Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Rays
May 28, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 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."

"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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Texas Rangers 3, Tampa Bay Rays 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 3 1 1 0
Young ss 4 1 1 0
Hamilton cf 3 0 0 0
Bradley dh 4 0 1 2
Murphy rf 4 1 1 0
Boggs lf 4 0 0 0
Catalanotto 1b 4 0 2 1
Saltalamacchia c 4 0 0 0
Vazquez 3b 3 0 0 0
Gabbard p 0 0 0 0
  Francisco p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 5 2 2 1
Crawford lf 5 0 0 0
Upton cf 2 1 1 1
Pena 1b 3 0 0 1
Longoria 3b 2 0 1 1
Bartlett ss 3 0 1 0
Gomes dh 1 0 0 0
  Floyd ph,dh 0 0 0 1
Riggans c 4 1 1 0
Zobrist rf 2 1 1 0
  Gross rf 1 0 0 0
Garza p 0 0 0 0
  Percival p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 7 5
Texas 000 200 001360
Tampa Bay 100 040 00x570
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Gabbard  L(1-2) 4.1 5 5 4 6 2
  Francisco   0.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Wright   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Benoit   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Garza  W(4-1) 8.0 4 2 2 2 10
  Percival   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Wheeler  SV(1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0

  E–None.  DP–Texas 2. Young-Kinsler-Catalanotto, Vazquez-Kinsler-Catalanotto.  PB–Saltalamacchia (2).  2B–Texas Young (14,off Garza).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Longoria (5,off Francisco).  IBB–Longoria (2,by Gabbard); Upton (1,by Gabbard).  Team–9.  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Bill Welke, 2B–Chris Guccione, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:57.  A–10,927.
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