Tampa Bay Rays vs Seattle Mariners
August 8, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 2009 at Safeco Field. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Rays 10, Seattle Mariners 4

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Bartlett ss 3 2 1 2
Crawford lf 4 0 1 1
Longoria 3b 4 2 1 2
Zobrist rf,2b 3 1 1 1
Pena 1b 4 1 1 2
Burrell dh 3 1 1 1
Aybar 2b 3 0 0 0
  Gross rf 0 1 0 0
Zaun c 5 1 1 0
Upton cf 4 1 1 1
Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Choate p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 8 10
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Suzuki rf 4 0 0 0
Branyan 1b 5 0 0 0
Lopez 2b 4 0 0 0
Griffey, Jr. dh 3 0 0 0
Beltre 3b 4 1 1 0
Gutierrez cf 4 2 3 2
Wilson ss 4 0 0 0
Johnson c 3 1 1 0
Saunders lf 4 0 3 1
Snell p 0 0 0 0
  Jakubauskas p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Fister p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 3
Tampa Bay 210 030 0401081
Seattle 030 001 000480
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Shields  W(7-8) 5.1 8 4 3 3 6
  Choate   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Balfour   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Shouse   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
3
9
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Snell   1.1 2 3 3 6 1
  Jakubauskas  L(5-7) 4.2 2 3 3 1 3
  Olson   1.0 0 2 2 2 1
  White   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Fister   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
10
10
10
6

  E–Shields (2).  DP–Seattle 2. Lopez-Jack Wilson-Branyan, Jack Wilson-Lopez-Branyan.  2B–Tampa Bay Crawford (18,off Snell), Seattle Beltre (20,off Shields); Gutierrez (14,off Shields); Saunders (1,off Shields).  HR–Tampa Bay Longoria (24,5th inning off Jakubauskas 0 on 0 out); Pena (28,5th inning off Jakubauskas 1 on 0 out), Seattle Gutierrez (13,2nd inning off Shields 1 on 1 out).  SF–Crawford (4,off White).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Mark Carlson.  T–3:08.  A–28,239.
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