Final
Series tied 1-1 (as of 5/15)
| Game 1: Thursday, May 14 | ||
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| Cleveland | 11 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 7 | |
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| Game 2: Friday, May 15 | ||
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| Cleveland | 7 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 8 | |
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| Game 3: Saturday, May 16 | ||
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| Cleveland | 2 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 4 | |
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| Game 4: Sunday, May 17 | ||
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| Cleveland | 5 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 7 | |
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7:38 PM ET, May 15, 2009
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
W: D. Wheeler (1-0)
L: L. Vizcaino (0-1)
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Cleveland - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Kazmir pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| G Sizemore homered to right. | 1 | 0 |
| A Cabrera struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| V Martinez singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| S Choo grounded into fielder's choice to second, V Martinez out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| J Peralta walked, S Choo to second. | 1 | 0 |
| M DeRosa singled to left, S Choo scored, J Peralta to second. | 2 | 0 |
| R Garko flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Anthony Reyes pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| B Upton flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| C Crawford struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| E Longoria struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Scott Kazmir pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| M LaPorta lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| J Carroll singled to left. | 2 | 0 |
| G Sizemore flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| A Cabrera struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Anthony Reyes pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| C Pena bunt grounded out to pitcher. | 2 | 0 |
| W Aybar struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| G Gross flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Scott Kazmir pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| V Martinez singled to right. | 2 | 0 |
| V Martinez to second on wild pitch by S Kazmir. | 2 | 0 |
| S Choo walked. | 2 | 0 |
| J Peralta singled to left, V Martinez to third, S Choo to second. | 2 | 0 |
| M DeRosa walked, V Martinez scored, S Choo to third, J Peralta to second. | 3 | 0 |
| R Garko singled to center, S Choo scored, J Peralta to third, M DeRosa to second. | 4 | 0 |
| M LaPorta hit sacrifice fly to right, J Peralta scored. | 5 | 0 |
| J Carroll singled to center, M DeRosa thrown out at home, R Garko to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Cleveland's Manager E Wedge ejected by G Gibson in the 3rd. | 5 | 0 |
| G Sizemore grounded out to second. | 5 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Anthony Reyes pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| A Iwamura flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| J Bartlett lined out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| D Navarro grounded out to second. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Scott Kazmir pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| A Cabrera walked. | 5 | 0 |
| V Martinez lined out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| S Choo homered to right, A Cabrera scored. | 7 | 0 |
| J Peralta doubled to deep left. | 7 | 0 |
| L Cormier relieved S Kazmir. | 7 | 0 |
| M DeRosa flied out to right, J Peralta to third. | 7 | 0 |
| R Garko flied out to right. | 7 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Anthony Reyes pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| B Upton doubled to deep left. | 7 | 0 |
| C Crawford grounded out to third. | 7 | 0 |
| B Upton stole third. | 7 | 0 |
| E Longoria walked. | 7 | 0 |
| C Pena singled to right, B Upton scored, E Longoria to third, E Longoria scored, C Pena to second on throwing error by right fielder S Choo. | 7 | 2 |
| W Aybar singled to center, C Pena scored. | 7 | 3 |
| G Gross lined out to third. | 7 | 3 |
| A Iwamura flied out to center. | 7 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Lance Cormier pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| M LaPorta grounded out to third. | 7 | 3 |
| J Carroll struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| G Sizemore reached on bunt single to pitcher. | 7 | 3 |
| G Sizemore stole second. | 7 | 3 |
| A Cabrera lined out to center. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Anthony Reyes pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| J Bartlett grounded out to second. | 7 | 3 |
| D Navarro popped out to shortstop. | 7 | 3 |
| B Upton struck out looking. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Lance Cormier pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| V Martinez struck out looking. | 7 | 3 |
| S Choo walked. | 7 | 3 |
| J Peralta flied out to center. | 7 | 3 |
| M DeRosa struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, -1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Anthony Reyes pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| C Crawford singled to right center. | 7 | 3 |
| C Crawford stole second. | 7 | 3 |
| E Longoria singled to center, C Crawford scored. | 7 | 4 |
| C Pena flied out to left. | 7 | 4 |
| T Sipp relieved An Reyes. | 7 | 4 |
| E Longoria to second on wild pitch by T Sipp. | 7 | 4 |
| W Aybar walked. | 7 | 4 |
| B Zobrist hit for G Gross. | 7 | 4 |
| J Lewis relieved T Sipp. | 7 | 4 |
| B Zobrist grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, W Aybar out at second, E Longoria to third, E Longoria scored on throwing error by second baseman J Carroll. | 7 | 5 |
| B Zobrist stole second. | 7 | 5 |
| A Iwamura flied out to left. | 7 | 5 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Troy Percival pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| B Zobrist in right field. | 7 | 5 |
| T Percival relieved L Cormier. | 7 | 5 |
| R Garko struck out swinging. | 7 | 5 |
| M LaPorta flied out to left. | 7 | 5 |
| J Carroll flied out to right. | 7 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jensen Lewis pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| J Bartlett doubled to deep left. | 7 | 5 |
| D Navarro sacrificed to pitcher, J Bartlett to third. | 7 | 5 |
| J Bartlett scored on J Lewis' wild pitch. | 7 | 6 |
| B Upton singled to right. | 7 | 6 |
| C Crawford singled to left, B Upton to second. | 7 | 6 |
| R Betancourt relieved J Lewis. | 7 | 6 |
| B Upton stole third, C Crawford stole second. | 7 | 6 |
| E Longoria struck out swinging. | 7 | 6 |
| C Pena intentionally walked. | 7 | 6 |
| W Aybar popped out to shortstop. | 7 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| J.P. Howell pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| J Howell relieved T Percival. | 7 | 6 |
| G Sizemore popped out to shortstop. | 7 | 6 |
| A Cabrera bunt grounded out to pitcher. | 7 | 6 |
| V Martinez grounded out to first. | 7 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Rafael Betancourt pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| B Zobrist homered to right. | 7 | 7 |
| A Iwamura walked. | 7 | 7 |
| J Bartlett struck out swinging. | 7 | 7 |
| A Iwamura caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 7 | 7 |
| D Navarro grounded out to second. | 7 | 7 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| J.P. Howell pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| S Choo singled to center. | 7 | 7 |
| D Wheeler relieved J Howell. | 7 | 7 |
| J Peralta sacrificed to pitcher, S Choo to second. | 7 | 7 |
| M DeRosa grounded out to third. | 7 | 7 |
| R Garko walked. | 7 | 7 |
| M LaPorta flied out to center. | 7 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Luis Vizcaino pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| L Vizcaino relieved R Betancourt. | 7 | 7 |
| B Upton homered to left. | 7 | 8 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||