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Roger Mooney covers the Tampa Bay Rays for The Tampa Tribune, TBO.com and News Channel 8. He has covered the Rays since their first season in 1998, including 11 years for the Bradenton Herald. Roger has also covered Florida, South Florida and Florida State football, the Bucs and the Lightning.

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Shields Ks Bautista three times; Bautista pitches fit

Posted Aug 26, 2011 by Roger Mooney

Updated Aug 26, 2011 at 09:18 PM

ROGER MOONEY
TORONTO James Shields became the first pitcher since Felix Hernandez on Sept. 24, 2009 to strikeout Jose Bautista three times in one game.

After the last strikeout Bautista took his bat and went home.

Seriously.

A loud bang was heard throughout Rogers Centre then Bautista began yelling at home plate umpire Bill Welke.

What would Brad Penny think?

Bautista then started tossing his belongings onto the field. Those items were his bat, batting helmet, batting gloves and a water bottle that was innocently sitting on the rail to the dugout fence.

Afterwards, the local TV telecast zeroed in on a small hole on the back wall of the Jays dugout. Might that have been the cause of the loud bang?

Oh, and the Rays led 5-1 in the bottom of the seventh thanks to four home runs – two by Evan Longoria and one each by John Jaso and Desmond Jennings.