Chicago White Sox vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
April 3, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 3, 1998 at Tropicana Field. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 10, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 4 3 1 0
Cameron cf 4 2 1 0
Thomas 1b 3 2 2 4
  Norton 1b 0 0 0 0
Belle lf 3 0 0 1
  Abbott lf 0 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 4 1 4 3
Sierra dh 5 0 2 2
Ordonez rf 5 0 1 0
Kreuter c 5 1 2 0
Caruso ss 5 1 2 0
Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Rizzo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 15 10
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
McCracken cf 5 1 1 0
Cairo 2b 5 1 3 1
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 0
  Butler rf 1 1 1 1
McGriff 1b 5 0 3 0
Sorrento dh 5 0 1 0
Trammell lf 3 1 1 1
Martinez rf 2 0 1 0
  Smith ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Flaherty c 4 0 0 0
Stocker ss 3 0 0 0
  Ledesma ss 1 0 0 0
Gorecki p 0 0 0 0
  Carlson p 0 0 0 0
  Tatis p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 3
Chicago 201 030 04010151
Tampa Bay 010 000 0034110
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baldwin  W (1-0) 6.0 7 1 1 2 5
  Foulke   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Castillo   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Rizzo   1.0 3 3 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
2
4
6
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Gorecki  L (0-1) 4.2 8 6 6 4 2
  Carlson   2.1 3 0 0 0 3
  Tatis   0.1 4 4 4 2 1
  Lopez   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
10
10
6
6

  E–Durham (1).  DP–Chicago 1, Tampa Bay 2.  2B–Chicago Sierra (1,off Gorecki); Caruso (1,off Carlson); Kreuter (1,off Tatis); Thomas (3,off Tatis), Tampa Bay Sorrento (3,off Baldwin); McCracken (2,off Baldwin); McGriff (2,off T Castillo); Cairo (1,off Rizzo).  3B–Chicago Cameron (1,off Gorecki); Sierra (1,off Gorecki).  HR–Tampa Bay Trammell (1,2nd inning off Baldwin 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Belle (1,off Gorecki); Thomas (1,off Gorecki).  IBB–Belle (1,by Tatis).  SB–Durham (1,2nd base off Gorecki/Flaherty).  WP–Baldwin (1), Rizzo (2), Tatis (1).  IBB–Tatis (1,Belle).  U-HP–Terry Craft, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–3:22.  A–31,816.
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