Tampa Bay Rays vs Philadelphia Phillies
October 27, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 27, 2008 at Citizens Bank Park. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 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, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 0 2 0
Crawford lf 4 0 1 0
Upton cf 4 1 1 0
Pena 1b 4 1 2 1
  Price p 0 0 0 0
Longoria 3b 4 0 1 1
Navarro c 3 0 1 0
  Perez pr 0 0 0 0
Baldelli rf 3 1 1 1
  Zobrist ph 1 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 1 0
  Hinske ph 1 0 0 0
Kazmir p 2 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Aybar 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rollins ss 3 0 0 0
Werth rf 3 1 2 1
Utley 2b 3 1 0 0
Howard 1b 4 0 0 0
Burrell lf 2 0 1 0
  Bruntlett pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Victorino cf 4 0 1 2
Feliz 3b 4 0 2 1
Ruiz c 4 0 1 0
Hamels p 2 0 0 0
  Jenkins ph 1 1 1 0
  Madson p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 1 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Tampa Bay 000 101 1003100
Philadelphia 200 001 10x481
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kazmir  4 4.0 2 2 6 5 0
  Balfour  1.1 2.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Howell  L (0-2) 0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Bradford  1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Price  1 0.0 0 0 1 2 0
Totals
7.2
8
4
4
7
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Hamels  6 5.0 2 2 1 3 0
  Madson  0.2 2.0 1 1 0 1 1
  Romero  W (2-0) 1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Lidge  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.1
10
3
3
1
5

  E–Rollins (1).  DP–Philadelphia 3 Rollins-Utley-Howard, Utley-Howard, Rollins-Utley-Howard.  PB–Ruiz (1).  2B–Tampa Bay Pena (1,off Hamels), Philadelphia Jenkins (1,off Balfour); Burrell (1,off Howell).  HR–Tampa Bay Baldelli (1,7th inning off Madson 0 on 1 out).  SH–Howell (1,off Madson); Rollins (1,off Balfour).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Utley (1,by Kazmir).  Team–12.  SB–Upton (4,2nd base off Hamels/Ruiz); Perez (1,2nd base off Lidge/Ruiz); Werth (3,2nd base off Howell/Navarro); Utley (3,2nd base off Price/Navarro).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Kerwin Danley.  T–3:28.  A–45,940.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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