NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Relievers Grant Balfour and J.P. Howell pitched the Rays out of a pair of late-inning jams as Tampa Bay completed a 6-2 AL division series victory over the White Sox. Akinori Iwamura's go-ahead two-run homer was the key hit.
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Starters James Shields Scott Kazmir Matt Garza Andy Sonnanstine Relievers Grant Balfour Chad Bradford J.P. Howell Trever Miller David Price Dan Wheeler Catchers Dioner Navarro Michel Hernandez Infielders Willy Aybar Jason Bartlett Akinori Iwamura Evan Longoria Carlos Pena Ben Zobrist Outfielders Rocco Baldelli Carl Crawford Gabe Gross Eric Hinske Fernando Perez B.J. Upton DH Cliff Floyd
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Scott Kazmir yielded five hits in six scoreless innings Saturday and Tampa Bay clinched its first-ever playoff berth with a 7-2 win over Minnesota. Kazmir (12-7) walked one batter and fanned five before relievers Grant Balfour and J.P. Howell finished. Carlos Pena knocked in two runs with a third inning double. One of two hits by DH Cliff Floyd was a seventh...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
During last night’s telecast of the Rays/Twins game there was quite a few times where the announcers raised the question, who is the MVP of the Rays? Immediately a few names popped in by head: Jason Bartlett, J.P. Howell and Carlos Pena. As I thought about it a little more I added Evan Longoria, Grant Balfour and Dioner [...]
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
What was hurting for LHP J.P. Howell a week or so ago? What wasn't?
Rays Index (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
THE GOOD: Even more important than Carlos Pena's 2-run home run in the top of the 9th with 2 outs that gave the Rays a 3-run cushion, was Akinori Iwamura handling the bad-hop ground ball in the 7th inning. With JP Howell relieving Grant Balfour with 1 on and 2 outs, Howell gave up a single, threw a wild pitch and walked a batter. He then ran the count to 2-2, before getting Esteban German hit a hard...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Scott Kazmir and two relievers combined on a two-hitter in the left-hander's first start since winning the All-Star Game, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the struggling A's 4-0 Monday night. J.P. Howell (39), B.J. Upton, center, and Evan Longoria celebrate the Rays' 4-0 win over the A's.
Rays Index (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
THE GOOD: Edwin Jackson after the first inning. He seemed to gain a few inches on his fastball and settled down to hold the Yankees scoreless for the next 5+ innings after allowing 1 run in the first... JP Howell was once again his masterful self pitching 2 scoreless innings of relief, striking out 3... THE BAD: The Offense. 1 run, 9 hits in 2 games. 3 walks, 17 strikeouts, in 2 games ...We love that...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
BALTIMORE | Outfielder Joey Gathright isn't sure what to expect Friday when he returns to Tampa Bay for the first time since the June 20, 2006 trade brought him to the Royals in exchange for left-handed pitcher J.P. Howell.
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
That was quite a grouse performance eh? A ripper of a performance by Garza, seven innings, five hits, three strikeouts, and no walks while throwing around 63% strikes. Garza gave way to offsiders J.P. Howell and Grant Balfour, and no knock on Howell but things got interesting when Balfour rocked up. Balfour's mid-to-upper 90's fastball made the Sox hitters look like swagmen as the Rays became tall...
Extra Bases (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Matt Garza did his teammates proud, with seven innings of five-hit, one run ball. And that one run was unearned. Garza also struck out three batters. He came out for J.P. Howell, who just struck out Jason Varitek on a particularly ugly (pathetic') swing.
Extra Bases (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Troy Percival came out of the game, after hurting his leg backing up third base on the last play. So with Brandon Moss on third base and Julio Lugo at the plate, J.P. Howell has come in to pitch. It's 5-4, with the Rays still leading. There are two outs in the ninth. Sean Casey was pulled back wtih Howell coming into the game.
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
The moniker seemed appropriate at the time. J.P. Howell had just done it again last week, pitching a couple of spotless innings in relief of Andy Sonnanstine to maintain a Rays lead before handing it off to the late-inning relievers, when his manager referred to him as a "bridge" in Tampa Bay's bullpen.
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
RAYS 3, Chicago 2 Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E L Chicago 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 1 8 RAYS 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 3 10 0 12 Win Probability Table and Stats Courtesy of Fan Graphs Three Up Player WPA RP Grant Balfour .173 DH Cliff Floyd .125 RP J.P. Howell .098 Three Down Player WPA LF Eric Hinske -.084 C Dioner Navarro -.062 CF B.J. Upton -.046 Poll Who was the MVP of this evening's...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
RAYS 7, Florida 3 Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E L Florida 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 1 4 RAYS 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 X 7 13 0 10 Win Probability Table and Stats Courtesy of Fan Graphs Three Up Player WPA RP J.P. Howell .162 2B Akinori Iwamura .140 LF Eric Hinske .125 Three Down Player WPA 3B Evan Longoria -.059 C Dioner Navarro -.051 SP Andy Sonnanstine -.044
