Chicago Cubs vs Tampa Bay Rays
June 18, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 2008 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, Tampa Bay Rays 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Fukudome rf,cf 4 1 1 1
Theriot ss 4 0 1 2
Lee 1b 4 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 0
Edmonds cf 2 0 0 0
  Murton lf 2 0 1 0
Soto c 4 1 2 1
DeRosa lf,rf 3 0 0 0
Hoffpauir dh 4 2 2 0
Cedeno 2b 2 0 1 0
  Fontenot ph 1 0 0 0
Zambrano p 0 0 0 0
  Cotts p 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 2 2 0 0
Crawford lf 3 1 1 0
Upton cf 4 1 1 1
Hinske rf 3 1 1 1
  Gross rf 0 0 0 0
Longoria 3b 4 0 1 1
Floyd dh 3 0 0 0
  Gomes pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Aybar 1b 4 0 1 1
Navarro c 3 0 1 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 1 0
Sonnanstine p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Percival p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 7 4
Chicago 002 010 001491
Tampa Bay 104 000 00x570
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano  L(8-3) 6.2 7 5 4 4 2
  Cotts   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Wuertz   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
1
2
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sonnanstine  W(8-3) 5.0 7 3 3 2 4
  Howell   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Percival  SV(17) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
1
1

  E–DeRosa (7).  DP–Chicago 3. Cedeno-Theriot-Lee, Cedeno-Theriot-Lee, Ramirez-Cedeno-Lee, Tampa Bay 2. Longoria-Iwamura-Aybar, Iwamura-Aybar.  2B–Chicago Fukudome (15,off Sonnanstine); Soto (20,off Sonnanstine); Hoffpauir (5,off Sonnanstine), Tampa Bay Crawford (8,off Zambrano).  HR–Chicago Soto (12,9th inning off Percival 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  SB–Hinske (6,2nd base off Wuertz/Soto).  U-HP–Kerwin Danley, 1B–Laz Diaz, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Paul Schrieber.  T–2:55.  A–31,496.
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