Tampa Bay Rays vs Oakland Athletics
April 26, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 2009 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 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

Tampa Bay Rays 1, Oakland Athletics 7

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton cf 4 0 0 0
Crawford lf 4 0 2 0
Longoria 3b 3 0 0 0
Burrell dh 3 1 0 0
Aybar 1b 4 0 1 0
Zobrist 2b 3 0 0 0
Navarro c 2 0 0 1
Kapler rf 2 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 1 0
Sonnanstine p 0 0 0 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 4 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Sweeney cf 5 1 1 0
Cabrera ss 4 1 2 1
Giambi 1b 4 1 1 0
Holliday lf 3 1 1 1
Cust dh 3 1 1 0
Garciaparra 3b 2 1 1 1
  Hannahan 3b 1 0 0 0
Suzuki c 2 1 1 3
Buck rf 4 0 1 0
Ellis 2b 4 0 1 1
Eveland p 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Casilla p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 10 7
Tampa Bay 010 000 000140
Oakland 040 030 00x7100
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sonnanstine  L(0-3) 4.0 10 7 7 2 3
  Cormier   3.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Wheeler   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
5
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Eveland  W(1-1) 5.0 4 1 1 3 3
  Wuertz   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Casilla   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Springer   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 2. Bartlett-Zobrist-Aybar, Navarro-Zobrist, Oakland 2. Ellis-Cabrera-Giambi, Cabrera-Ellis-Giambi.  PB–Navarro (1).  2B–Oakland Suzuki (4,off Sonnanstine); Sweeney (4,off Sonnanstine).  SH–Navarro (1,off Eveland).  Team LOB–4.  IBB–Garciaparra (1,by Cormier).  Team–6.  CS–Buck (1,2nd base by Sonnanstine/Navarro); Buck (1,2nd base by Sonnanstine/Navarro).  U-HP–Mark Wegner, 1B–Rob Drake, 2B–Angel Campos, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–2:26.  A–18,689.
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