TBA @ PHI

Tampa Bay Rays at Philadelphia Phillies, October 26, 2008

On October 26, 2008, the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 10-2 at Citizens Bank Park in a World Series game. The Philadelphia Phillies won comfortably. The game information lists attendance of 45,903, a running time of 188 minutes, and a night start. The weather notes give 54 degrees, overcast skies, and a 7 mph wind. The Tampa Bay Rays' runs came one at a time, in the fourth and fifth. The line score has the Philadelphia Phillies crossing the plate in the first, third, fourth, fifth, and eighth; the eighth brought 4 runs. Hits were 5 for the Tampa Bay Rays and 12 for the Philadelphia Phillies, with 2 and 1 errors. Joe Blanton was the winning pitcher, allowing 2 earned runs on 4 hits in 6.0 innings. The loss was charged to Andy Sonnanstine after 4.0 innings and 5 runs. No pitcher struck out more than Joe Blanton, who had 7. The Tampa Bay Rays used Edwin Jackson, Trever Miller, Andy Sonnanstine, and Dan Wheeler on the mound. The Philadelphia Phillies' pitching table lists Joe Blanton, Chad Durbin, Scott Eyre, Ryan Madson, and J. C. Romero. For the Tampa Bay Rays, Carl Crawford went 1 for 3, 1 home run, and 1 RBI. Eric Hinske also homered for the Tampa Bay Rays. Ryan Howard led the Philadelphia Phillies at the plate: 3 for 4, 2 home runs, and 5 RBI. Joe Blanton and Jayson Werth also homered for the Philadelphia Phillies. The home-plate umpire was Tom Hallion.