Chicago White Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Box Score - April 16, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 16, 2009

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

Chi White Sox leads 1-0 (as of 4/16)

Game 1: Thursday, April 16
Chi White Sox	3	Final
Tampa Bay	2	Final
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Game 2: Friday, April 17
Chi White Sox	5	Final
Tampa Bay	6	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, April 18
Chi White Sox	8	Final
Tampa Bay	3	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, April 19
Chi White Sox	12	Final
Tampa Bay	2	Final
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White Sox 3

(5-4, 2-1 away)

Rays 2

(4-6, 1-3 home)

Alerts

7:08 PM ET, April 16, 2009

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CWS	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	14	1
TB	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	5	0

W: J. Danks (1-0)

L: J. Niemann (0-2)

S: B. Jenks (3)

Chicago White Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Getz 2B	5	0	2	0	0	1	21	.227	.292	.318
J Fields 3B	5	0	3	1	0	1	22	.355	.459	.516
C Quentin LF	4	0	0	0	1	1	19	.258	.400	.677
J Thome DH	4	1	0	0	1	1	18	.167	.242	.367
J Dye RF	5	1	3	2	0	2	22	.400	.417	.686
P Konerko 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	14	.344	.400	.625
A Pierzynski C	4	0	3	0	0	0	17	.276	.300	.276
A Ramirez SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	14	.156	.206	.156
B Anderson CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	20	.167	.333	.167
Totals	39	3	14	3	2	6	167
BATTING 2B: C Getz (2, J Niemann) 3B: J Fields (2, L Cormier) HR: J Dye (3, 2nd inning off J Niemann 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Dye 2 (6), J Fields (5) GIDP: C Quentin White Sox RISP: 3-13 (B Anderson 0-2, J Thome 0-2, C Quentin 0-2, C Getz 0-1, J Fields 2-2, A Ramirez 0-2, J Dye 0-1, A Pierzynski 1-1) Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING SB: A Pierzynski (1, 2nd base off J Niemann/D Navarro)
FIELDING E: C Getz (1, ground ball)

Chicago White Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Danks (W, 4-3)	6.0	2	1	1	4	8	1	101-59	0.75
O Dotel (H, 8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14-9	0.00
M Thornton (H, 9)	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	22-15	0.00
B Jenks (S, 12)	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	21-11	4.50
Totals	9.0	5	2	1	6	10	1	158-94
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Danks 15/24; O Dotel 3/4; M Thornton 4/5; B Jenks 5/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Danks 15-16-16-12; O Dotel 3-0-2-4; M Thornton 3-3-7-2; B Jenks 4-1-1-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Danks 5-5; O Dotel 0-3; M Thornton 1-0; B Jenks 2-1 Game Scores: J Danks 68

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Upton CF	3	0	0	0	2	1	24	.143	.368	.214
C Crawford LF	5	0	0	1	0	2	16	.244	.273	.366
P Burrell DH	3	0	1	0	1	2	16	.212	.308	.364
G Gross PR-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.188	.409	.188
C Pena 1B	2	1	1	1	2	1	25	.289	.372	.737
W Aybar 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	12	.143	.250	.214
D Navarro C	4	0	1	0	0	1	11	.212	.212	.364
B Zobrist 2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	18	.200	.238	.400
J Bartlett SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	12	.389	.436	.611
G Kapler RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	14	.125	.222	.250
a-A Iwamura PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.333	.421	.455
Totals	33	2	5	2	6	10	158
a-reached on error for G Kapler in the 9th
BATTING HR: C Pena (5, 6th inning off J Danks 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: C Pena (12), C Crawford (7) Rays RISP: 0-11 (B Zobrist 0-1, A Iwamura 0-1, G Gross 0-1, J Bartlett 0-1, W Aybar 0-2, C Crawford 0-1, G Kapler 0-1, B Upton 0-1, D Navarro 0-2) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: J Bartlett 2 (4, 2nd base off O Dotel/A Pierzynski, 2nd base off B Jenks/A Pierzynski); A Iwamura (4, 2nd base off B Jenks/A Pierzynski); C Crawford (3, 2nd base off B Jenks/A Pierzynski)
FIELDING DP: 1 (J Bartlett-B Zobrist-C Pena). Outfield Assist: G Kapler (J Dye at 2nd base).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Niemann (L, 4-4)	6.0	9	2	2	1	3	1	97-63	6.35
L Cormier	2.1	5	1	1	0	1	0	55-32	3.52
G Balfour	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	15-9	15.43
Totals	9.0	14	3	3	2	6	1	167-104
PITCHING WP: J Niemann First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Niemann 15/27; L Cormier 5/11; G Balfour 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Niemann 13-5-22-23; L Cormier 8-4-10-10; G Balfour 2-4-3-0 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Niemann 7-8; L Cormier 3-2; G Balfour 0-0 Game Scores: J Niemann 48

Scoring Summary

			CWS	TB
	2nd	J Dye homered to left, J Thome scored.	2	0
	6th	C Pena homered to right.	2	1
	9th	J Fields reached on infield single to shortstop, B Anderson scored, C Getz to second.	3	1
	9th	C Crawford grounded into fielder's choice to first, J Bartlett scored, B Upton out at second, A Iwamura to third.	3	2
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Game Notes

TAMPA BAY MANAGER JOE MADDON WAS EJECTED IN THE TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE BRIAN GORMAN FOR ARGUING A FOUL BALL.

Game Information

Stadium	Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
Attendance	13,803 (40.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:11
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Brian Gorman, First Base - C.B. Bucknor, Second Base - Mike Everitt, Third Base - Gerry Davis