Tampa Bay Rays vs Philadelphia Phillies
October 25, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 25, 2008 at Citizens Bank Park. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 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 4, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 0 0 0
Upton cf 4 1 2 0
Pena 1b 3 0 0 0
Longoria 3b 4 0 0 0
Crawford lf 4 2 2 0
Navarro c 4 1 2 0
Gross rf 3 0 0 2
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 4 0 0 1
Garza p 2 0 0 0
  Aybar ph 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Zobrist rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rollins ss 4 1 2 0
Werth rf 2 0 1 0
Utley 2b 4 1 1 2
Howard 1b 4 1 1 1
Burrell lf 3 0 0 0
  Bruntlett lf 0 1 0 0
Victorino cf 3 0 0 0
Feliz 3b 3 0 0 0
  Dobbs ph 0 0 0 0
Ruiz c 3 1 2 2
Moyer p 2 0 0 0
  Durbin p 0 0 0 0
  Eyre p 0 0 0 0
  Jenkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Madson p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 7 5
Tampa Bay 010 000 210461
Philadelphia 110 002 001571
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Garza  6 6.0 4 4 2 7 3
  Bradford  1 0.0 0 0 1 0 0
  Howell  L (0-1) 1.0 0 1 1 0 2
  Balfour  0 1.0 0 0 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
5
9
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Moyer  6.1 5.0 3 3 1 5 0
  Durbin  0.1 0.0 0 0 1 0 0
  Eyre  0.1 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Madson  0.2 1.0 1 1 0 1 0
  Romero  W (1-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
7.1
6
4
4
2
8

  E–Navarro (1), Ruiz (2).  2B–Tampa Bay Crawford (1,off Moyer); Navarro (1,off Moyer).  HR–Philadelphia Ruiz (1,2nd inning off Garza 0 on 2 out); Utley (2,6th inning off Garza 0 on 0 out); Howard (1,6th inning off Garza 0 on 0 out).  SF–Gross (1,off Moyer).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Bruntlett (1,by Howell).  IBB–Victorino (1,by Balfour); Dobbs (1,by Balfour).  Team–6.  SB–Crawford (1,3rd base off Moyer/Ruiz); Upton 3 (3,2nd base off Moyer/Ruiz,2nd base off Madson/Ruiz,3rd base off Madson/Ruiz); Werth (2,2nd base off Howell/Navarro).  CS–Rollins (1,2nd base by Garza/Navarro).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:41.  A–45,900.
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