Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
June 1, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 1, 1998 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 1, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 2 1 0 0
McLemore 2b 3 0 0 0
Greer lf 4 0 3 0
Gonzalez rf 4 0 0 1
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0
Stevens dh 4 0 1 0
Elster ss 3 0 1 0
  Cedeno ss 0 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 2 0 0 0
  Alicea ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Levine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
McCracken cf 3 1 3 3
Cairo 2b 4 0 1 1
Boggs 3b 3 0 0 0
  Smith pr,3b 0 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 0 0
Kelly lf 4 0 0 0
Sorrento dh 3 1 1 0
Ledesma ss 3 0 0 0
Martinez rf 0 0 0 0
  Winn rf 3 1 2 0
DiFelice c 3 1 1 0
Arrojo p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
Texas 000 001 000150
Tampa Bay 000 030 01x480
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett  L (3-5) 7.0 7 4 4 0 6
  Gunderson   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Levine   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
1
7
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Arrojo  W (8-3) 7.0 4 1 1 1 9
  Yan   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Hernandez  SV (11) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
10

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1, Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Texas Greer 2 (7,off Arrojo 2).  HR–Tampa Bay McCracken (4,5th inning off Burkett 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Goodwin (1,by Arrojo).  SH–McCracken (7,off Gunderson).  HBP–Arrojo (7,Goodwin).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–2:31.  A–24,388.
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