Tampa Bay Rays vs Houston Astros
June 24, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 2011 at Minute Maid Park. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Houston Astros 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)
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Tampa Bay Rays 5, Houston Astros 1

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Rodriguez 2b 4 2 3 0
Zobrist rf 3 1 1 1
Longoria 3b 4 1 2 3
Upton cf 3 1 1 1
Shoppach c 4 0 0 0
Ruggiano lf 4 0 0 0
Kotchman 1b 4 0 1 0
Johnson ss 4 0 0 0
Shields p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 3 0 1 0
Keppinger 2b 4 0 0 0
Pence rf 4 0 0 0
Lee lf 4 0 0 0
Wallace 1b 3 1 1 0
Johnson 3b 2 0 1 1
Barmes ss 3 0 0 0
Towles c 0 0 0 0
  Corporan c 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez W. p 1 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez F. p 0 0 0 0
  Michaels ph 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez A. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Tampa Bay 004 010 000580
Houston 000 000 100130
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Shields  W(8-4) 9.0 3 1 1 1 9
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
1
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez W.  L(5-4) 6.0 6 5 5 2 5
  Rodriguez F.   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Rodriguez A.   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Longoria-Rodriguez-Kotchman, Houston 1. Johnson-Keppinger-Wallace.  2B–Tampa Bay Kotchman (12,off A. Rodriguez), Houston Johnson (17,off Shields).  HR–Tampa Bay Longoria (7,3rd inning off W. Rodriguez 1 on 2 out); Upton (9,3rd inning off W. Rodriguez 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Johnson (6,by Shields).  Team–3.  SB–Upton (20,2nd base off W. Rodriguez/Towles); Rodriguez (5,2nd base off W. Rodriguez/Corporan).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Jim Wolf, 2B–Tony Randazzo, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–2:33.  A–26,682.
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