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Chicago White Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays

2008-10-02 · 2008 Division Series · Game 1 of 4 Game 2 ▶ · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 35041 · 72°F · 3:10

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Chicago White Sox 6–4. Tampa Bay Rays put up 3 in the 3rd. James Shields earned the win and Dan Wheeler picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHA	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	7
TBA	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0		6	11

W: James Shields L: Javier Vazquez SV: Dan Wheeler

Umpires — HP: Joe West · 1B: CB Bucknor · 2B: Ron Kulpa · 3B: Jeff Kellogg · LF: Gary Darling · RF: Eric Cooper

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Orlando Cabrera	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dewayne Wise	3	1	1	3	0	1
Jermaine Dye	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Thome	4	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Konerko	4	1	2	1	0	1
Ken Griffey	4	0	0	0	0	2
Alexei Ramirez	3	1	1	0	1	1
A. J. Pierzynski	3	1	2	0	0	0
Juan Uribe	2	0	0	0	0	1
Brian Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Akinori Iwamura	4	1	2	1	1	1
B. J. Upton	5	1	0	0	0	2
Carlos Pena	1	0	0	0	0	1
Evan Longoria	3	2	3	3	1	0
Carl Crawford	4	0	1	1	0	1
Cliff Floyd	3	0	0	0	0	3
Dioner Navarro	4	0	1	0	0	1
Gabe Gross	3	0	1	0	1	2
Jason Bartlett	4	1	2	0	0	1
Willy Aybar	2	1	1	1	0	0
Rocco Baldelli	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Javier Vazquez	4.1	8	1	6
Clayton Richard	3.1	3	2	5
Octavio Dotel	0.1	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
James Shields	6.1	6	1	4
Grant Balfour	0.2	0	0	2
J. P. Howell	1.0	0	0	2
Dan Wheeler	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Orlando Cabrera: 9/F
Dewayne Wise: K
Jermaine Dye: 53/G

Bot 1

Akinori Iwamura: 3/G
B. J. Upton: 9/F
Carlos Pena: K

Top 2

Jim Thome: 63/G4M
Paul Konerko: 53/G
Ken Griffey: K

Bot 2

Evan Longoria: HR/78/F
Carl Crawford: K
Cliff Floyd: K
Dioner Navarro: D7/F
Gabe Gross: K

Top 3

Alexei Ramirez: S8/G
A. J. Pierzynski: S7/F.1-2
Juan Uribe: 13/SH/BG.2-3;1-2
Orlando Cabrera: 4/P
Dewayne Wise: HR/9/L.3-H;2-H
Jermaine Dye: D8/L
Jim Thome: 43/G4D

Bot 3

Jason Bartlett: S7/G
Akinori Iwamura: T8/F.1-H
B. J. Upton: K
Willy Aybar: 7/SF/L.3-H
Evan Longoria: HR/7/F
Carl Crawford: 9/F

Top 4

Paul Konerko: K
Ken Griffey: 63/G
Alexei Ramirez: 3/G

Bot 4

Cliff Floyd: K
Dioner Navarro: 4/P
Gabe Gross: W
Jason Bartlett: SB2
Jason Bartlett: 4/P

Top 5

A. J. Pierzynski: S7/G
Juan Uribe: 7/F
Orlando Cabrera: CS2(24)
Orlando Cabrera: 9/L

Bot 5

Akinori Iwamura: S9/L
B. J. Upton: 54(1)/FO/G
Willy Aybar: S7/G.1-2
Evan Longoria: S7/G.2-H;1-2
Carl Crawford: S8/G.2-H;1-2
Cliff Floyd: K
Dioner Navarro: K

Top 6

Dewayne Wise: 13!/BG
Jermaine Dye: 9/F
Jim Thome: 13/G

Bot 6

Gabe Gross: K
Jason Bartlett: K
Akinori Iwamura: K

Top 7

Paul Konerko: S7/G
Ken Griffey: K
Alexei Ramirez: W.1-2
A. J. Pierzynski: HP.2-3;1-2
Juan Uribe: K
Orlando Cabrera: K

Bot 7

B. J. Upton: 9/F
Willy Aybar: 53/G
Evan Longoria: W
Carl Crawford: SB2
Carl Crawford: 41/G

Top 8

Brian Anderson: K
Jermaine Dye: K
Jim Thome: 63/G4M

Bot 8

Rocco Baldelli: 43/G
Dioner Navarro: 9/F
Gabe Gross: S8/G
Jason Bartlett: S7/L.1-2
Akinori Iwamura: W.2-3;1-2
B. J. Upton: K

Top 9

Paul Konerko: HR/7/F
Ken Griffey: 7/F
Alexei Ramirez: K
A. J. Pierzynski: 8/F

Notes & reviews

infield shifted to right for Jim Thome in each plate appearance
Evan Longoria homered on the first pitch of his first post-season at bat
Carlos Pena left game with scratched cornea
Evan Longoria is the second player in history to homer in his first two post-season at bats, after Gary Gaetti in 1987

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