Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Chicago White Sox
April 11, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1998 at Comiskey Park II. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5, Chicago White Sox 1

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
McCracken cf 5 1 2 0
Martinez rf 4 1 0 0
Butler lf 2 1 0 0
McGriff 1b 5 0 2 1
Sorrento dh 4 0 3 0
Smith 3b 4 0 1 2
Flaherty c 5 0 0 0
Stocker ss 4 1 3 1
Cairo 2b 4 1 1 0
Gorecki p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cameron cf 3 1 2 0
Durham 2b 4 0 1 0
Thomas 1b 2 0 0 0
Belle lf 4 0 1 0
Ventura 3b 3 0 0 0
Sierra dh 4 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 3 0 0 0
O'Brien c 2 0 0 0
  Frazier ph 1 0 0 0
  Kreuter c 0 0 0 0
Caruso ss 3 0 0 0
Bere p 0 0 0 0
  Eyre p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Rizzo p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 0
Tampa Bay 002 021 0005121
Chicago 100 000 000141
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Gorecki  W (1-1) 7.0 3 1 1 3 5
  Mecir   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
8
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bere  L (0-2) 4.2 6 4 4 5 2
  Eyre   1.2 3 1 0 0 0
  Castillo   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Rizzo   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Foulke   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
4
6
3

  E–Flaherty (1), Durham (2).  DP–Tampa Bay 2, Chicago 1.  2B–Tampa Bay McCracken (3,off C Castillo); Sorrento (5,off Foulke), Chicago Belle (2,off Gorecki).  3B–Tampa Bay Cairo (1,off Eyre).  HR–Tampa Bay Stocker (1,3rd inning off Bere 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Thomas (2,2nd base off Hernandez/Flaherty).  WP–Gorecki (1), Bere (2).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:55.  A–17,332.
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