Tampa Bay Rays vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 16, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 2008 at Busch Stadium III. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Rays 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 5 1 3 1
Crawford lf 5 0 1 1
Upton cf 4 0 1 0
Pena 1b 5 0 1 1
Longoria 3b 4 0 2 0
Hinske rf 4 0 0 0
  Gross rf 0 0 0 0
Navarro c 3 1 0 0
Bartlett ss 4 0 2 0
Sonnanstine p 3 1 2 0
  Percival p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 12 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schumaker rf 4 0 0 0
Duncan lf 4 1 2 1
Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0
Ankiel cf 4 0 0 0
Glaus 3b 4 0 2 0
Molina c 4 0 1 0
Kennedy 2b 4 0 0 0
Looper p 2 0 2 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Miles ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Izturis ss 3 0 1 0
  Parisi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Tampa Bay 002 100 0003120
St. Louis 000 000 010181
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sonnanstine  W(6-1) 8.0 8 1 1 0 4
  Percival  SV(11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Looper  L(5-3) 6.0 10 3 3 2 1
  Perez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Parisi   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
0
3

  E–Pujols (1).  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Iwamura-Bartlett-Pena, St. Louis 2. Kennedy-Pujols, Kennedy-Izturis-Pujols.  2B–Tampa Bay Upton (9,off Looper); Longoria (5,off Looper); Iwamura (6,off Parisi).  3B–St. Louis Glaus (1,off Sonnanstine).  HR–St. Louis Duncan (4,8th inning off Sonnanstine 0 on 1 out).  SH–Sonnanstine (1,off Looper).  Team LOB–10.  Team–6.  U-HP–Mike Estabrook, 1B–Greg Gibson, 2B–Brian Runge, 3B–Charlie Reliford.  T–2:32.  A–43,136.
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