Tampa Bay Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 7, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 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 0, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 0 0 0
Upton cf 4 0 3 0
Pena 1b 3 0 0 0
Baldelli dh 4 0 0 0
Aybar 3b 3 0 2 0
Bartlett ss 4 0 1 0
Perez rf 4 0 0 0
Riggans c 3 0 0 0
Zobrist lf 2 0 0 0
Garza p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Inglett 2b 3 0 0 0
Scutaro ss 4 0 0 0
Rios dh 4 0 1 0
Wells cf 4 0 1 0
Lind lf 4 1 1 0
  Wilkerson lf 0 0 0 0
Overbay 1b 3 0 1 0
Barajas c 2 0 0 1
Rolen 3b 3 0 1 0
Snider rf 3 0 1 0
Purcey p 0 0 0 0
  Carlson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Tampa Bay 000 000 000062
Toronto 010 000 00x160
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Garza  L(11-9) 7.0 6 1 1 1 7
  Wheeler   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Purcey  W(3-5) 8.0 6 0 0 3 7
  Carlson  SV(2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2

  E–Iwamura (6), Riggans (5).  2B–Tampa Bay Bartlett (19,off Purcey); Aybar (16,off Purcey), Toronto Lind (13,off Garza).  3B–Toronto Rios (8,off Garza).  Team LOB–7.  SF–Barajas (4,off Garza).  Team–7.  CS–Upton (15,2nd base by Purcey/Barajas).  U-HP–Kerwin Danley, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Laz Diaz, 3B–Paul Schrieber.  T–2:39.  A–39,854.
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