Chicago White Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
October 3, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 3, 2008 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Chicago White Sox 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

Chicago White Sox 2, Tampa Bay Rays 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cabrera ss 4 1 2 0
Swisher lf 3 1 1 0
Dye rf 5 0 4 0
Konerko 1b 5 0 1 0
Thome dh 5 0 1 1
Ramirez 2b 3 0 1 1
Pierzynski c 4 0 1 0
Uribe 3b 4 0 1 0
Anderson cf 3 0 0 0
Buehrle p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 12 2
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 1 1 2
Upton cf 4 1 1 0
Crawford lf 4 1 2 1
Longoria 3b 4 0 1 0
Aybar 1b 3 1 2 0
Baldelli dh 4 1 1 1
Navarro c 4 0 2 2
Perez rf 4 0 1 0
Bartlett ss 3 1 1 0
Kazmir p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 12 6
Chicago 200 000 0002121
Tampa Bay 010 020 03x6120
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Buehrle  L(0-1) 7.0 10 5 5 0 3
  Dotel   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Thornton   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
1
0
0
0
0
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kazmir  W(1-0) 5.1 8 2 2 2 4
  Balfour   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Howell   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Bradford   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1

  E–Ramirez (1).  DP–Chicago 1. Ramirez-Cabrera-Konerko, Tampa Bay 1. Longoria-Iwamura-Aybar.  2B–Tampa Bay Aybar (1,off Buehrle); Navarro (2,off Thornton).  3B–Tampa Bay Upton (1,off Buehrle).  HR–Tampa Bay Iwamura (1,5th inning off Buehrle 1 on 1 out).  SH–Anderson (1,off Kazmir); Aybar (1,off Buehrle).  SF–Ramirez (1,off Kazmir).  HBP–Cabrera (1,by Kazmir).  Team LOB–12.  Team–5.  SB–Crawford (1,2nd base off Dotel/Pierzynski); Crawford (1,2nd base off Dotel/Pierzynski).  U–CB Bucknor, Ron Kulpa, Jeff Kellogg, Gary Darling, Eric Cooper, Joe West.  T–3:10.  A–35,257.
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