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

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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

  October 2, 2008 at TropicanaFld (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

  October 3, 2008 at TropicanaFld (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

  October 5, 2008 at US Cellular (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

  October 6, 2008 at US Cellular (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

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Tampa Bay Rays

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Willy Aybar         4  11  2  3  1  0  0   1  0  2  .273  .250  .364  0 | 324  82 10  .253  .737   2
 Rocco Baldelli      3   8  2  1  0  0  0   1  1  0  .125  .222  .125  0 |  80  21  4  .263  .819   0
 Jason Bartlett      4  14  3  4  1  0  0   0  1  3  .286  .333  .357  0 | 454 130  1  .286  .690  20
*Carl Crawford       4  14  2  3  0  0  0   2  2  2  .214  .313  .214  3 | 443 121  8  .273  .719  25
*Cliff Floyd         2   5  1  1  1  0  0   1  0  3  .200  .200  .400  0 | 246  66 11  .268  .804   1
*Gabe Gross          3   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  2  2  .167  .375  .167  1 |+345  82 13  .238  .750   4
*Akinori Iwamura     4  18  3  7  1  1  1   4  1  4  .389  .421  .722  0 | 627 172  6  .274  .729   8
 Evan Longoria       4  15  2  4  0  0  2   3  2  6  .267  .353  .667  1 | 448 122 27  .272  .874   7
#Dioner Navarro      4  15  1  6  3  0  0   3  1  2  .400  .438  .600  0 | 427 126  7  .295  .756   0
*Carlos Pena         3  10  0  5  0  0  0   2  1  4  .500  .545  .500  2 | 490 121 31  .247  .871   1
#Fernando Perez      1   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .250  .250  .250  0 |  60  15  3  .250  .781   5
 B.J. Upton          4  18  5  5  0  1  3   4  1  5  .278  .316  .889  0 | 531 145  9  .273  .784  44
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 138 21 41  7  2  6  21 12 33  .297  .351  .507  7 |        180  .260  .762 142

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Chicago White Sox

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Brian N. Anderson   3   5  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  4  .000  .000  .000  1 | 181  42  8  .232  .708   5
 Orlando Cabrera     4  16  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  3  .125  .176  .125  0 | 661 186  8  .281  .705  19
 Jermaine Dye        4  16  1  6  1  0  1   1  1  3  .375  .412  .625  0 | 590 172 34  .292  .885   3
*Ken Griffey         3  10  1  2  0  0  0   0  1  5  .200  .273  .200  0 |+490 122 18  .249  .777   0
 Paul Konerko        4  16  3  5  0  0  2   2  1  1  .313  .353  .688  0 | 438 105 22  .240  .782   2
*A.J. Pierzynski     4  13  1  5  1  0  0   1  2  1  .385  .500  .462  0 | 534 150 13  .281  .728   1
 Alexei Ramirez      4  12  1  3  0  0  0   2  1  1  .250  .267  .250  0 | 480 139 21  .290  .792  13
#Nick Swisher        3   4  1  1  0  0  0   0  2  1  .250  .500  .250  0 | 497 109 24  .219  .742   3
*Jim Thome           4  16  1  2  1  0  0   1  1  3  .125  .176  .188  0 | 503 123 34  .245  .865   1
 Juan Uribe          4  12  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  5  .167  .167  .167  1 | 324  80  7  .247  .682   1
*Dewayne Wise        3   7  2  2  1  0  1   5  1  2  .286  .375  .857  1 | 129  32  6  .248  .743   9
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 127 13 30  4  0  4  13 10 29  .236  .298  .362  3 |        235  .263  .780  67

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Tampa Bay Rays

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 James Shields       1   4.26 1-0  0  0  6.3  6  3  1  4 | 14-8  215  3.56  1.15 160   
 Matt Garza          1   7.50 0-1  0  0  6.0  7  5  4  4 | 11-9  185  3.70  1.24 128   
 Andy Sonnanstine    1   3.18 1-0  0  0  5.7  3  2  1  4 | 13-9  193  4.38  1.29 124   
*Scott Kazmir        1   3.38 1-0  0  0  5.3  8  2  2  4 | 12-8  152  3.49  1.27 166   
*J.P. Howell         3   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.3  2  0  0  6 |  6-1   89  2.22  1.13  92  3
 Grant Balfour       3   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.3  2  0  1  4 |  6-2   58  1.54  0.89  82  4
 Chad Bradford       2   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  1  0  0  2 |+ 4-3   59  2.12  1.25  17   
 Dan Wheeler         1   9.00 0-0  1  0  1.0  1  1  0  1 |  5-6   66  3.12  0.99  53 13
*Trever Miller       1    inf 0-0  0  0  0.0  0  0  1  0 |  2-0   43  4.15  1.36  44  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.34 3-1  1  0 35.0 30 13 10 29 |            3.82 1.290   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Chicago White Sox

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Mark Buehrle        1   6.43 0-1  0  0  7.0 10  5  0  3 | 15-12 219  3.79  1.34 140   
*John Danks          1   4.05 1-0  0  0  6.7  7  3  3  7 | 12-9  195  3.32  1.23 159   
*Clayton Richard     2   1.42 0-0  0  0  6.3  5  1  3  6 |  2-5   48  6.04  1.55  29   
 Javier Vazquez      1  12.46 0-1  0  0  4.3  8  6  1  6 | 12-16 208  4.67  1.32 200   
*Matt Thornton       3   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.3  2  0  2  2 |  5-3   67  2.67  1.00  77  1
 Gavin Floyd         1  12.00 0-1  0  0  3.0  5  4  2  4 | 17-8  206  3.84  1.26 145   
 Octavio Dotel       4  13.50 0-0  0  0  1.3  2  2  0  3 |  4-4   67  3.76  1.21  92  1
 Bobby Jenks         1   0.00 0-0  1  0  1.0  1  0  0  1 |  3-1   62  2.63  1.10  38 30
 Scott Linebrink     1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  0  1  1 |  2-2   46  3.69  1.08  40  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   5.56 1-3  1  0 34.0 41 21 12 33 |            4.11 1.320   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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

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