Tampa Bay Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 26, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 2009 at Rogers Centre. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Tampa Bay Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Rays 1, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton cf 4 0 1 0
Crawford lf 4 1 1 1
Longoria 3b 3 0 2 0
Zobrist 2b 3 0 1 0
Burrell dh 4 0 0 0
Pena 1b 3 0 0 0
Kapler rf 3 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
Navarro c 3 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0
Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Choate p 0 0 0 0
  Thayer p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Scutaro ss 4 0 1 1
Hill 2b 4 1 1 0
Lind dh 3 2 2 0
Rolen 3b 4 1 2 3
Wells cf 4 0 1 0
Rios rf 4 0 0 0
Overbay 1b 4 1 2 0
Barajas c 3 0 0 0
Inglett lf 3 0 1 0
Cecil p 0 0 0 0
  League p 0 0 0 0
  Frasor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 4
Tampa Bay 000 001 000150
Toronto 000 301 10x5100
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Niemann  L(9-5) 6.2 9 5 5 1 6
  Choate   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Thayer   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Nelson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
1
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Cecil  W(4-1) 7.0 4 1 1 3 7
  League   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Frasor   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
11

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Bartlett-Zobrist-Pena, Toronto 1. Scutaro-Hill-Overbay.  2B–Tampa Bay Longoria (29,off Cecil); Upton (25,off League), Toronto Lind (33,off Niemann); Overbay (22,off Niemann).  HR–Tampa Bay Crawford (10,6th inning off Cecil 0 on 2 out), Toronto Rolen (8,4th inning off Niemann 2 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–5.  SB–Inglett (2,3rd base off Choate/Navarro); Inglett (2,3rd base off Choate/Navarro).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Mike Estabrook, 3B–Paul Emmel.  T–2:25.  A–30,610.
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