Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays
April 23, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 2008 at The Ballpark at Disney's Wide World of Sports. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Toronto Blue Jays 3, Tampa Bay Rays 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 2 0 1 0
Stewart lf 3 0 0 0
Hill 2b 4 0 0 0
Wells cf 4 1 2 0
Stairs rf 4 2 2 3
Barajas 1b 4 0 0 0
Zaun c 3 0 0 0
Diaz dh 4 0 0 0
Inglett 3b 3 0 1 0
Halladay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 0 1 0
Crawford lf 4 2 2 1
Upton cf 2 1 0 1
Pena 1b 4 0 1 0
Longoria 3b 4 0 1 2
Hinske rf 3 0 1 1
  Haynes rf 0 0 0 0
Gomes dh 3 0 1 0
Navarro c 3 1 1 0
Bartlett ss 3 1 1 0
Hammel p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Percival p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 5
Toronto 010 002 000360
Tampa Bay 000 004 01x590
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Halladay  L(2-3) 8.0 9 5 5 1 4
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
1
4
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Hammel  W(2-1) 6.0 4 3 3 4 2
  Wheeler   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Percival  SV(3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 2. Inglett-Hill-Barajas, Eckstein-Barajas, Tampa Bay 1. Longoria-Iwamura-Pena.  2B–Tampa Bay Navarro (2,off Halladay).  3B–Tampa Bay Crawford (1,off Halladay).  HR–Toronto Stairs 2 (3,2nd inning off Hammel 0 on 0 out,6th inning off Hammel 1 on 0 out).  SH–Eckstein (3,off Hammel).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Upton (1,off Halladay).  Team–3.  SB–Inglett 2 (2,2nd base off Hammel/Navarro,3rd base off Hammel/Navarro).  U-HP–Mike Everitt, 1B–Mike DiMuro, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–2:26.  A–8,989.
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