MIAMI -- Back on the mound for the first time in more than two weeks, Jake Odorizzi wasn't keen to leave.
The right-hander returned from the disabled list Monday, departed reluctantly after five innings and combined with four relievers on a four-hitter that helped the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Miami Marlins 4-2 Monday night.
Odorizzi made his first start since April 15 and allowed two hits and two runs, one earned. He was pulled by manager Kevin Cash after 78 pitches.
"I felt great. I felt strong, almost a little too strong," Odorizzi said. "I could have gone longer from where I'm sitting, but it's not my decision."
Odorizzi was activated before the game after recovering from a strained left hamstring. Cash decided to pull him with the score 2-all.
"We can debate the workload," Cash said. "That decision was made in his best interest and ours. Sometimes you're going to make some decisions that don't make everybody happy."
The move paid off when the Rays' overworked bullpen shut out Miami on two hits over the final four innings. Danny Farquhar (1-1) pitched a perfect sixth, Chris Whitley came on to retire Christian Yelich with two on to end the eighth, and Alex Colome earned his sixth save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
"They're doing really well," Odorizzi said. "They just need some breaks. The starting staff, we need to go six or seven innings consistently to give those guys a break so they're going to be fresh later in the year."
The Rays' Corey Dickerson made a leaping grab before crashing into the left-field wall to rob Adeiny Hechavarria of an extra-base hit in the fifth, and a sliding catch of Giancarlo Stanton's sinking liner leading off the ninth.
Tim Beckham had a two-run double for the Rays , who improved to 4-10 on the road. They totaled only five hits, but Miami pitchers issued eight walks.
Miami's Marcell Ozuna hit his seventh homer into the swimming pool in the nightclub beyond left field, and three fans jumped in battling to retrieve the souvenir. Wei-Yin Chen allowed two runs in six innings for the Marlins, who lost for the fifth time in six games.
The score was 3-all when Derek Norris started the seventh with a double off Brad Ziegler (1-1) and later came home from third when Kevin Kiermaier broke up a potential inning-ending double play by sliding hard into Dee Gordon at second base.
Miami manager Don Mattingly challenged the call, but a review upheld the ruling that Kiermaier's slide was legal.
"When he stands up, you think that's when Dee can't throw," Mattingly said. "You really can't finish the throw."
Beckham hit a two-out, two-run double in the fourth to give the Rays a 2-1 lead. Daniel Robertson had a two-out RBI single in the eighth.
Gordon's speed helped Miami score an unearned run without a hit in the first. He led off with a walk, stole second, continued to third when the throw was wild, and came home on Yelich's sacrifice fly.
Gordon had two hits and three stolen bases.
"You know he's going to run," Cash said, "and there's not much you can do about it."
ACROBATIC?
Robertson staggered as he caught J.T. Realmuto's popup to third and then fell into a backward somersault in the seventh.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays 3B Evan Longoria was held out because of a lingering bout with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. He hopes to start Tuesday.
ROSTER MOVE
To make room on the roster for Odorizzi, the Rays optioned RHP Ryan Garton to Triple-A Durham.
UP NEXT
RHP Alex Cobb (1-2, 4.66 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday for the Rays against Marlins RHP Edinson Volquez (0-3, 4.44).
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Final
Series: Game 1 of 2

Rays 4

(13-14, 4-10 away)

Marlins 2

(11-13, 5-5 home)





7:10PM,EDT,May 1,2017
Marlins Park, Miami,Florida 

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TB 000200110 4 5 1
MIA 100100000 2 4 0
W: D. Farquhar (1-1)
L: B. Ziegler (1-1)
S: A. Colome (6)





View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-PitchInning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
Tampa Bay - Top of 1stSCORE
Wei-Yin Chen pitching for MiamiTBMIA
Bourjos struck out swinging.00
Souza Jr. struck out swinging.00
Dickerson grounded out to catcher.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Miami - Bottom of 1stSCORE
Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa BayTBMIA
Gordon walked.00
Gordon stole second.00
Gordon safe at third on throwing error by catcher Norris.00
Prado popped out to second.00
Yelich hit sacrifice fly to left, Gordon scored.01
Stanton struck out swinging.01
1 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 2ndSCORE
Wei-Yin Chen pitching for MiamiTBMIA
Weeks Jr. struck out swinging.01
Miller grounded out to shortstop.01
Beckham walked.01
Norris struck out swinging.01
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Miami - Bottom of 2ndSCORE
Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa BayTBMIA
Ozuna struck out swinging.01
Bour grounded out to second.01
Realmuto struck out swinging.01
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 3rdSCORE
Wei-Yin Chen pitching for MiamiTBMIA
Robertson flied out to right.01
Odorizzi grounded out to shortstop.01
Bourjos grounded out to second.01
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Miami - Bottom of 3rdSCORE
Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa BayTBMIA
Hechavarria struck out swinging.01
Chen grounded out to third.01
Gordon doubled to center.01
Prado grounded out to third.01
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 4thSCORE
Wei-Yin Chen pitching for MiamiTBMIA
Souza Jr. struck out swinging.01
Dickerson singled to left.01
Weeks Jr. walked, Dickerson to second.01
Miller grounded out to first, Dickerson to third, Weeks Jr. to second.01
Beckham doubled to deep right center, Dickerson and Weeks Jr. scored.21
Norris walked.21
Robertson flied out to left.21
2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Miami - Bottom of 4thSCORE
Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa BayTBMIA
Yelich flied out to left.21
Stanton struck out swinging.21
Ozuna homered to left center (389 feet).22
Bour struck out swinging.22
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 5thSCORE
Wei-Yin Chen pitching for MiamiTBMIA
Odorizzi lined out to center.22
Bourjos struck out swinging.22
Souza Jr. struck out looking.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Miami - Bottom of 5thSCORE
Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa BayTBMIA
Realmuto grounded out to third.22
Hechavarria lined out to left.22
Chen lined out to first.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 6thSCORE
Wei-Yin Chen pitching for MiamiTBMIA
Dickerson grounded out to first.22
Weeks Jr. walked.22
Miller fouled out to first.22
Beckham flied out to center.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Miami - Bottom of 6thSCORE
Danny Farquhar pitching for Tampa BayTBMIA
Farquhar relieved Odorizzi.22
Gordon grounded out to third.22
Prado struck out swinging.22
Yelich grounded out to shortstop.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 7thSCORE
Brad Ziegler pitching for MiamiTBMIA
Ziegler relieved Chen.22
Norris doubled to deep center.22
Robertson walked.22
Morrison hit for Farquhar.22
Morrison flied out to center.22
Kiermaier hit for Bourjos.22
Kiermaier walked, Norris to third, Robertson to second.22
Souza Jr. grounded into fielder's choice to third, Norris scored, Kiermaier out at second, Robertson to third.32
Dickerson walked, Souza Jr. to second.32
Tazawa relieved Ziegler.32
Weeks Jr. struck out swinging.32
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Miami - Bottom of 7thSCORE
Jumbo Diaz pitching for Tampa BayTBMIA
Kiermaier in center field.32
Díaz relieved Farquhar.32
Morrison at first base.32
Stanton grounded out to second.32
Ozuna lined out to left.32
Bour singled to center.32
Realmuto popped out to third.32
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 8thSCORE
Junichi Tazawa pitching for MiamiTBMIA
Miller walked.32
Beckham lined out to shortstop.32
Norris struck out swinging, Miller stole second.32
Miller stole third.32
Robertson singled to center, Miller scored.42
Morrison singled to center, Robertson to third.42
García relieved Tazawa.42
Dietrich at first base.42
Kiermaier grounded out to second.42
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Miami - Bottom of 8thSCORE
Jumbo Diaz pitching for Tampa BayTBMIA
Hechavarria fouled out to catcher.42
Dietrich grounded out to first.42
Gordon singled to right.42
Gordon stole second.42
Gordon stole third.42
Prado walked.42
Whitley relieved Díaz.42
Rojas ran for Prado.42
Yelich grounded out to pitcher.42
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 9thSCORE
Jarlin Garcia pitching for MiamiTBMIA
Rojas at third base.42
Souza Jr. grounded out to third.42
Dickerson struck out swinging.42
Peterson hit for Whitley.42
Peterson struck out swinging.42
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Miami - Bottom of 9thSCORE
Alex Colome pitching for Tampa BayTBMIA
Colomé relieved Whitley.42
Stanton flied out to left.42
Ozuna fouled out to right.42
Suzuki hit for García.42
Suzuki grounded out to third.42
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors




Tampa Bay Rays

HittersABRHRBIBBSO#PAVGOBPSLG
Bourjos CF30000219.147.237.235
a-Kiermaier PH-CF
10001012.208.298.287
Souza Jr. RF50010319.313.393.515
Dickerson LF41101121.326.380.620
Weeks Jr. 1B21002222.171.333.293
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c-Peterson PH
1000017.263.317.395
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Miller 2B3100109.220.355.352
Beckham SS30121016.274.315.500
Norris C31101216.192.228.274
Robertson 3B30111025.188.297.281
Odorizzi P2000003.000.000.000
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b-Morrison PH-1B
2010006.250.355.463
Totals32454811175   
a-walked for P Bourjos in the 7th
b-flied out to center for D Farquhar in the 7th
c-struck out swinging for C Whitley in the 9th
BATTING
2B: Beckham (3, Chen); Norris (3, Ziegler)
RBI: Beckham 2 (10), Souza Jr. (18), Robertson (3)
2-out RBI: Beckham 2, Robertson
Rays RISP: 2-8 (Miller 0-1, Robertson 1-2, Kiermaier 0-1, Souza Jr. 0-1, Morrison 0-1, Weeks Jr. 0-1, Beckham 1-1)
Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING
SB: Miller 2 (2, 3rd base off Tazawa/Realmuto, 2nd base off Tazawa/Realmuto)
FIELDING
E: Norris (1, throw)

Game Information

StadiumMarlins Park, Miami, FL
Attendance16,096 (43% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time3:14
Weatherindoors
UmpiresHome Plate - Jim Reynolds, First Base - Brian Knight, Second Base - Lance Barrett, Third Base - Stu Scheurwater