Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles
September 23, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 2008 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Rays 5, Baltimore Orioles 2

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 5 0 0 0
Upton cf 4 0 0 0
Pena 1b 4 0 1 1
Longoria 3b 5 0 2 0
Baldelli dh 5 0 1 0
  Gomes pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Navarro c 5 2 2 0
Zobrist lf 3 1 1 0
Bartlett ss 4 1 3 1
Perez rf 3 1 3 2
Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 13 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Fahey 2b 3 0 1 0
  Roberts ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Markakis rf 3 0 1 0
Jones cf 4 0 2 0
Huff 3b 4 0 0 0
Salazar 1b 3 0 0 0
Scott dh 4 1 0 0
Montanez lf 4 1 1 2
Cintron ss 4 0 2 0
Santos c 2 0 1 0
  Payton ph 1 0 0 0
  Quiroz c 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0
Olson p 0 0 0 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Tampa Bay 000 021 1105130
Baltimore 020 000 000282
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Shields  W(14-8) 7.0 8 2 2 1 8
  Balfour   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Wheeler  SV(13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Olson  L(9-10) 6.0 6 3 3 3 4
  Cormier   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Castillo   2.0 4 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
3

  E–Cintron (7), Olson (4).  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Pena-Bartlett-Shields, Baltimore 1. Cintron-Fahey-Salazar.  2B–Tampa Bay Navarro (26,off Olson); Perez (2,off Olson); Bartlett (25,off Olson); Longoria (31,off Cormier), Baltimore Jones (21,off Shields); Fahey (8,off Shields).  HR–Baltimore Montanez (3,2nd inning off Shields 1 on 0 out).  SH–Perez (3,off Olson).  Team LOB–10.  Team–7.  SB–Perez (3,3rd base off Olson/Santos).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–James Hoye, 2B–Tim Timmons, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–2:43.
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