Chien-Ming Wang did not make it out of the second inning on Monday. (Steve Nesius/AP)
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
Chien-Ming Wang clearly did not have it from the get-go, setting a bad tone for the rest of the game, as the righty gave up eight runs over one-plus innings in his second consecutive subpar outing. Nick Swisher homered in the loss to the Rays.
a-Lined out for Crawford in the 6th. b-Grounded out for Bartlett in the 7th.
BATTING 2B: Pena, C 2 (2, Wang, Albaladejo), Burrell (2, Wang), Iwamura (4, Coke). HR: Pena,
C (3, 2nd inning off Albaladejo, 3 on, 0 out), Bartlett (2, 3rd inning off Albaladejo, 0 on, 0 out), Burrell (1, 6th inning
off Ramirez, E, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Upton, B; Aybar, W; Longoria; Pena, C 8; Burrell 6; Navarro 2; Gross 2; Iwamura
3; Bartlett 6. RBI: Pena, C 6 (9), Burrell 2 (2), Gross (1), Longoria 2 (12), Bartlett (3), Iwamura 3 (4). 2-out
RBI: Longoria; Iwamura 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Iwamura 2; Gross; Pena, C; Aybar, W 2; Zobrist;
Burrell. Team RISP: 8-for-23. Team LOB: 11.
BASERUNNING SB: Crawford (2,
2nd base off Wang/Posada), Bartlett (2, 2nd base off Wang/Posada), Upton, B 2 (2, 2nd base off Wang/Posada, 3rd base off Wang/Posada).
