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Longoria leads Rays against White Sox

Apr 19, 2008 - 1:31 PM Chi White Sox (10-6) at Tampa Bay (7-10) 7:10 pm EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) - Rookie Evan Longoria is living up to expectations.

Longoria and the Rays try to bounce back from a loss when they continue their three-game series with the Chicago White Sox on Saturday.

The 22-year-old Longoria - who is batting .304 with a home run and four RBI in seven games after being called-up from Class-AAA Durham last Saturday - had a double, a walk and drove in a run as the Rays suffered a 9-2 setback to the White Sox in the series-opener on Friday.

The loss came just hours after the Rays locked up Longoria for almost a decade as the third baseman inked a nine-year contract - the longest in franchise history. The contract guarantees Longoria to make $17.5 million.

The Rays need Longoria to keep producing when Andy Sonnastine (1-1, 8.80 ERA) takes the mound on Saturday.

The 25-year-old righthander allowed seven runs and nine hits in just 3 1/3 innings, but did not factor in the decision during Monday's 8-7 loss to the New York Yankees.

Mark Buehrle (1-1, 5.74) counters for the White Sox after suffering his first loss of the season on Monday during a 2-1 setback to the Oakland Athletics. The veteran lefthander surrendered just two earned runs and nine hits in seven innings.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
    TAMPA BAY 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 x 5 12 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CHA - MARK BUEHRLE, MIKE MACDOUGAL (8TH) AND TOBY HALL
    TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE AND SHAWN RIGGANS

    HOME RUNS: CHA - NONE
    TAM - NONE

    Apr 19 9:43 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY B.J. UPTON SCORED CARL CRAWFORD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B UPTON ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
    TAMPA BAY 5 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: C PENA (.190, 1-FOR-2, BB)

    White Sox 0, Rays 5  Bot 7, 0 OutsApr 19 9:02 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY SHAWN RIGGANS SCORED JONNY GOMES.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
    TAMPA BAY 4 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J BARTLETT (.217, 1-FOR-1, RBI)

    White Sox 0, Rays 4  Bot 4, 0 OutsApr 19 8:49 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY AKINORI IWAMURA SCORED SHAWN RIGGANS.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, A IWAMURA ON FIRST, J BARTLETT ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
    TAMPA BAY 3 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: C CRAWFORD (.263, 1-FOR-1)

    White Sox 0, Rays 3  Bot 2, 0 OutsApr 19 8:38 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JASON BARTLETT SCORED ERIC HINSKE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J BARTLETT ON FIRST, S RIGGANS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
    TAMPA BAY 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.209, 0-FOR-1)

    White Sox 0, Rays 2  Bot 2, 0 OutsApr 19 8:38 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ERIC HINSKE SCORED JONNY GOMES.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E HINSKE ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
    TAMPA BAY 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: S RIGGANS (.242, 2 HR, 7 RBI)

    White Sox 0, Rays 1  Bot 2, 0 OutsApr 19 8:37 PM

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