New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays
September 4, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 2008 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 5, Tampa Bay Rays 7

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Damon lf 4 1 0 0
Jeter ss 4 1 1 3
Rodriguez A. 3b 3 1 1 1
Nady rf 4 0 1 0
Giambi dh 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez I. c 4 1 1 0
Cano 2b 4 0 0 0
Ransom 1b 3 1 3 1
Gardner cf 3 0 0 0
  Matsui ph 1 0 0 0
Rasner p 0 0 0 0
  Aceves p 0 0 0 0
  Britton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 5
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 5 2 2 1
Upton cf 3 1 1 1
Pena 1b 2 0 0 0
Floyd dh 5 0 2 0
Aybar 3b 4 1 2 3
Hinske lf 4 1 1 0
  Ruggiano lf 1 0 0 0
Navarro c 5 1 4 0
Gross rf 3 1 1 1
Bartlett ss 3 0 1 1
Kazmir p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Hammel p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 14 7
New York 000 000 005570
Tampa Bay 050 100 01x7140
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Rasner  L(5-10) 1.1 6 5 5 2 1
  Aceves   5.0 5 1 1 2 4
  Britton   1.2 3 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
3
1
1
2
0
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kazmir  W(11-6) 6.0 1 0 0 5 7
  Miller   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Bradford   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hammel   0.2 4 5 5 1 1
  Wheeler  SV(11) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–None.  2B–New York Ransom (2,off Kazmir); I. Rodriguez (19,off Hammel), Tampa Bay Gross (10,off Rasner); Navarro (23,off Aceves); Floyd (12,off Britton).  3B–Tampa Bay Iwamura (7,off Britton).  HR–New York Jeter (9,9th inning off Hammel 2 on 2 out); A. Rodriguez (32,9th inning off Hammel 0 on 2 out), Tampa Bay Aybar (9,4th inning off Aceves 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Bartlett (4,off Rasner); Upton (7,off Britton).  IBB–Aybar (2,by Britton).  Team–12.  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Brian Runge, 3B–Greg Gibson.  T–3:20.  A–26,080.
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