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Chicago Cubs @ Tampa Bay Rays

2008-06-18 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 31496 · 72°F, dome · Wind L to R · 2:55

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Chicago Cubs 5–4. Tampa Bay Rays put up 4 in the 3rd. Andy Sonnanstine earned the win and Troy Percival picked up the save. Geovany Soto went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	9
TBA	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		5	7

W: Andy Sonnanstine L: Carlos Zambrano SV: Troy Percival

Umpires — HP: Kerwin Danley · 1B: Laz Diaz · 2B: Wally Bell · 3B: Paul Schrieber · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kosuke Fukudome	4	1	1	1	1	1
Ryan Theriot	4	0	1	2	0	0
Derrek Lee	4	0	0	0	0	2
Aramis Ramirez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Edmonds	2	0	0	0	0	1
Geovany Soto	4	1	2	1	0	0
Mark DeRosa	3	0	0	0	1	0
Micah Hoffpauir	4	2	2	0	0	0
Ronny Cedeno	2	0	1	0	1	0
Matt Murton	2	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Fontenot	1	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Akinori Iwamura	2	2	0	0	2	0
Carl Crawford	3	1	1	0	1	0
B. J. Upton	4	1	1	1	0	1
Eric Hinske	3	1	1	1	1	0
Evan Longoria	4	0	1	1	0	2
Cliff Floyd	3	0	0	0	1	0
Willy Aybar	4	0	1	1	0	0
Dioner Navarro	3	0	1	0	1	1
Jason Bartlett	3	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carlos Zambrano	6.2	7	4	2
Neal Cotts	0.0	0	1	0
Michael Wuertz	1.1	0	1	2

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andy Sonnanstine	5.0	7	2	4
J. P. Howell	2.0	1	0	0
Dan Wheeler	1.0	0	0	0
Troy Percival	1.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kosuke Fukudome: 43/G34
Ryan Theriot: 53/G5+
Derrek Lee: 3/G34+

Bot 1

Akinori Iwamura: W
Carl Crawford: E7/L78D+.1-H(UR)(NR);B-2
B. J. Upton: K
Eric Hinske: 8/F8LD.2-3
Evan Longoria: 23/G2L-

Top 2

Aramis Ramirez: S8/G6M
Jim Edmonds: K
Geovany Soto: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S-

Bot 2

Cliff Floyd: 13/G
Willy Aybar: 63/G6+
Dioner Navarro: S9/L89S
Jason Bartlett: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 3

Mark DeRosa: 4/P4D
Micah Hoffpauir: S8/L8LM+
Ronny Cedeno: 53/G5S.1-2
Kosuke Fukudome: D9/L9LS+.2-H
Ryan Theriot: S8/G6M+.2-H;B-2(TH)
Derrek Lee: K

Bot 3

Akinori Iwamura: W
Carl Crawford: D49/G4+.1-3
B. J. Upton: S8/L8RM+.3-H;2-3
Eric Hinske: S7/L7S+.3-H;1-2
Evan Longoria: S9/G34+.2-H;1-2
Cliff Floyd: 4/IF/P4D
Willy Aybar: S7.2-H;1-2
Dioner Navarro: W.2-3;1-2
Jason Bartlett: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 4

Aramis Ramirez: K
Jim Edmonds: 7/F7LSF
Geovany Soto: D7/L78XD+
Mark DeRosa: 63/G6+

Bot 4

Akinori Iwamura: 7/F7D
Carl Crawford: 63/G6
B. J. Upton: 63/G56

Top 5

Micah Hoffpauir: D9
Ronny Cedeno: W
Kosuke Fukudome: W.2-3;1-2
Ryan Theriot: 46(1)/FO/G4.3-H;2-3
Derrek Lee: K
Aramis Ramirez: 9/F9LS

Bot 5

Eric Hinske: 43/G4
Evan Longoria: K
Cliff Floyd: 6/P6D

Top 6

Matt Murton: S8/G6+
Geovany Soto: 4(1)3/GDP/G4M+
Mark DeRosa: 63/G6

Bot 6

Willy Aybar: 9/F9D
Dioner Navarro: 53/G56-
Jason Bartlett: S8/L4MD+
Akinori Iwamura: 43/G4

Top 7

Micah Hoffpauir: 3/G3
Ronny Cedeno: S4/G4MS-
Kosuke Fukudome: 43/G4+.1-2
Ryan Theriot: 4/L4+

Bot 7

Carl Crawford: W
B. J. Upton: 46(1)3/GDP/G4+
Eric Hinske: W
Evan Longoria: SB2
Evan Longoria: K

Top 8

Derrek Lee: 8/F89D
Aramis Ramirez: 43/G4
Matt Murton: 53/G56

Bot 8

Cliff Floyd: W
Willy Aybar: 54(1)3/GDP/G56
Dioner Navarro: K

Top 9

Geovany Soto: HR/F78XD+
Mark DeRosa: W
Micah Hoffpauir: 8/F8LM
Mike Fontenot: 8/F8LM
Kosuke Fukudome: K

Notes & reviews

Cubs center fielder Jim Edmonds left the game due to an injured foot/ankle
Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano left the game due to discomfort in his throwing shoulder

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