Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Rays
May 26, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 2008 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 3, Tampa Bay Rays 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 3 1 1 3
Young ss 4 0 1 0
Hamilton cf 4 0 0 0
Bradley dh 4 0 0 0
Murphy lf 3 0 0 0
Shelton 1b 3 0 0 0
Laird c 3 0 0 0
Byrd rf 3 1 1 0
Vazquez 3b 3 1 2 0
Ponson p 0 0 0 0
  Rupe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 1 2 0
Crawford lf 5 1 1 0
Upton cf 4 0 2 2
Pena 1b 4 0 3 1
Longoria 3b 4 1 1 0
Floyd dh 5 1 1 0
Navarro c 4 1 3 1
Hinske rf 4 1 2 3
  Gross rf 1 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 4 1 1 0
Kazmir p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Glover p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 16 7
Texas 000 001 002350
Tampa Bay 100 131 10x7160
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ponson  L(3-1) 5.0 12 5 5 3 1
  Rupe   3.0 4 2 2 3 0
Totals
8.0
4
2
2
3
0
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kazmir  W(4-1) 7.0 3 1 1 0 10
  Reyes   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Glover   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Miller   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–None.  2B–Texas Vazquez 2 (9,off Kazmir,off Glover), Tampa Bay Pena (5,off Ponson); Navarro (8,off Rupe).  HR–Texas Kinsler (7,9th inning off Glover 1 on 0 out), Tampa Bay Hinske (9,5th inning off Ponson 2 on 0 out).  SF–Kinsler (4,off Kazmir); Upton (4,off Rupe).  Team LOB–1.  Team–15.  U-HP–Chris Guccione, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Bill Welke.  T–2:43.  A–12,174.
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