ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tim Beckham is making the most of his latest opportunity to prove himself with the Tampa Bay Rays.
The first overall pick from the 2008 draft homered twice for the second time in eight games, driving in four runs to lead the Rays over the struggling Miami Marlins 5-1 on Thursday night.
The 27-year-old shortstop, demoted to the minors last September and filling in this season for the injured Matt Diffy, is batting .338 with two doubles, two triples, six homers and 15 RBI in his last 17 games.
"Playing every day, you get opportunities to make adjustments and to compete more, and that's what the game's about," Beckham said. "You've got ups and downs throughout the season. How you take your downs speaks a lot about you, how you embrace the struggle, how you embrace different opportunities speaks a lot about you."
Matt Andriese (2-1) scattered five hits, walked three and struck out eight over seven innings to match his longest outing this season. Dee Gordon hit a run-scoring single off Chih-Wei Hu in the ninth before Alex Colome got the final out for his eighth save.
The Rays won three of four games to take the Citrus Series between the intrastate rivals, winning twice before small crowds in Miami before returning home to mostly-empty Tropicana Field on Wednesday and Thursday. The attendance was announced as 10,118 for the series finale.
Beckham had a pair of two-out, two-run homers, the only hits off Dan Straily (1-2) through four innings. Kevin Kiermaier added a RBI single off Nick Wittgren's glove to make it 5-0 in the sixth.
Straily, who gave up a leadoff double to Evan Longoria in the fifth, allowed four runs and three hits in five innings. Two of his five walks preceded Beckham's home runs.
"That whole game turned on two pitches," Straily said. "It just goes to show you, you never know what pitch is going to affect the game. It's very frustrating."
Beckham had the first multi-homer game of his career April 26 at Baltimore. He had 10 RBI in 11 career games, including six starts, against Miami.
The Marlins have lost seven of nine games to fall a season-low-tying three games under .500 (12-15).
"For the most part, I'm not overly concerned," Miami manager Don Mattingly said. "I like my club, confident that we're going to play better than this, and we're going to get more consistent than this."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Marlins: Gordon was back in the lineup after having the previous night off.
Rays: C Wilson Ramos, coming back from right knee surgery, has been cleared for limited catching drills. ... RHP Erasmo Ramirez was placed on the paternity list and Hu was recalled from Triple-A Durham.
OZUNA ZONE
Marlins LF Marcell Ozuna singled in the second inning, giving him at least one hit in each of the 21 games he's faced Tampa Bay during his career. That's the longest-active hitting streak against a single opponent in the majors. Boston's Dustin Pedroia has a 20-game streak against the Oakland Athletics.
CITRUS SERIES
The four-game home-and-series drew crowds of 16,095 and 16,011 in Miami on Monday and Tuesday before dipping to 12,285 and 10,118 for the pair in St. Petersburg. The Rays improved to 55-52 all-time against the Marlins.
RARE FEAT
Miami's J.T. Realmuto got his second triple of the season hitting leadoff Wednesday. According to Elias, Realmuto became the first catcher since Pittsburgh's Jason Kendall (2001 and 2002) to have two triples in a season from the leadoff spot. Prior to Kendall, the last catcher to do it was Mickey Cochrane in 1925.
UP NEXT
Marlins: RHP Tom Koehler (1-1) takes the hill Friday night against New York Mets RHP Rafael Montero (0-2). Miami was won five of seven in the season series.
Rays: RHP Chris Archer (2-1) faces Toronto LHP Francisco Liriano (2-2) Friday night. Manager Kevin Cash said he doesn't anticipate any carry-over from last Sunday when Jose Bautista glared at the mound after Archer threw behind him in the first inning. Archer said the pitch got away from him.
Miami Marlins
The first overall pick from the 2008 draft homered twice for the second time in eight games, driving in four runs to lead the Rays over the struggling Miami Marlins 5-1 on Thursday night.
The 27-year-old shortstop, demoted to the minors last September and filling in this season for the injured Matt Diffy, is batting .338 with two doubles, two triples, six homers and 15 RBI in his last 17 games.
"Playing every day, you get opportunities to make adjustments and to compete more, and that's what the game's about," Beckham said. "You've got ups and downs throughout the season. How you take your downs speaks a lot about you, how you embrace the struggle, how you embrace different opportunities speaks a lot about you."
Matt Andriese (2-1) scattered five hits, walked three and struck out eight over seven innings to match his longest outing this season. Dee Gordon hit a run-scoring single off Chih-Wei Hu in the ninth before Alex Colome got the final out for his eighth save.
The Rays won three of four games to take the Citrus Series between the intrastate rivals, winning twice before small crowds in Miami before returning home to mostly-empty Tropicana Field on Wednesday and Thursday. The attendance was announced as 10,118 for the series finale.
Beckham had a pair of two-out, two-run homers, the only hits off Dan Straily (1-2) through four innings. Kevin Kiermaier added a RBI single off Nick Wittgren's glove to make it 5-0 in the sixth.
Straily, who gave up a leadoff double to Evan Longoria in the fifth, allowed four runs and three hits in five innings. Two of his five walks preceded Beckham's home runs.
"That whole game turned on two pitches," Straily said. "It just goes to show you, you never know what pitch is going to affect the game. It's very frustrating."
Beckham had the first multi-homer game of his career April 26 at Baltimore. He had 10 RBI in 11 career games, including six starts, against Miami.
The Marlins have lost seven of nine games to fall a season-low-tying three games under .500 (12-15).
"For the most part, I'm not overly concerned," Miami manager Don Mattingly said. "I like my club, confident that we're going to play better than this, and we're going to get more consistent than this."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Marlins: Gordon was back in the lineup after having the previous night off.
Rays: C Wilson Ramos, coming back from right knee surgery, has been cleared for limited catching drills. ... RHP Erasmo Ramirez was placed on the paternity list and Hu was recalled from Triple-A Durham.
OZUNA ZONE
Marlins LF Marcell Ozuna singled in the second inning, giving him at least one hit in each of the 21 games he's faced Tampa Bay during his career. That's the longest-active hitting streak against a single opponent in the majors. Boston's Dustin Pedroia has a 20-game streak against the Oakland Athletics.
CITRUS SERIES
The four-game home-and-series drew crowds of 16,095 and 16,011 in Miami on Monday and Tuesday before dipping to 12,285 and 10,118 for the pair in St. Petersburg. The Rays improved to 55-52 all-time against the Marlins.
RARE FEAT
Miami's J.T. Realmuto got his second triple of the season hitting leadoff Wednesday. According to Elias, Realmuto became the first catcher since Pittsburgh's Jason Kendall (2001 and 2002) to have two triples in a season from the leadoff spot. Prior to Kendall, the last catcher to do it was Mickey Cochrane in 1925.
UP NEXT
Marlins: RHP Tom Koehler (1-1) takes the hill Friday night against New York Mets RHP Rafael Montero (0-2). Miami was won five of seven in the season series.
Rays: RHP Chris Archer (2-1) faces Toronto LHP Francisco Liriano (2-2) Friday night. Manager Kevin Cash said he doesn't anticipate any carry-over from last Sunday when Jose Bautista glared at the mound after Archer threw behind him in the first inning. Archer said the pitch got away from him.
7:10PM,EDT,May 4,2017
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 |
| Miami - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Andriese pitching for Tampa Bay | MIA | TB |
| Gordon grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Prado flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Yelich struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Dan Straily pitching for Miami | MIA | TB |
| Dickerson popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Kiermaier lined out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Matt Andriese pitching for Tampa Bay | MIA | TB |
| Stanton fouled out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Ozuna singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Bour struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Realmuto singled to right center, Ozuna to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Dietrich grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Dan Straily pitching for Miami | MIA | TB |
| Miller walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Morrison grounded out to second, Miller to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus fouled out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Beckham homered to left center (411 feet), Miller scored. | 0 | 2 |
| Norris struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Matt Andriese pitching for Tampa Bay | MIA | TB |
| Hechavarria singled to shallow center. | 0 | 2 |
| Gordon reached on bunt single to third, Hechavarria to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Prado grounded into double play, third to second, Hechavarria out at third, Gordon out at second, Prado to first. | 0 | 2 |
| Yelich walked, Prado to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Stanton grounded into fielder's choice to third, Prado out at third, Yelich to second. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Dan Straily pitching for Miami | MIA | TB |
| Robertson popped out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Kiermaier walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Longoria flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Matt Andriese pitching for Tampa Bay | MIA | TB |
| Ozuna struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Bour singled to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Realmuto lined out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Dietrich struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Dan Straily pitching for Miami | MIA | TB |
| Miller lined out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Morrison grounded out to first. | 0 | 2 |
| Rasmus walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Beckham homered to left (411 feet), Rasmus scored. | 0 | 4 |
| Norris walked. | 0 | 4 |
| Robertson walked, Norris to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Dickerson safe at first on error by pitcher Straily, Norris to third, Robertson to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Kiermaier grounded out to second. | 0 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Matt Andriese pitching for Tampa Bay | MIA | TB |
| Hechavarria flied out to right. | 0 | 4 |
| Gordon walked. | 0 | 4 |
| Gordon caught stealing second, catcher to second to third to shortstop. | 0 | 4 |
| Prado struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Dan Straily pitching for Miami | MIA | TB |
| Longoria doubled to deep right center. | 0 | 4 |
| Miller grounded out to third. | 0 | 4 |
| Morrison struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Rasmus popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Matt Andriese pitching for Tampa Bay | MIA | TB |
| Yelich struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Stanton grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 4 |
| Ozuna walked. | 0 | 4 |
| Bour struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Nick Wittgren pitching for Miami | MIA | TB |
| Wittgren relieved Straily. | 0 | 4 |
| Beckham struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Norris singled to shallow left center. | 0 | 4 |
| Robertson struck out looking. | 0 | 4 |
| Dickerson singled to center, Norris to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Kiermaier singled to right, Norris scored, Dickerson to third. | 0 | 5 |
| Longoria lined out to center. | 0 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Matt Andriese pitching for Tampa Bay | MIA | TB |
| Realmuto struck out swinging. | 0 | 5 |
| Dietrich grounded out to second. | 0 | 5 |
| Hechavarria fouled out to first. | 0 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jose Urena pitching for Miami | MIA | TB |
| Ureña relieved Wittgren. | 0 | 5 |
| Miller flied out to left. | 0 | 5 |
| Morrison singled to center. | 0 | 5 |
| Rasmus flied out to center. | 0 | 5 |
| Beckham lined out to left. | 0 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Danny Farquhar pitching for Tampa Bay | MIA | TB |
| Farquhar relieved Andriese. | 0 | 5 |
| Gordon grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 5 |
| Prado singled to left. | 0 | 5 |
| Yelich walked, Prado to second. | 0 | 5 |
| Stanton flied out to right. | 0 | 5 |
| Ozuna struck out swinging. | 0 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Junichi Tazawa pitching for Miami | MIA | TB |
| Tazawa relieved Ureña. | 0 | 5 |
| Norris flied out to right. | 0 | 5 |
| Robertson grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 5 |
| Dickerson flied out to right. | 0 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Chih-Wei Hu pitching for Tampa Bay | MIA | TB |
| Bourjos in left field. | 0 | 5 |
| Hu relieved Farquhar. | 0 | 5 |
| Bour walked. | 0 | 5 |
| Realmuto grounded into fielder's choice to third, Bour safe at second on error by third baseman Robertson. | 0 | 5 |
| Dietrich grounded out to pitcher, Bour to third, Realmuto to second. | 0 | 5 |
| Hechavarria struck out swinging. | 0 | 5 |
| Gordon singled to shallow left, Bour scored, Realmuto to third. | 1 | 5 |
| Colomé relieved Hu. | 1 | 5 |
| Gordon to second on fielder's indifference. | 1 | 5 |
| Prado struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
Miami Marlins
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | .294 | .336 | .367 |
| Prado DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .281 | .311 | .421 |
| Yelich CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | .270 | .311 | .387 |
| Stanton RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .240 | .316 | .481 |
| Ozuna LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | .301 | .365 | .563 |
| Bour 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | .223 | .302 | .383 |
| Realmuto C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .315 | .357 | .446 |
| Dietrich 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .192 | .311 | .250 |
| Hechavarria SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .286 | .298 | .357 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 167 | |||
| BATTING RBI: Gordon (5) 2-out RBI: Gordon GIDP: Prado Marlins RISP: 1-9 (Hechavarria 0-1, Ozuna 0-1, Dietrich 0-2, Stanton 0-2, Gordon 1-1, Prado 0-2) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Gordon (2, 2nd base by Andriese/Norris) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Straily (2, ground ball) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 10,118 (32.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:22 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Stu Scheurwater, First Base - Jim Reynolds, Second Base - Brian Knight, Third Base - Lance Barrett |
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