez walked, Gennett to third, Votto to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Alvarado relieved Díaz. | 1 | 3 |
| Schebler reached on infield single to pitcher, Gennett scored, Votto to third, Suárez to second. | 2 | 3 |
| Mesoraco struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Austin Brice pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | TB |
| Brice relieved Adleman. | 2 | 3 |
| Featherston reached on infield single to shortstop. | 2 | 3 |
| Bourjos reached on infield single to third, Featherston tagged out at third. | 2 | 3 |
| Sucre singled to center, Bourjos to second. | 2 | 3 |
| Peralta relieved Brice. | 2 | 3 |
| Smith popped out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| Dickerson singled to center, Bourjos scored, Sucre to second. | 2 | 4 |
| Souza Jr. singled to center, Sucre scored, Dickerson to second. | 2 | 5 |
| Morrison doubled to deep right center, Dickerson and Souza Jr. scored. | 2 | 7 |
| Storen relieved Peralta. | 2 | 7 |
| Plouffe grounded out to third. | 2 | 7 |
| 4 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jose Alvarado pitching for Tampa Bay | CIN | TB |
| Winker doubled to deep left. | 2 | 7 |
| Peraza struck out swinging. | 2 | 7 |
| Hamilton grounded out to second, Winker scored. | 3 | 7 |
| Gennett struck out looking. | 3 | 7 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Drew Storen pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | TB |
| Robertson struck out swinging. | 3 | 7 |
| Featherston homered to left (376 feet). | 3 | 8 |
| Bourjos lined out to center. | 3 | 8 |
| Sucre grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 8 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Tommy Hunter pitching for Tampa Bay | CIN | TB |
| Hunter relieved Alvarado. | 3 | 8 |
| Votto walked. | 3 | 8 |
| Duvall doubled to deep right, Votto to third. | 3 | 8 |
| Suárez struck out swinging. | 3 | 8 |
| Schebler walked. | 3 | 8 |
| Whitley relieved Hunter. | 3 | 8 |
| Mesoraco struck out swinging. | 3 | 8 |
| Winker grounded out to second. | 3 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Ariel Hernandez pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | TB |
| Hernández relieved Storen. | 3 | 8 |
| Smith fouled out to left. | 3 | 8 |
| Dickerson lined out to center. | 3 | 8 |
| Souza Jr. flied out to center. | 3 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Chase Whitley pitching for Tampa Bay | CIN | TB |
| Peraza lined out to center. | 3 | 8 |
| Hamilton grounded out to third. | 3 | 8 |
| Gennett grounded out to first. | 3 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Hamilton CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .237 | .289 | .308 |
| Gennett 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .284 | .327 | .542 |
| Votto 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | .306 | .419 | .601 |
| Duvall LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .277 | .322 | .538 |
| Suárez 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .273 | .370 | .478 |
| Schebler RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .258 | .333 | .555 |
| Mesoraco C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .237 | .336 | .505 |
| Winker DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .273 | .273 | .455 |
| Peraza SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .255 | .284 | .344 |
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 154 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Winker (2, Alvarado); Duvall (17, Hunter) HR: Schebler (20, 5th inning off Ramírez 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Schebler 2 (39), Hamilton (19) 2-out RBI: Schebler Reds RISP: 1-10 (Winker 0-1, Duvall 0-2, Schebler 1-1, Suárez 0-2, Hamilton 0-1, Mesoraco 0-2, Peraza 0-1) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Hamilton (31, 2nd base off Ramírez/Sucre) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING Outfield Assist: Hamilton (Plouffe at 3rd base). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 19,619 (63.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:16 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Vic Carapazza, First Base - Stu Scheurwater, Second Base - Tom Hallion, Third Base - Phil Cuzzi |
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