Cleveland Indians vs Tampa Bay Rays
May 17, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 2009 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 5, Tampa Bay Rays 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cabrera ss 5 0 1 0
Carroll 2b 5 1 3 0
Martinez c 3 0 0 1
Choo rf 4 0 0 0
Peralta 3b 4 0 0 0
Garko lf 4 0 0 0
Dellucci dh 4 1 2 0
DeRosa 1b 2 1 0 0
Francisco cf 3 2 2 4
Huff p 0 0 0 0
  Aquino p 0 0 0 0
  Herges p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton cf 3 1 0 0
Crawford lf 5 0 1 1
Sonnanstine p 3 0 1 1
  Longoria 3b 0 0 0 0
Pena 1b 3 0 0 0
Zobrist 3b,rf 4 1 1 0
Bartlett ss 4 2 3 1
Kapler rf 2 1 0 1
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Aybar ph 1 0 0 0
  Percival p 0 0 0 0
Iwamura 2b 2 1 1 0
Hernandez c 3 1 1 3
Totals 30 7 8 7
Cleveland 030 020 000580
Tampa Bay 110 500 00x780
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Huff  L(0-1) 3.2 7 7 7 4 2
  Aquino   2.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Herges   1.2 0 0 0 1 4
  Wood   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
8
8
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sonnanstine  W(2-4) 5.2 7 5 5 1 3
  Balfour   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Howell   1.1 0 0 0 0 3
  Percival  SV(6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
8

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1. Cabrera-Carroll-DeRosa, Tampa Bay 1. Bartlett-Pena.  2B–Cleveland Dellucci (3,off Sonnanstine); Cabrera (9,off Sonnanstine); Carroll (1,off Balfour), Tampa Bay Hernandez (2,off Huff); Sonnanstine (1,off Huff); Bartlett (9,off Aquino).  3B–Cleveland Carroll (1,off Sonnanstine), Tampa Bay Bartlett (1,off Huff); Zobrist (1,off Huff).  HR–Cleveland Francisco 2 (4,2nd inning off Sonnanstine 2 on 2 out,5th inning off Sonnanstine 0 on 0 out).  HBP–DeRosa (2,by Percival).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Pena (5,by Huff).  Team–7.  SB–Upton (12,2nd base off Huff/Martinez); Bartlett (11,3rd base off Aquino/Martinez); Upton (12,2nd base off Huff/Martinez); Bartlett (11,3rd base off Aquino/Martinez).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Andy Fletcher.  T–3:34.  A–28,841.
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