Chicago White Sox vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
April 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 5, 1998 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago White Sox 0, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 4 0 0 0
Cameron cf 4 0 1 0
Thomas 1b 4 0 0 0
Belle dh 2 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 3 0 0 0
Sierra lf 3 0 1 0
Ordonez rf 3 0 1 0
Snopek ss 3 0 1 0
Kreuter c 1 0 0 0
Bere p 0 0 0 0
  Rizzo p 0 0 0 0
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 4 0
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
McCracken cf 4 1 2 0
Cairo 2b 4 1 2 2
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 0
McGriff dh 3 1 1 1
Sorrento 1b 3 0 1 0
Butler lf 3 0 0 1
Martinez rf 2 1 1 0
Flaherty c 3 0 0 0
Stocker ss 3 1 1 0
Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 4
Chicago 000 000 000040
Tampa Bay 002 120 00x580
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bere  L (0-1) 5.0 7 5 5 3 3
  Rizzo   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Karchner   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
3
4
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Alvarez  W (1-1) 6.2 3 0 0 3 2
  Yan   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Mecir   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
5
3

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, Tampa Bay 2.  2B–Tampa Bay Sorrento (4,off Bere); McGriff (3,off Bere).  SF–Butler (1,off Bere).  CS–Cameron (1,2nd base by Alvarez/Flaherty); Belle (2,2nd base by Alvarez/Flaherty).  SB–Cairo (2,2nd base off Bere/Kreuter).  WP–Bere (1).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:42.  A–33,733.
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