Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
May 10, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1998 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 3, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Hammonds cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 4 1 1 2
Carter dh 4 1 1 1
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 2 0
Alomar 2b 4 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 0 0
Davis rf 2 0 0 0
  Anderson cf 2 0 0 0
Hoiles c 3 0 1 0
  Baines ph 1 0 0 0
Reboulet ss 2 1 1 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
McCracken cf 4 2 1 1
Boggs dh 4 1 2 2
  Cairo pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Kelly lf 4 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 0 0
Smith 3b 4 0 1 0
Martinez rf 3 0 0 0
Ledesma 2b 2 0 2 0
Flaherty c 3 0 0 0
Stocker ss 3 1 1 1
Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
Baltimore 000 003 000371
Tampa Bay 003 000 01x470
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Key   6.0 4 3 1 1 6
  Mills  L (0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Orosco   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Benitez   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
2
1
8
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Alvarez   6.0 5 3 3 1 6
  Yan  W (3-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
8

  E–Ripken (1).  2B–Tampa Bay Smith (6,off Key).  HR–Baltimore Surhoff (4,6th inning off Alvarez 1 on, 2 out); Carter (3,6th inning off Alvarez 0 on, 2 out), Tampa Bay Stocker (4,3rd inning off Key 0 on, 2 out); Boggs (2,3rd inning off Key 1 on, 2 out); McCracken (1,8th inning off Mills 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Ledesma (1,2nd base off Mills/Hoiles); Cairo (3,2nd base off Orosco/Hoiles).  CS–Ledesma (2,2nd base by Key/Hoiles).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:35.  A–34,123.
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