Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Mets
June 19, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 2009 at Citi Field. The New York Mets defeated the Tampa Bay Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Rays 3, New York Mets 5

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton cf 5 1 2 2
Crawford lf 4 0 0 0
Longoria 3b 2 0 0 0
Pena 1b 4 0 1 1
Zobrist 2b,rf 3 0 0 0
Gross rf 2 1 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 4 1 1 0
Navarro c 4 0 1 0
Sonnanstine p 2 0 1 0
  Burrell ph 1 0 0 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Aybar 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cora ss 4 1 1 0
Murphy 1b 4 0 3 0
Beltran cf 4 1 1 0
Wright 3b 4 0 1 1
Sheffield lf 3 1 1 0
  Reed lf 0 0 0 0
Church rf 3 1 2 1
Schneider c 4 1 1 3
Castillo 2b 3 0 0 0
Nieve p 2 0 0 0
  Parnell p 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Tatis ph 1 0 0 0
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Tampa Bay 000 001 200360
New York 031 000 01x5101
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sonnanstine  L(5-7) 6.0 7 4 4 2 5
  Cormier   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Wheeler   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Howell   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Nieve  W(2-0) 6.0 3 1 1 3 4
  Parnell   0.2 2 2 2 1 1
  Feliciano   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Green   1.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Rodriguez  SV(18) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
8

  E–Cora (2).  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Zobrist-Bartlett-Pena, New York 1. Nieve-Cora-Murphy.  2B–Tampa Bay Upton (13,off Parnell); Pena (14,off S. Green), New York Wright (20,off Sonnanstine).  HR–New York Schneider (1,2nd inning off Sonnanstine 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  SB–Upton (26,2nd base off Nieve/Schneider); Church 2 (5,2nd base off Sonnanstine/Navarro,2nd base off Howell/Navarro); Beltran (11,2nd base off Wheeler/Navarro).  U-HP–Phil Cuzzi, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Scott Barry.  T–2:55.  A–38,493.
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