Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Rays
May 27, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 2008 at Tropicana Field. The Texas Rangers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 12, Tampa Bay Rays 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 6 2 2 1
Young ss 5 2 1 0
Hamilton cf 5 3 2 5
Bradley dh 4 1 2 1
Murphy rf 5 1 2 1
Boggs lf 5 0 3 3
Catalanotto 1b 3 0 1 0
  Shelton ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Saltalamacchia c 5 2 3 0
Vazquez 3b 3 1 0 0
Padilla p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Loe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 12 16 11
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 0 2 0
  Zobrist ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Crawford lf 3 0 1 0
  Gomes lf 1 0 0 0
Upton cf 2 0 0 0
  Riggans ph 1 0 0 0
Pena 1b 5 0 0 0
Longoria 3b 3 2 1 0
Floyd dh 2 3 2 2
Navarro c 4 0 2 0
Hinske rf 4 1 1 2
Bartlett ss 3 0 1 1
Sonnanstine p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Glover p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 5
Texas 250 000 05012160
Tampa Bay 020 201 0106101
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Padilla  W(7-2) 6.0 7 5 5 4 10
  Guardado   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Loe   2.0 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
1
3
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sonnanstine  L(6-3) 5.0 10 7 2 1 7
  Howell   2.0 4 5 5 1 2
  Glover   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
1
0

  E–Longoria (3).  DP–Texas 3. Young-Kinsler-Catalanotto, Catalanotto-Young-Catalanotto, Young-Kinsler-Shelton, Tampa Bay 1. Bartlett-Zobrist-Pena.  2B–Texas Young (13,off Sonnanstine); Hamilton (15,off Sonnanstine); Saltalamacchia 2 (4,off Sonnanstine,off Howell); Boggs (5,off Sonnanstine), Tampa Bay Crawford (6,off Padilla).  HR–Texas Hamilton (13,8th inning off Howell 3 on 0 out), Tampa Bay Floyd (3,2nd inning off Padilla 1 on 1 out); Hinske (10,4th inning off Padilla 1 on 2 out).  SH–Vazquez (4,off Howell).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Bartlett (1,off Loe).  Team–7.  SB–Kinsler (15,2nd base off Sonnanstine/Navarro); Murphy (5,2nd base off Howell/Navarro); Bartlett (7,2nd base off Padilla/Saltalamacchia); Crawford (14,2nd base off Padilla/Saltalamacchia).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Chris Guccione.  T–3:17.  A–10,511.
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