Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Mets
June 21, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 2009 at Citi Field. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Rays 10, New York Mets 6

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton cf 6 3 4 4
Crawford lf 5 2 3 2
Longoria 3b 5 1 4 1
Pena 1b 3 0 0 1
Zobrist 2b 5 0 0 0
Gross rf 3 0 0 0
  Kapler ph,rf 1 0 1 2
Bartlett ss 4 1 2 0
Navarro c 5 1 1 0
Niemann p 1 0 0 0
  Aybar ph 1 1 1 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Burrell ph 2 1 1 0
  Choate p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Sonnanstine ph 1 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 10 17 10
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 4 0 1 0
Murphy 1b 5 1 1 0
Beltran cf 4 0 2 0
Wright 3b 5 2 3 0
Sheffield lf 3 1 1 1
Church rf 3 1 0 0
Schneider c 4 1 1 3
Valdez ss 3 0 0 0
Pelfrey p 1 0 1 1
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
  Stokes p 0 0 0 0
  Tatis ph 1 0 0 0
  Parnell p 0 0 0 0
  Takahashi p 0 0 0 0
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Reed ph 1 0 0 0
  Switzer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 5
Tampa Bay 000 040 42010170
New York 020 003 1006101
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Niemann   4.0 3 2 2 4 0
  Cormier   1.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Nelson  W(2-0) 0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Choate   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Balfour   1.2 1 0 0 0 3
  Howell   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
5
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Pelfrey   5.0 8 4 4 0 4
  Stokes   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Parnell  L(2-3) 0.0 4 4 4 0 0
  Takahashi   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Green   0.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Feliciano   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Switzer   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
17
10
10
2
10

  E–Pelfrey (2).  DP–New York 1. Cora-Valdez-Murphy.  PB–Navarro (4).  2B–Tampa Bay Longoria 2 (23,off Pelfrey,off Parnell); Upton (14,off Pelfrey); Kapler (9,off Takahashi), New York Sheffield (7,off Niemann); Murphy (7,off Cormier); Wright (21,off Cormier).  HR–Tampa Bay Upton (5,7th inning off Parnell 1 on 0 out), New York Schneider (2,6th inning off Nelson 2 on 1 out).  SF–Kapler (2,off Feliciano).  HBP–Pena (5,by Takahashi).  IBB–Bartlett (2,by Takahashi).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  CS–Crawford (5,3rd base by Pelfrey/Schneider); Cora (2,2nd base by Niemann/Navarro).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Scott Barry, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–3:55.  A–38,791.
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