Montreal Expos vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
June 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1998 at Tropicana Field. The Montreal Expos defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 5, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Santangelo lf 4 0 0 0
Vidro 2b 5 2 2 0
Guerrero rf 5 2 3 3
Fullmer 1b 4 1 1 2
  McGuire 1b 0 0 0 0
White cf 3 0 2 0
Livingstone dh 4 0 0 0
Grudzielanek ss 3 0 2 0
  Mordecai ss 0 0 0 0
Widger c 4 0 0 0
Andrews 3b 4 0 2 0
Hermanson p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Maddux p 0 0 0 0
  Batista p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 12 5
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
McCracken cf 4 0 0 0
  Laker c 0 0 0 0
Cairo 2b 4 0 2 1
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 3 1 0 0
Sorrento dh 4 0 1 0
Smith ss 1 0 0 1
Martinez rf 4 0 0 0
Kelly lf 3 0 0 0
DiFelice c 2 0 0 0
  Winn ph,cf 1 1 1 0
White p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Montreal 000 210 2005120
Tampa Bay 000 000 011251
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Hermanson  W (4-4) 5.0 3 0 0 1 6
  Kline   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Maddux   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Batista   1.0 0 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
10
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
White  L (0-2) 5.0 7 3 3 2 2
  Lopez   2.0 3 2 0 0 1
  Yan   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
3
3
3

  E–Smith (6).  DP–Montreal 1, Tampa Bay 3.  2B–Montreal V Guerrero (10,off White); White (12,off Yan).  HR–Montreal Fullmer (4,4th inning off White 1 on, 1 out); V Guerrero (11,7th inning off Lopez 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Smith (2,off Batista).  SB–White (13,2nd base off White/Difelice); Winn (4,2nd base off Maddux/Widger).  CS–Grudzielanek (1,2nd base by White/Difelice).  WP–Batista (2), White 2 (2), Yan (3).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:32.  A–24,025.
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