Tampa Bay Rays vs Florida Marlins
May 23, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 2009 at Land Shark Stadium. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Rays 10, Florida Marlins 3

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton cf 4 1 2 1
Crawford lf 5 3 1 0
Longoria 3b 5 0 2 1
  Brignac pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Aybar 1b 3 0 1 1
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Sonnanstine ph 1 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 5 1 2 3
Zobrist 2b,rf 5 1 3 1
Kapler rf 2 0 0 0
  Pena ph,1b 1 1 0 0
Hernandez c 4 1 2 2
Niemann p 2 0 0 0
  Iwamura 2b,3b 1 1 0 0
Totals 39 10 13 9
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Bonifacio 3b 5 0 1 0
Hermida rf 5 0 1 1
Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0
Cantu 1b 4 0 0 0
Uggla 2b 4 1 1 1
Ross cf 3 1 0 0
Paulino c 4 0 2 0
Coghlan lf 2 1 0 0
West p 1 0 0 0
  Badenhop p 0 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Gload ph 1 0 1 1
  Oviedo p 0 0 0 0
  Lindstrom p 0 0 0 0
  Penn p 0 0 0 0
  Helms ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Tampa Bay 000 110 11610130
Florida 000 100 200373
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Niemann   6.0 4 1 1 1 5
  Howell   0.2 2 2 2 2 1
  Balfour  W(2-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wheeler   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Isringhausen   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
9
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
West   5.0 4 2 2 4 5
  Badenhop   1.2 3 1 1 1 0
  Meyer   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Oviedo  L(2-2) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Lindstrom   0.1 3 4 4 1 1
  Penn   0.2 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
10
10
9
8

  E–Cantu (4), Uggla (5), Lindstrom (1), Cantu (4), Uggla (5), Lindstrom (1).  2B–Tampa Bay Longoria (19,off West); Zobrist (8,off Lindstrom); Upton (8,off Lindstrom); Bartlett (11,off Penn).  HR–Florida Uggla (8,4th inning off Niemann 0 on 2 out).  SH–Niemann (1,off Badenhop); Upton (1,off Nunez); West (1,off Niemann).  SF–Bartlett (2,off West).  HBP–Longoria (2,by Penn); Helms (1,by Isringhausen).  IBB–Zobrist (2,by Badenhop).  Team LOB–15.  Team–8.  SB–Crawford (26,2nd base off Badenhop/Paulino); Bartlett (13,2nd base off Badenhop/Paulino); Ramirez (8,2nd base off Niemann/Hernandez); Bonifacio (9,2nd base off Niemann/Hernandez).  U-HP–Mark Carlson, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–3:49.  A–20,253.
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