Philadelphia 5, Tampa Bay 4
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(97-65)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 6 1
Philadelphia 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 7 1
WP: J.C. Romero (1-0)
LP: J.P. Howell (0-1)
(92-70)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 1st: Philadelphia
- C. Utley grounded out to first, J. Rollins scored, J. Werth to third
Top 2nd: Tampa Bay
- G. Gross hit sacrifice fly to deep right center, C. Crawford scored
Bot 2nd: Philadelphia
- C. Ruiz homered to deep left
Bot 6th: Philadelphia
- C. Utley homered to deep right
- R. Howard homered to deep right
Top 7th: Tampa Bay
- G. Gross grounded out to first, C. Crawford scored, D. Navarro to third
- J. Bartlett grounded out to shortstop, D. Navarro scored
Top 8th: Tampa Bay
- B.J. Upton stole third, B.J. Upton scored on C. Ruiz's throwing error
Bot 9th: Philadelphia
- C. Ruiz singled to third, E. Bruntlett scored, S. Victorino to third, G. Dobbs to second
 Tampa Bay
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Series Avg 
A. Iwamura 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .273
B.J. Upton cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .333
C. Pena 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .000
E. Longoria 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000
C. Crawford lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .250
D. Navarro c 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .400
G. Gross rf 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000
    G. Balfour p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J. Bartlett ss 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 .286
M. Garza p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
    W. Aybar ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
    C. Bradford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    J.P. Howell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    B. Zobrist rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
 Totals 32 4 6 3 2 8 9  
 Batting
2B - C Crawford (1, J Moyer); D Navarro (1, J Moyer).
SF - G Gross.
RBI - G Gross 2 (2), J Bartlett (2).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Longoria 1.
Team LOB - 4.
 Base Running
SB - C Crawford (1, 3rd base off J Moyer/C Ruiz), B Upton 3 (3, 2nd base off R Madson/C Ruiz, 2nd base off J Moyer/C Ruiz, 3rd base off R Madson/C Ruiz).
 
 Fielding
E - D Navarro (1, throw).
 Philadelphia
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Series Avg 
J. Rollins ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .143
J. Werth rf 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 .364
C. Utley 2b 4 1 1 2 0 1 4 .250
R. Howard 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 3 .231
P. Burrell lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000
    E. Bruntlett lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
S. Victorino cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .364
P. Feliz 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200
    G. Dobbs ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333
C. Ruiz c 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 .500
J. Moyer p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
    C. Durbin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    S. Eyre p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    G. Jenkins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    R. Madson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    J.C. Romero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 29 5 7 5 5 9 11  
 Batting
HR - C Ruiz (1, 2nd inning off M Garza 0 on, 2 Out), C Utley (2, 6th inning off M Garza 0 on, 0 Out), R Howard (1, 6th inning off M Garza 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - C Utley 2 (4), C Ruiz 2 (3), R Howard (1).
2-out RBI - C Ruiz.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - P Burrell 1.
Team LOB - 6.
 Base Running
SB - J Werth (2, 2nd base off J Howell/D Navarro).
CS - J Rollins (1, 2nd base by M Garza/D Navarro).
Picked Off - J Werth (2nd base, J Howell).
 
 Fielding
E - C Ruiz (2, throw).
 Tampa Bay
  IP H R ER BB K HR Series ERA 
M. Garza 6.0 6 4 4 2 7 3 6.00
C. Bradford 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
J.P. Howell (L, 0-1) 1.0 0 1 1 0 2 0 5.40
G. Balfour 0.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
 Philadelphia
  IP H R ER BB K HR Series ERA 
J. Moyer 6.1 5 3 3 1 5 0 4.26
C. Durbin (H, 1) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
S. Eyre (H, 1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
R. Madson (BS, 1) 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 0 5.40
J.C. Romero (W, 1-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
WP - M Garza, G Balfour.
IBB - S Victorino (by G Balfour), G Dobbs (by G Balfour).
HBP - E Bruntlett (by J Howell).
Pitches-strikes - M Garza 102-65; C Bradford 15-8; J Howell 16-8; G Balfour 15-5; J Moyer 96-64; C Durbin 6-2; S Eyre 6-3; R Madson 15-7; J Romero 15-10.
Ground balls-fly balls - M Garza 4-6; C Bradford 2-1; J Howell 0-0; G Balfour 0-0; J Moyer 4-10; C Durbin 1-0; S Eyre 0-0; R Madson 1-0; J Romero 2-1.
Batters faced - M Garza 25; C Bradford 4; J Howell 3; G Balfour 3; J Moyer 25; C Durbin 2; S Eyre 1; R Madson 3; J Romero 4.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Fieldin Culbreth. 1B--Tom Hallion. 2B--Jeff Kellogg. 3B--Tim Tschida. LF--Tim Welke. RF--Kerwin Danley.
Time: 3:41. (Plus rain delay totaling 91 minutes in the 1st).
Attendance: 45,900.
Weather: 55 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, left to right.
Game Notes
THE START OF THE GAME IS BEING DELAYED DUE TO RAIN.

Updated on Sunday, Oct 26, 2008 1:53 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Tampa Bay
C. Crawford Carl Crawford
2-4
 Philadelphia
C. Ruiz Carlos Ruiz
2-3, 1 HR
2 RBI