Tampa Bay Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays
June 29, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 2009 at Rogers Centre. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Rays 4, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton cf 2 1 0 1
Crawford lf 3 1 2 2
Longoria 3b 3 0 0 0
Pena 1b 4 0 0 0
Aybar 2b 4 0 0 0
  Zobrist 2b 0 0 0 0
Burrell dh 4 1 1 1
Gross rf 3 0 2 0
Bartlett ss 3 1 2 0
Navarro c 3 0 1 0
Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Choate p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 8 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Scutaro ss 4 0 0 0
Hill 2b 4 0 0 0
Wells cf 4 0 1 0
Rolen 3b 4 0 1 0
Lind dh 4 0 2 0
Overbay 1b 4 0 0 0
Bautista rf 1 1 0 0
Adams lf 3 0 0 0
Barajas c 3 0 1 1
  McDonald pr 0 0 0 0
  Chavez c 0 0 0 0
Halladay p 0 0 0 0
  Accardo p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Tampa Bay 002 000 200480
Toronto 000 000 010151
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Niemann  W(7-4) 7.1 4 1 1 2 1
  Wheeler   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Choate  SV(4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
2
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Halladay  L(10-2) 6.0 5 2 2 2 7
  Accardo   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Ryan   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Camp   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
8

  E–Barajas (6).  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Longoria-Aybar-Pena, Toronto 2. Hill-Scutaro-Overbay, Hill-Scutaro-Overbay.  2B–Toronto Rolen (23,off Niemann).  HR–Tampa Bay Crawford (7,3rd inning off Halladay 1 on 0 out); Burrell (3,7th inning off Accardo 0 on 0 out).  SF–Upton (2,off Accardo).  Team LOB–3.  Team–5.  SB–Crawford (40,2nd base off Halladay/Barajas); Upton (29,2nd base off Halladay/Barajas); Bartlett (17,2nd base off Accardo/Barajas); Rolen (4,3rd base off Niemann/Navarro).  CS–Gross (3,2nd base by Accardo/Barajas); Navarro (1,2nd base by Accardo/Barajas).  U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Mike Estabrook, 2B–Adrian Johnson, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–2:32.  A–15,665.
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