Tampa Bay Rays vs Chicago White Sox
October 6, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 6, 2008 at U.S. Cellular Field. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Rays 6, Chicago White Sox 2

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 5 1 2 0
Upton cf 4 2 2 2
Pena 1b 4 0 3 2
Longoria 3b 5 0 0 0
Crawford lf 2 1 0 0
Floyd dh 2 1 1 1
  Aybar ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Navarro c 4 0 1 1
Gross rf 3 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 4 1 1 0
Sonnanstine p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cabrera ss 4 0 0 0
Pierzynski c 3 0 0 0
Dye rf 3 1 1 1
Thome dh 4 0 0 0
Konerko 1b 4 1 2 1
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 0 0 0
Ramirez 2b 3 0 1 0
Wise lf 2 0 0 0
  Swisher ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Uribe 3b 3 0 0 0
Floyd p 0 0 0 0
  Richard p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton p 0 0 0 0
  Linebrink p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Tampa Bay 101 210 1006100
Chicago 000 101 000240
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sonnanstine  W(1-0) 5.2 3 2 2 1 4
  Howell   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Balfour   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Floyd  L(0-1) 3.0 5 4 4 2 4
  Richard   3.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Dotel   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Thornton   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Linebrink   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
1

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Cabrera-Ramirez-Konerko, Chicago 1. Cabrera-Ramirez-Konerko.  2B–Tampa Bay Floyd (1,off Floyd); Bartlett (1,off Dotel); Iwamura (1,off Linebrink).  HR–Tampa Bay Upton 2 (3,1st inning off Floyd 0 on 1 out,3rd inning off Floyd 0 on 1 out), Chicago Konerko (2,4th inning off Sonnanstine 0 on 2 out); Dye (1,6th inning off Sonnanstine 0 on 2 out).  IBB–Upton (1,by Thornton); Pena (1,by Linebrink).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  SB–Pena 2 (2,2nd base off Floyd/Pierzynski,2nd base off Thornton/Pierzynski); Crawford 2 (3,2nd base off Richard/Pierzynski,3rd base off Richard/Pierzynski).  CS–Pena (1,2nd base by Richard/Pierzynski).  U–Jeff Kellogg, Gary Darling, Eric Cooper, Joe West, CB Bucknor, Ron Kulpa.  T–3:13.  A–40,454.
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