Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Minnesota Twins
April 29, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1998 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0, Minnesota Twins 2

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Martinez cf 4 0 2 0
  Flaherty c 0 0 0 0
Cairo 2b 4 0 0 0
Butler lf 4 0 2 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 0 0
Kelly rf 4 0 1 0
Sorrento dh 3 0 0 0
Smith 3b 3 0 0 0
DiFelice c 2 0 0 0
  McCracken ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Stocker ss 3 0 0 0
Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Tatis p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 3 0 0 0
Lawton lf 3 1 0 0
Molitor dh 4 0 3 1
Coomer 3b 4 0 1 0
Ochoa rf 3 0 0 0
Ortiz 1b 2 0 0 1
Steinbach c 3 0 0 0
Gates 2b 2 0 0 0
Meares ss 3 1 2 0
Tewksbury p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 6 2
Tampa Bay 000 000 000050
Minnesota 000 000 11x261
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Alvarez  L (3-3) 7.1 5 2 2 3 3
  Tatis   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lopez   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
3
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury  W (3-3) 8.0 5 0 0 0 9
  Aguilera  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
0
10

  E–Meares (6).  DP–Tampa Bay 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Tampa Bay Martinez (3,off Tewksbury).  SF–Ortiz (1,off Alvarez).  SB–Butler (2,2nd base off Tewksbury/Steinbach); Kelly (1,2nd base off Tewksbury/Steinbach).  CS–Meares (1,2nd base by Alvarez/Difelice).  WP–Lopez (1).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:33.  A–8,964.
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