Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays
August 27, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 2008 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Toronto Blue Jays 0, Tampa Bay Rays 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Inglett 2b 4 0 2 0
Scutaro 3b 3 0 0 0
Rios rf 3 0 0 0
Wells cf 3 0 0 0
Lind lf 4 0 1 0
Overbay 1b 4 0 1 0
Stairs dh 3 0 1 0
  Bautista pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Barajas c 4 0 1 0
McDonald ss 3 0 0 0
Purcey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 0 1 0
Upton cf 3 0 0 0
Pena 1b 3 1 2 1
Baldelli dh 3 0 0 0
Aybar 3b 3 0 1 0
Zobrist lf 3 0 0 0
  Gross rf 0 0 0 0
Riggans c 3 0 0 0
Ruggiano rf,lf 3 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 1 0
Garza p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 5 1
Toronto 000 000 000–060
Tampa Bay 000 100 00x–150
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Purcey  L(2-5) 8.0 5 1 1 0 11
Totals
8.0
5
1
1
0
11
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Garza  W(11-7) 7.2 6 0 0 3 5
  Balfour   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wheeler  SV(9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Bartlett-Pena.  2B–Toronto Inglett (11,off Garza).  HR–Tampa Bay Pena (27,4th inning off Purcey 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Upton (3,off Purcey).  Team–4.  U-HP–Todd Tichenor, 1B–Bruce Dreckman, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:30.  A–12,678.
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