Chicago White Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
April 17, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 2009 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."

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Chicago White Sox 5, Tampa Bay Rays 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Getz 2b 4 0 2 1
Fields 3b 5 0 0 1
Quentin lf 4 1 1 1
Thome dh 4 1 2 0
  Owens pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Dye rf 4 1 1 2
Konerko 1b 4 0 0 0
Pierzynski c 4 1 1 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0
Anderson cf 2 1 1 0
  Betemit ph 1 0 1 0
  Lillibridge pr 0 0 0 0
Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton p 0 0 0 0
  MacDougal p 0 0 0 0
  Richard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton cf 3 0 1 0
Crawford lf 4 0 0 0
Longoria 3b 4 1 1 0
Pena 1b 4 1 1 1
Burrell dh 4 1 1 0
Navarro c 3 2 1 0
Gross rf 2 0 0 0
  Zobrist ph,rf 2 1 2 4
Iwamura 2b 4 0 1 0
Bartlett ss 2 0 1 1
Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Percival p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
Chicago 002 003 000590
Tampa Bay 010 014 00x690
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Colon   5.2 6 5 5 1 4
  Thornton  L(0-1) 0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  MacDougal   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Richard   2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
3
5
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Shields  W(2-1) 7.1 7 5 5 2 4
  Shouse   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Percival  SV(2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1. Longoria-Iwamura-Pena, Tampa Bay 1. Longoria-Iwamura-Pena.  2B–Chicago Pierzynski (1,off Shields); Getz (3,off Shields), Tampa Bay Navarro (3,off Colon); Bartlett (3,off Colon); Longoria (5,off Colon); Iwamura (5,off Thornton).  HR–Chicago Quentin (5,6th inning off Shields 0 on 0 out); Dye (4,6th inning off Shields 1 on 0 out), Tampa Bay Pena (6,2nd inning off Colon 0 on 0 out); Zobrist (2,6th inning off Thornton 3 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–5.  SB–Owens (1,2nd base off Wheeler/Navarro); Lillibridge 2 (3,2nd base off Percival/Navarro,3rd base off Percival/Navarro); Bartlett (5,2nd base off MacDougal/Pierzynski).  U-HP–CB Bucknor, 1B–Mike Everitt, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:45.  A–28,927.
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