Tampa Bay Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 5, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 2008 at Rogers Centre. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Rays 4, Toronto Blue Jays 6

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 5 1 0 0
Upton cf 5 1 2 0
Pena 1b 4 0 0 1
Floyd dh 2 0 1 1
  Baldelli ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Aybar 3b 4 0 2 0
Hinske lf 3 0 0 0
  Riggans c 1 0 0 0
Navarro c 3 0 1 0
  Perez pr,lf 1 2 1 0
Gross rf 3 0 1 0
  Zobrist ph 1 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 4 0 2 2
Sonnanstine p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Inglett 2b 4 0 0 0
McDonald ss 4 1 1 0
Rios rf 4 2 2 3
Wells cf 4 1 1 0
Lind dh 4 1 1 0
Barajas c 3 1 1 0
Overbay 1b 3 0 1 2
Rolen 3b 1 0 0 1
Snider lf 3 0 0 0
Halladay p 0 0 0 0
  Downs p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 7 6
Tampa Bay 200 000 1014100
Toronto 031 000 02x672
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sonnanstine  L (13-7) 6.0 5 4 4 1 3
  Howell  1 0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Balfour  1 2.0 2 2 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
1
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Halladay  W (18-9) 7.0 7 3 1 0 7
  Downs  1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Ryan  SV (27) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
2
0
10

  E–Inglett (3), McDonald (6).  2B–Tampa Bay Upton (34,off Halladay); Gross (11,off Halladay); Bartlett (18,off Ryan)., Toronto V. Wells (17,off Sonnanstine); Overbay (29,off Sonnanstine); McDonald (8,off Balfour).  HR–Toronto Rios 2 (13,3rd inning off Sonnanstine 0 on 1 out,8th inning off Balfour 1 on 1 out).  SF–Pena (7,off Halladay); Floyd (5,off Halladay).; Rolen (3,off Sonnanstine).  Team LOB–8.  Team–2.  U-HP–Laz Diaz, 1B–Paul Schrieber, 2B–Kerwin Danley, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:24.  A–32,477.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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