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Philadelphia Phillies 4, Tampa Bay Rays 1 · 2008-10-22 to 2008-10-27 · 5 games · attendance 219,369 · season overview
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Ballparks
Games
| # | Date | Away at Home | Series | Park | Attendance | Win | Loss | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2008-10-22 | Philadelphia Phillies 3 at  Tampa Bay Rays 2 | 1–0 | Tropicana Field | 40,783 | Cole Hamels | Scott Kazmir | Brad Lidge |
| 2 | 2008-10-23 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Tampa Bay Rays 4 | 1–1 | Tropicana Field | 40,843 | James Shields | Brett Myers | |
| 3 | 2008-10-25 | Tampa Bay Rays 4 at Philadelphia Phillies 5 | 2–1 | Citizens Bank Park | 45,900 | J.C. Romero | J.P. Howell | |
| 4 | 2008-10-26 | Tampa Bay Rays 2 at Philadelphia Phillies 10 | 3–1 | Citizens Bank Park | 45,903 | Joe Blanton | Andy Sonnanstine | |
| 5 | 2008-10-27 | Tampa Bay Rays 3 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 | 4–1 | Citizens Bank Park | 45,940 | J.C. Romero | J.P. Howell | Brad Lidge |
The players
Philadelphia Phillies
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Rollins | 5 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .227 |
| Ryan Howard | 5 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .286 |
| Shane Victorino | 5 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 |
| Jayson Werth | 5 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .444 |
| Pedro Feliz | 5 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .333 |
| Chase Utley | 5 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .167 |
| Carlos Ruiz | 5 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .375 |
| Pat Burrell | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .071 |
| Chris Coste | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joe Blanton | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Eric Bruntlett | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Greg Dobbs | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
| Geoff Jenkins | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Cole Hamels | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Jamie Moyer | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| J. C. Romero | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Stairs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Hamels | 2 | 2 | 1–0 | 0 | 13.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2.77 |
| Brett Myers | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Jamie Moyer | 1 | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 6.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4.26 |
| Joe Blanton | 1 | 1 | 1–0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3.00 |
| J. C. Romero | 4 | 0 | 2–0 | 0 | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ryan Madson | 4 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 3.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4.91 |
| Brad Lidge | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Scott Eyre | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chad Durbin | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Tampa Bay Rays
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. J. Upton | 5 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .250 |
| Evan Longoria | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .050 |
| Carl Crawford | 5 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .263 |
| Akinori Iwamura | 5 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .263 |
| Dioner Navarro | 5 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .353 |
| Carlos Pena | 5 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .118 |
| Jason Bartlett | 5 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .214 |
| Ben Zobrist | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Rocco Baldelli | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| Willy Aybar | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Cliff Floyd | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Gabe Gross | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Eric Hinske | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Matt Garza | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Scott Kazmir | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Andy Sonnanstine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| J. P. Howell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Kazmir | 2 | 2 | 0–1 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Matt Garza | 1 | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6.00 |
| James Shields | 1 | 1 | 1–0 | 0 | 5.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Andy Sonnanstine | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6.75 |
| David Price | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2.70 |
| Grant Balfour | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Dan Wheeler | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6.75 |
| J. P. Howell | 3 | 0 | 0–2 | 0 | 2.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7.71 |
| Edwin Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Chad Bradford | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Trever Miller | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18.00 |