Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
May 13, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 13, 1998 at Tropicana Field. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Mack dh 4 0 0 0
Halter ss 5 1 1 0
Offerman 2b 3 1 2 0
King 1b 2 0 0 1
  Young lf 2 0 1 1
Conine lf,1b 3 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 4 1 1 0
Dye rf 4 1 2 0
Fasano c 3 0 1 0
Damon cf 4 0 1 2
Rapp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Martinez rf 3 0 0 0
McCracken cf 3 0 1 0
Boggs 3b 4 0 2 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 0 0
Sorrento dh 3 0 0 0
Kelly lf 3 0 1 0
Flaherty c 2 0 0 0
  Winn ph 1 0 0 0
  DiFelice c 0 0 0 0
Stocker ss 3 0 0 0
Cairo 2b 3 0 0 0
Saunders p 0 0 0 0
  Carlson p 0 0 0 0
  Tatis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Kansas City 100 000 120490
Tampa Bay 000 000 000041
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rapp  W (3-3) 9.0 4 0 0 2 10
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
10
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Saunders  L (1-4) 6.2 6 2 2 4 8
  Carlson   1.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Tatis   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
6
8

  E–Cairo (5).  DP–Kansas City 1, Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Kansas City Halter (6,off Saunders); Young (3,off Saunders), Tampa Bay McCracken (14,off Rapp).  SH–Fasano (1,off Carlson).  SF–King (4,off Saunders).  CS–Martinez (3,2nd base by Rapp/Fasano).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:38.  A–25,224.
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