Tampa Bay Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 30, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 2008 at Rogers Centre. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Rays 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 0 2 0
Upton cf 3 1 0 0
Crawford lf 4 0 2 1
Longoria 3b 3 0 0 0
Pena 1b 4 1 1 1
Hinske dh 3 1 1 0
  Aybar ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Navarro c 4 0 2 0
Gross rf 4 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 4 0 0 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Percival p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 2
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Inglett 2b 5 0 3 0
Scutaro 3b 5 0 0 0
Rios cf 5 1 2 0
Overbay 1b 3 1 1 2
Stairs dh 3 0 0 0
Lind lf 4 0 1 0
Wilkerson rf 2 0 0 0
  Mench ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Zaun c 3 0 1 0
McDonald ss 4 0 1 0
Richmond p 0 0 0 0
  Carlson p 0 0 0 0
  Downs p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
Tampa Bay 100 200 000391
Toronto 200 000 000290
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (7-7) 5.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Howell  1 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Balfour  1 0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Wheeler  1 0.0 0 0 1 1 0
  Percival  SV (23) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
2
2
3
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Richmond  L (0-1) 5.1 7 3 3 0 4
  Carlson  1.2 0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Downs  1 1.0 0 0 1 2 0
  Ryan  1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
7.1
9
3
3
1
8

  E–Iwamura (3).  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Longoria-Iwamura-Pena, Toronto 1. McDonald-Inglett-Overbay.  2B–Tampa Bay Crawford (11,off Richmond); Hinske (16,off Richmond); Iwamura (20,off Downs), Toronto Zaun (9,off Jackson).  3B–Tampa Bay Crawford (9,off Richmond), Toronto Rios (4,off Jackson); Lind (2,off Jackson).  HR–Tampa Bay Pena (18,4th inning off Richmond 0 on 0 out), Toronto Overbay (7,1st inning off Jackson 1 on 2 out).  SH–Upton (2,off Downs).  IBB–Longoria (4,by Downs).  Team LOB–6.  Team–10.  U-HP–Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Marvin Hudson, 3B–Scott Barry.  T–2:54.  A–40,322.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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