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Phantastic walk-off
Phillies 5, Rays 4
The Phillies celebrate their walk-off victory in Game 3. (Rich Pilling/Getty)
By Ken Mandel / MLB.com
The start of Game 3 was delayed by rain, but once it started, it was non-stop action until the ninth, when the Phils, who took an early lead on solo homers by Carlos Ruiz, Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, scored the game-winner on Ruiz's single, the first infield walk-off hit in Fall Classic history, to give Philadelphia a 2-1 lead in the series.
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Phillies win series, 4-1
Game Matchup Day Date Time ET TV
Gm 1 PHI 3 @ TB 2 Wed Oct. 22    
Gm 2 PHI 2 @ TB 4 Thu Oct. 23    
Gm 3 TB 4 @ PHI 5 Sat Oct. 25    
Gm 4 TB 2 @ PHI 10 Sun Oct. 26    
Gm 5 TB 3 @ PHI 4 Mon Oct. 27    
TB
Tampa Bay 		PHI
Philadelphia
October 25, 2008
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
Tampa Bay
 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0   4 6 1
Philadelphia
 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1   5 7 1
Recap: TB | PHI  |  Gameday  |  Rays stats  |  Phillies stats
Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Iwamura, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .273
Upton Jr., CF 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .333
Pena, C, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .000
Longoria, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000
Crawford, C, LF 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .250
Navarro, D, C 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .400
Gross, RF 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 .000
  Balfour, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bartlett, SS 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 .286
Garza, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
  a-Aybar, W, PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
  Bradford, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Howell, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Zobrist, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Totals 32 4 6 3 2 8 10  

a-Walked for Garza in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Crawford, C (1, Moyer), Navarro, D (1, Moyer).
TB: Upton Jr. 2; Crawford, C 3; Navarro, D 3.
RBI: Gross 2 (2), Bartlett (2).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Longoria.
SF: Gross.
Team RISP: 0-for-4.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Crawford, C (1, 3rd base off Moyer/Ruiz), Upton Jr. 3 (3, 2nd base off Moyer/Ruiz, 2nd base off Madson/Ruiz, 3rd base off Madson/Ruiz).

FIELDING
E: Navarro, D (1, throw).
Pickoffs: Howell (Werth at 2nd base).
 
Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Rollins, SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .143
Werth, RF 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 .364
Utley, 2B 4 1 1 2 0 1 3 .250
Howard, 1B 4 1 1 1 0 2 2 .231
Burrell, LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000
  Bruntlett, LF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Victorino, CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .364
Feliz, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200
  b-Dobbs, PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333
Ruiz, C 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 .500
Moyer, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
  Durbin, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Eyre, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Jenkins, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Madson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Romero, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 29 5 7 5 5 9 9  

a-Grounded out for Eyre, S in the 7th. b-Intentionally walked for Feliz in the 9th.

BATTING
HR: Ruiz (1, 2nd inning off Garza, 0 on, 2 out), Utley (2, 6th inning off Garza, 0 on, 0 out), Howard (1, 6th inning off Garza, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Howard 4; Rollins 2; Ruiz 5; Werth; Utley 4.
RBI: Utley 2 (4), Ruiz 2 (3), Howard (1).
2-out RBI: Ruiz.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Burrell.
Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Werth (2, 2nd base off Howell/Navarro, D).
CS: Rollins (1, 2nd base by Garza/Navarro, D).
PO: Werth (2nd base by Howell).

FIELDING
E: Ruiz (2, throw).
 
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Garza 6.0 6 4 4 2 7 3 6.00
Bradford 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Howell (L, 0-1) 1.0 0 1 1 0 2 0 5.40
Balfour 0.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
 
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Moyer 6.1 5 3 3 1 5 0 4.26
Durbin (H, 1) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Eyre, S (H, 1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Madson (BS, 1) 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 0 5.40
Romero, J (W, 1-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

Bradford pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
Howell pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.
Balfour pitched to 3 batters in the 9th.

Game Scores: Garza 49, Moyer 55.
WP: Garza, Balfour.
IBB: Victorino (by Balfour), Dobbs (by Balfour).
HBP: Bruntlett (by Howell).
Pitches-strikes: Garza 102-65, Bradford 15-8, Howell 16-8, Balfour 15-5, Moyer 96-64, Durbin 6-2, Eyre, S 6-3, Madson 15-7, Romero, J 15-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Garza 4-3, Bradford 2-0, Howell 0-0, Balfour 0-0, Moyer 4-8, Durbin 1-0, Eyre, S 0-0, Madson 1-0, Romero, J 2-1.
Batters faced: Garza 25, Bradford 4, Howell 3, Balfour 3, Moyer 25, Durbin 2, Eyre, S 1, Madson 3, Romero, J 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Howell 1-0, Balfour 1-1, Durbin 1-1, Eyre, S 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Fieldin Culbreth. 1B: Tom Hallion. 2B: Jeff Kellogg. 3B: Tim Tschida. LF: Tim Welke. RF: Kerwin Danley.
Weather: 55 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, L to R.
T: 3:41 (1:31 delay).
Att: 45,900.
Venue: Citizens Bank Park.
October 25, 2008
October 25, 2008

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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