Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays
May 4, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 2011 at Tropicana Field. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Tampa Bay Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 3, Tampa Bay Rays 2

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Davis rf 4 1 1 0
Patterson cf 4 0 0 0
Escobar ss 4 0 0 0
Lind 1b 4 1 4 2
Rivera lf 4 0 1 0
Encarnacion 3b 3 1 1 0
  McCoy 3b 0 0 0 0
Cooper dh 4 0 1 1
Molina c 3 0 0 0
McDonald 2b 4 0 0 0
Morrow p 0 0 0 0
  Frasor p 0 0 0 0
  Rzepczynski p 0 0 0 0
  Francisco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Fuld lf 5 0 1 1
Zobrist 2b 4 1 1 0
Damon dh 4 0 2 0
Longoria 3b 2 0 1 0
Joyce rf 3 0 1 1
Upton cf 4 0 0 0
Kotchman 1b 2 1 0 0
Brignac ss 2 0 0 0
  Johnson D. ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson E. ss 1 0 0 0
Jaso c 3 0 1 0
  Rodriguez pr 0 0 0 0
Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Sonnanstine p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Toronto 200 100 000381
Tampa Bay 000 001 001270
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Morrow  W(1-1) 6.1 5 1 1 4 7
  Frasor   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Rzepczynski   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Francisco  SV(1) 1.0 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
6
12
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Niemann  L(1-4) 4.0 6 3 3 0 0
  Sonnanstine   3.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Cruz   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Russell   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
0
2

  E–Escobar (1).  DP–Toronto 1. Encarnacion-Lind.  2B–Toronto Rivera (2,off Niemann); Cooper (1,off Niemann), Tampa Bay Longoria (1,off Morrow); Zobrist (10,off Morrow).  HR–Toronto Lind (6,1st inning off Niemann 1 on 2 out).  SH–Molina (1,off Niemann).  HBP–Encarnacion (1,by Niemann).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Joyce (1,off Morrow).  Team–9.  SB–Davis (7,2nd base off Niemann/Jaso).  U-HP–Chad Fairchild, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Paul Schrieber.  T–2:54.  A–10,099.
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