Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Baltimore Orioles
May 17, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1998 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7, Baltimore Orioles 3

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Martinez rf 3 1 1 1
Winn cf 2 0 1 0
  McCracken ph,cf 1 1 0 0
Kelly lf 4 1 1 0
McGriff dh 4 1 1 2
Sorrento 1b 4 1 0 0
McClain 3b 2 1 0 0
  Boggs ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Flaherty c 4 1 2 2
Ledesma ss 4 0 2 1
Cairo 2b 3 0 1 1
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Santana p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 7
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 1 1 3
Surhoff lf 4 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 4 0 2 0
Palmeiro 1b 2 0 0 0
Baines dh 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 3 0 1 0
Hammonds rf 3 1 0 0
Webster c 4 0 1 0
Bordick ss 4 1 1 0
Kamieniecki p 0 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Ponson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Tampa Bay 000 000 250790
Baltimore 000 000 300360
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   6.0 2 0 0 3 6
  Yan   1.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Mecir  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Santana   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
8
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Kamieniecki   7.0 6 2 2 1 4
  Charlton   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Mills  L (0-2) 0.0 0 2 2 2 0
  Orosco   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Benitez   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Ponson   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
6
7

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Tampa Bay Martinez (6,off Kamieniecki); McGriff (10,off Orosco); Kelly (6,off Ponson), Baltimore Ripken (6,off Johnson); Webster (6,off Santana).  HR–Tampa Bay Flaherty (2,7th inning off Kamieniecki 1 on, 1 out), Baltimore Anderson (4,7th inning off Yan 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Winn (1,off Kamieniecki).  HBP–McClain (1,by Kamieniecki); Cairo (1,by Benitez).  CS–Flaherty (3,3rd base by Kamieniecki/Webster).  SB–Palmeiro (3,2nd base off Johnson/Flaherty); Alomar (2,2nd base off Johnson/Flaherty).  HBP–Kamieniecki (1,McClain); Benitez (2,Cairo).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–3:09.  A–47,628.
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