2008 League Division Series - Tampa Bay Rays over Chicago White Sox (3-1)

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2008 League Division Series (3-1): Tampa Bay Rays (97-65) over Chicago White Sox (89-74)

WS: PHI-TBR / ALCS: TBR-BOS / NLCS: PHI-LAD / Div. Series: BOS-LAA / TBR-CHW / LAD-CHC / PHI-MIL
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 2, 2008 at Tropicana Field (Tampa Bay Rays)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago White Sox            0  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  1     4  7  0
    Tampa Bay Rays               0  1  3    0  2  0    0  0  x     6 11  0

    PITCHERS: CHW - Vazquez, Richard (5), Dotel (8)
              TBR - Shields, Balfour (7), Howell (8), Wheeler (9)

               WP - James Shields
	       LP - Javier Vazquez
             SAVE - Dan Wheeler

   HOME RUNS: CHW - Konerko, Wise
              TBR - Longoria (2)

  ATTENDANCE: 35,041

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 3, 2008 at Tropicana Field (Tampa Bay Rays)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago White Sox            2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2 12  1
    Tampa Bay Rays               0  1  0    0  2  0    0  3  x     6 12  0

    PITCHERS: CHW - Buehrle, Dotel (8), Thornton (8)
              TBR - Kazmir, Balfour (6), Howell (7), Bradford (9)

               WP - Scott Kazmir
	       LP - Mark Buehrle
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHW - none
              TBR - Iwamura

  ATTENDANCE: 35,257

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 5, 2008 at U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago White Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Tampa Bay Rays               0  1  0    0  0  0    2  0  0     3  8  0
    Chicago White Sox            0  0  1    3  0  1    0  0  x     5  7  0

    PITCHERS: TBR - Garza, Miller (7), Bradford (7)
              CHW - Danks, Dotel (7), Thornton (8), Jenks (9)

               WP - John Danks
	       LP - Matt Garza
             SAVE - Bobby Jenks

   HOME RUNS: TBR - Upton
              CHW - none

  ATTENDANCE: 40,142

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 6, 2008 at U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago White Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Tampa Bay Rays               1  0  1    2  1  0    1  0  0     6 10  0
    Chicago White Sox            0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0     2  4  0

    PITCHERS: TBR - Sonnanstine, Howell (6), Balfour (8)
              CHW - Floyd, Richard (4), Dotel (7), Thornton (7), Linebrink (9)

               WP - Andy Sonnanstine
	       LP - Gavin Floyd
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: TBR - Upton (2)
              CHW - Dye, Konerko

  ATTENDANCE: 40,454

Series Batting Stats

Tampa Bay Rays Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Willy Aybar	4	11	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	.273	.250	.364	.614	0	0	95	324	33	82	10	33	2	.253	.737
Rocco Baldelli	3	8	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	0	0	28	80	12	21	4	13	0	.263	.819
Grant Balfour	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	51	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jason Bartlett	4	14	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	3	.286	.333	.357	.690	0	0	128	454	48	130	1	37	20	.286	.690
Chad Bradford	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*68	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Crawford	4	14	2	3	0	0	0	2	2	2	.214	.313	.214	.527	3	0	109	443	69	121	8	57	25	.273	.718
Cliff Floyd	2	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	.200	.200	.400	.600	0	0	80	246	32	66	11	39	1	.268	.804
Matt Garza	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200
Gabe Gross	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.167	.375	.167	.542	1	0	*143	345	46	82	13	40	4	.238	.750
J.P. Howell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	64	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Akinori Iwamura	4	18	3	7	1	1	1	4	1	4	.389	.421	.722	1.143	0	0	152	627	91	172	6	48	8	.274	.729
Scott Kazmir	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Evan Longoria	4	15	2	4	0	0	2	3	2	6	.267	.353	.667	1.020	1	0	122	448	67	122	27	85	7	.272	.874
Trever Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	68	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dioner Navarro	4	15	1	6	3	0	0	3	1	2	.400	.438	.600	1.038	0	0	120	427	43	126	7	54	0	.295	.757
Carlos Pena	3	10	0	5	0	0	0	2	1	4	.500	.545	.500	1.045	2	1	139	490	76	121	31	102	1	.247	.871
Fernando Perez	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	23	60	18	15	3	8	5	.250	.781
James Shields	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	4	2	1	0	1	0	.250	.650
Andy Sonnanstine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	5	2	2	0	0	0	.400	.971
B.J. Upton	4	18	5	5	0	1	3	4	1	5	.278	.316	.889	1.205	0	0	145	531	85	145	9	67	44	.273	.784
Dan Wheeler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	70	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	54	138	21	41	7	2	6	21	12	33	.297	.351	.507	.858	7	1	162	5541	774	1443	180		142	.260	.762

Chicago White Sox Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Brian Anderson	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	109	181	24	42	8	26	5	.232	.709
Mark Buehrle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	6	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.333
Orlando Cabrera	4	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.176	.125	.301	0	0	161	661	93	186	8	57	19	.281	.705
John Danks	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	6	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.452
Octavio Dotel	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jermaine Dye	4	16	1	6	1	0	1	1	1	3	.375	.412	.625	1.037	0	0	154	590	96	172	34	96	3	.292	.885
Gavin Floyd	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ken Griffey	3	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	.200	.273	.200	.473	0	0	*143	490	67	122	18	71	0	.249	.778
Bobby Jenks	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Konerko	4	16	3	5	0	0	2	2	1	1	.313	.353	.688	1.040	0	0	122	438	59	105	22	62	2	.240	.783
Scott Linebrink	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
A.J. Pierzynski	4	13	1	5	1	0	0	1	2	1	.385	.500	.462	.962	0	1	134	534	66	150	13	60	1	.281	.728
Alexei Ramirez	4	12	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	.250	.267	.250	.517	0	0	136	480	65	139	21	77	13	.290	.792
Clayton Richard	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Swisher	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	0	0	153	497	86	109	24	69	3	.219	.743
Jim Thome	4	16	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	.125	.176	.188	.364	0	0	149	503	93	123	34	90	1	.245	.865
Matt Thornton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	74	0	0	0	0	0	0
Juan Uribe	4	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	110	324	38	80	7	40	1	.247	.682
Javier Vazquez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Dewayne Wise	3	7	2	2	1	0	1	5	1	2	.286	.375	.857	1.232	1	0	57	129	20	32	6	18	9	.248	.742
Totals	55	127	13	30	4	0	4	13	10	29	.236	.298	.362	.660	3	1	163	5553	811	1458	235		67	.263	.780

Tampa Bay Rays Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Grant Balfour	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	1	4	0.900	51	0	1.54	6	2	4	58.1	28	24	82	0.891
Chad Bradford	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	2	0.333	*68	0	2.12	4	3	0	59.1	59	15	17	1.247
Matt Garza	1	1	7.50	0	1	0	0	6.0	7	5	4	4	1.833	30	30	3.70	11	9	0	184.2	170	59	128	1.240
J.P. Howell	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	4.1	2	0	0	6	0.462	64	0	2.22	6	1	3	89.1	62	39	92	1.131
Scott Kazmir	1	1	3.38	1	0	0	0	5.1	8	2	2	4	1.875	27	27	3.49	12	8	0	152.1	123	70	166	1.267
Trever Miller	1	0		0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0		68	0	4.15	2	0	2	43.1	39	20	44	1.362
James Shields	1	1	4.26	1	0	0	0	6.1	6	3	1	4	1.105	33	33	3.56	14	8	0	215.0	208	40	160	1.153
Andy Sonnanstine	1	1	3.18	1	0	0	0	5.2	3	2	1	4	0.706	32	32	4.38	13	9	0	193.1	212	37	124	1.288
Dan Wheeler	1	0	9.00	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	1	1.000	70	0	3.12	5	6	13	66.1	44	22	53	0.995
Totals	14	4	3.34	3	1	1	0	35.0	30	13	10	29	1.143	162	162	3.816	97	65		1457.2	1349	526	1143	1.286

Chicago White Sox Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Mark Buehrle	1	1	6.43	0	1	0	0	7.0	10	5	0	3	1.429	34	34	3.79	15	12	0	218.2	240	52	140	1.335
John Danks	1	1	4.05	1	0	0	0	6.2	7	3	3	7	1.500	33	33	3.32	12	9	0	195.0	182	57	159	1.226
Octavio Dotel	4	0	13.50	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	2	0	3	1.500	72	0	3.76	4	4	1	67.0	52	29	92	1.209
Gavin Floyd	1	1	12.00	0	1	0	0	3.0	5	4	2	4	2.333	33	33	3.84	17	8	0	206.1	190	70	145	1.260
Bobby Jenks	1	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1.000	57	0	2.63	3	1	30	61.2	51	17	38	1.103
Scott Linebrink	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	1	2.000	50	0	3.69	2	2	1	46.1	41	9	40	1.079
Clayton Richard	2	0	1.42	0	0	0	0	6.1	5	1	3	6	1.263	13	8	6.04	2	5	0	47.2	61	13	29	1.552
Matt Thornton	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	2	2	1.200	74	0	2.67	5	3	1	67.1	48	19	77	0.995
Javier Vazquez	1	1	12.46	0	1	0	0	4.1	8	6	1	6	2.077	33	33	4.67	12	16	0	208.1	214	61	200	1.320
Totals	15	4	5.56	1	3	1	0	34.0	41	21	12	33	1.559	163	163	4.063	89	74		1457.2	1471	460	1147	1.325

WS: PHI-TBR / ALCS: TBR-BOS / NLCS: PHI-LAD / Div. Series: BOS-LAA / TBR-CHW / LAD-CHC / PHI-MIL
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