2008 World Series Game 5 box score between the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays.
The left-hander pitched through driving rain in that inning and gave up the tying run. The 2008 World Series is notable because it is the only Fall Classic to involve a mid-game postponement and resumption (two days later). The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 27, 2008 at Citizens Bank Park. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name. The 2008 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2008 season. The 104th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies and the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays; the Phillies won the series, four games to one. Oct 27, 2008, Attendance: 45940, Time of Game: 3:28. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only.
We present them here for purely educational purposes. ""The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." 2008 World Series - Philadelphia Phillies over Tampa Bay Rays (4-1) series statistics and schedule. Visit Baseball-Reference.com for the complete box score, play-by-play, and win probability
Philadelphia Phillies beat Tampa Bay Rays (4-3).
Giving up just one run in those impossible pitching conditions was a win in itself. John Barpo of Allentown, Pa., puts on a plastic rain poncho before Game 5 of the World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays in Philadelphia, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Tampa Bay Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye.
- Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)Tampa Bay Rays 3, Philadelphia Phillies 4The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. Many thanks to him.
Of all the innings that Hamels worked in that postseason, none was more taxing than the sixth inning of Game 5 of the World Series. Logos were compiled by the amazing Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Some defensive statistics Copyright © Some high school data is courtesy David McWater.Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis.