Verlander, Gamblers Rout Rainiers In Game 1 Of Wildcard Series.

Verlander Shuts Down Rainiers.

BOXSCORE: 2012 Illinois Gamblers At 2012 Tacoma Rainiers            10/3/2012
 
  Gamblers           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Rainiers           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Bay LF            5  0  1  0 .200     J.Carroll SS        4  0  1  0 .250  
  B.Lillibridge CF    4  0  2  2 .500     L.Duda LF           4  0  1  0 .250  
  M.Napoli C          4  1  0  0 .000     Y.Molina C          4  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Ortiz 1B          5  1  1  2 .200     R.Howard 1B         4  0  0  0 .000  
  N.Swisher RF        3  2  0  0 .000     C.Hart RF           2  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Hardy SS          5  2  3  3 .600   A-M.Carp PH           0  0  0  0 ----  
  C.Jones 3B          4  1  2  0 .500     O.Infante 2B        4  0  1  0 .250  
  M.Fontenot 2B       4  1  2  1 .500     M.Reynolds 3B       3  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Verlander P       4  0  0  0 .000     I.Suzuki CF         3  0  2  0 .667  
                                          C.Kershaw P         2  0  0  0 .000  
                                          B.Fuentes P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  8 11  8                 Totals      30  0  5  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Hart In 9th Inning
 
Gamblers........ 0 2 2  0 0 3  1 0 0  -  8 11  0
Rainiers........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  0
 
Gamblers (1-0)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Verlander WIN(1-0)      9       5   0   0   2  11   0 124   0.00
Totals                    9       5   0   0   2  11   0
 
Rainiers (0-1)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Kershaw LOSS(0-1)       8      11   8   8   4  13   2 159   9.00
B.Fuentes                 1       0   0   0   0   0   0  11   0.00
Totals                    9      11   8   8   4  13   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 45,317 DATE- Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:00
LEFT ON BASE- Gamblers: 7  Rainiers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Gamblers: 1  Rainiers: 0
DOUBLES- J.Hardy(1st), M.Fontenot(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.Ortiz(1st), J.Hardy(1st)
STOLEN BASES- I.Suzuki(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Kershaw
WALKS- B.Lillibridge, M.Napoli, N.Swisher-2, C.Hart, M.Carp
STRIKE OUTS- J.Bay, B.Lillibridge, M.Napoli-3, D.Ortiz-2, N.Swisher, C.Jones,
             M.Fontenot, J.Verlander-3, L.Duda-2, Y.Molina, R.Howard-4, C.Hart,
             M.Reynolds-2, C.Kershaw
GIDP- O.Infante
2-out RBI- D.Ortiz-2, B.Lillibridge-2
 
Shortstop J.J. Hardy lofted one into the 'cheap seats' and had 3 RBI and
Justin Verlander racked up an impressive total of 11 strikeouts at SAFECO
Field as the Illinois Gamblers beat the Tacoma Rainiers by the count of 8 to
0.
 
Hardy had a big day with his bat.  He cracked a two-run shot in the 2nd
inning, stroked a single in the 6th inning and doubled knocking in a run in
the 7th inning.  Illinois finished with 11 hits in the victory.
 
Verlander(1-0) was credited with the shutout, his first of the year. Clayton
Kershaw(0-1) took the loss.  He was hit hard and gave up 11 hits and 4 walks
in 8 innings.  
 
Verlander was pleased with his performance.  He noted, 'I had good command of
all my pitches.  Just as important, my location was right on.'