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Tampa Bay Rays @ Philadelphia Phillies

2008-10-25 · 2008 World Series · Game 3 of 5 ◀ Game 2 Game 4 ▶ · Night game · Citizens Bank Park · Att: 45900 · 55°F · Wind 10 mph L to R · 3:41

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Tampa Bay Rays 5–4. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 6th. J.C. Romero earned the win.

Line score

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

W: J.C. Romero L: J.P. Howell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Fieldin Culbreth · 1B: Tom Hallion · 2B: Jeff Kellogg · 3B: Tim Tschida · LF: Tim Welke · RF: Kerwin Danley

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Rollins	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jayson Werth	2	0	1	0	2	0
Chase Utley	4	1	1	2	0	1
Ryan Howard	4	1	1	1	0	2
Pat Burrell	3	0	0	0	0	2
Shane Victorino	3	0	0	0	1	1
Pedro Feliz	3	0	0	0	0	2
Carlos Ruiz	3	1	2	2	1	0
Jamie Moyer	2	0	0	0	0	1
Geoff Jenkins	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Bruntlett	0	1	0	0	0	0
Greg Dobbs	0	0	0	0	1	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Garza	6.0	6	2	7
Chad Bradford	1.0	0	1	0
J. P. Howell	1.0	0	0	2
Grant Balfour	0.0	1	2	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jamie Moyer	6.1	5	1	5
Chad Durbin	0.1	0	1	0
Scott Eyre	0.1	0	0	1
Ryan Madson	0.2	1	0	1
J. C. Romero	1.1	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Akinori Iwamura: 8/F
B. J. Upton: 63/G
Carlos Pena: W
Evan Longoria: K

Bot 1

Jimmy Rollins: S8/L
Jayson Werth: W.1-2
Chase Utley: WP.2-3;1-2
Chase Utley: 3/G.3-H;2-3
Ryan Howard: K
Pat Burrell: 8/F

Top 2

Carl Crawford: D7/F
Dioner Navarro: 4/P
Gabe Gross: SB3
Gabe Gross: 8/SF/F.3-H
Jason Bartlett: 8/F

Bot 2

Shane Victorino: 3/G
Pedro Feliz: 63/G
Carlos Ruiz: HR/7/F
Jamie Moyer: K

Top 3

Matt Garza: 53/G
Akinori Iwamura: 9/F
B. J. Upton: K/C

Bot 3

Jimmy Rollins: S9/G
Jayson Werth: CS2(24)
Jayson Werth: S9/L
Chase Utley: 8/F
Ryan Howard: 63/G

Top 4

Carlos Pena: 9/F
Evan Longoria: K
Carl Crawford: 7/F

Bot 4

Pat Burrell: K
Shane Victorino: K/C
Pedro Feliz: K23

Top 5

Dioner Navarro: S6/G
Gabe Gross: 7/F
Jason Bartlett: 6/P
Matt Garza: 46(1)/FO/G

Bot 5

Carlos Ruiz: W
Jamie Moyer: 2/BP2F/FL
Jimmy Rollins: 4/L
Jayson Werth: 9/F

Top 6

Akinori Iwamura: K
B. J. Upton: S7/L
Carlos Pena: K/C
Evan Longoria: SB2
Evan Longoria: 7/F

Bot 6

Chase Utley: HR/9/F
Ryan Howard: HR/9/F
Pat Burrell: K/C
Shane Victorino: 3/P
Pedro Feliz: K

Top 7

Carl Crawford: S1/BG23
Dioner Navarro: D7/L.1-3
Gabe Gross: 3/G.3-H;2-3
Jason Bartlett: 63/G.3-H
Willy Aybar: W
Akinori Iwamura: K

Bot 7

Carlos Ruiz: 63/G
Geoff Jenkins: 63/G
Jimmy Rollins: 6/P

Top 8

B. J. Upton: S6/G
Carlos Pena: K
Evan Longoria: SB2
Evan Longoria: SB3.2-H(E2/TH3)
Evan Longoria: 43/G
Carl Crawford: 9/F

Bot 8

Jayson Werth: W
Chase Utley: SB2
Chase Utley: K
Ryan Howard: PO2(16)
Ryan Howard: K/C

Top 9

Dioner Navarro: K
Gabe Gross: 43/G
Jason Bartlett: 63/G

Bot 9

Eric Bruntlett: HP
Shane Victorino: WP.1-3(E2/TH2)
Shane Victorino: IW
Greg Dobbs: IW.1-2
Carlos Ruiz: S5/G.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

the latest start in World Series history after a 1:31 rain delay before game
Moyer scooped the ball with his glove and flipped it to 1B, where Ryan Howard caught it with his bare hand
the Rays use a five-man infield by bringing Ben Zobrist in from RF to stand at second base
the grounder rolled about 60 feet down the 3B line; Longoria's throw was too high to catch and too late

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