Chicago White Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
April 18, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 2008 at Tropicana Field. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 9, Tampa Bay Rays 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Swisher cf 1 2 1 0
  Anderson cf 2 0 0 0
Cabrera ss 4 1 1 1
  Ramirez ss 1 0 1 0
Thome dh 3 1 1 3
Konerko 1b 4 1 1 2
Dye rf 3 0 0 1
Pierzynski c 5 0 0 0
Quentin lf 4 2 1 0
Ozuna 3b 4 0 2 0
Uribe 2b 5 2 2 2
Vazquez p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton p 0 0 0 0
  Masset p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 10 9
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 5 0 1 0
Crawford lf 3 1 1 0
  Johnson cf 1 0 0 0
Upton cf 3 1 2 0
  Ruggiano rf 1 0 0 0
Hinske 1b 4 0 0 0
Longoria 3b 3 0 1 1
Gomes dh 4 0 1 1
DiFelice c 2 0 0 0
Haynes rf,lf 3 0 1 0
Bartlett ss 4 0 0 0
Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Birkins p 0 0 0 0
  Dohmann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Chicago 004 410 0009100
Tampa Bay 000 002 000272
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Vazquez  W(3-1) 6.1 6 2 2 1 4
  Thornton   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Masset   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
0
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Niemann  L(1-1) 3.1 5 8 5 4 1
  Birkins   2.2 2 1 1 2 1
  Dohmann   3.0 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
1
3

  E–Longoria (2), Bartlett (4).  DP–Chicago 2. Cabrera-Uribe-Konerko, A. Ramirez-Konerko, Tampa Bay 1. Birkins-Difelice-Hinske.  2B–Chicago Uribe (3,off Niemann); Quentin (1,off Dohmann), Tampa Bay Longoria (2,off Vazquez); Gomes (3,off Vazquez).  HR–Chicago Thome (4,3rd inning off Niemann 2 on 1 out); Konerko (3,3rd inning off Niemann 0 on 1 out).  SH–Ozuna (1,off Niemann).  SF–Dye (1,off Birkins).  HBP–Konerko (3,by Niemann); Difelice (1,by Vazquez).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Brian O'Nora, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–3:02.  A–12,379.
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