Game 2: Pirates 7 Rays 2— Postgame News and Notes
Pittsburgh scored six runs in the fifth inning against a pair of Rays relievers. Tampa Bay (1–1) dropped its first home game of the exhibition season on Saturday to the Pirates, 7–2.
The Pirates took a 1–0 lead in the second against the second Rays pitcher Dana Eveland when Joey Terdoslavich doubled to left-center, and Jose Osuna brought him home with a ground single to center field.
In the fourth, Jacob Stallings drilled a leadoff homer to left-center off of Danny Farquhar. With two out in the inning, Terdoslavich chased Farquhar with a two-run double into the right field corner. Cory Rasmus entered, and allowed a walk, then a pair of doubles to Phil Gosselin and Austin Meadows, capping the six-run rally.
The other Rays to pitch, David Carpenter, Jaime Schultz, Justin Marks, Neil Wagner and Taylor Guerrieri threw scoreless baseball.
Tampa Bay got on the board in the eighth on a Jesus Sucre homer to left. It was the first homer this spring by a Rays player. Dayron Varona scored in the ninth on a wild pitch after a leadoff double.
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Rickie Weeks started at first base, and handled his chances flawlessly at his new spot:
Weeks is expected to start at first base on Sunday too. Kevin Cash after the game spoke about Weeks and Carpenter:
Carpenter was pleased with his scoreless inning:
Tampa Bay, 1–1 in exhibition league play, will host the Red Sox on Sunday. Coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. with Countdown to Opening Day. Matt Duffy and Chad Mottola are the guests. Coverage of the game with Dave and Andy starts at 1 p.m., and Chris Archer will start with first pitch at 1:05 p.m.
