Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Boston Red Sox
June 14, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 14, 1998 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2, Boston Red Sox 3

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
McCracken cf 4 0 1 0
Boggs dh 5 0 3 1
McGriff 1b 4 0 2 0
Smith 3b 5 1 2 1
Martinez rf 5 0 1 0
DiFelice c 4 0 0 0
Kelly lf 3 0 2 0
  Winn ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Stocker ss 3 1 2 0
  Sorrento ph 1 0 0 0
  Ledesma ss 0 0 0 0
Cairo 2b 3 0 0 0
Saunders p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 13 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis rf 3 1 0 0
Valentin 3b 3 1 0 0
Garciaparra ss 4 1 2 1
Vaughn 1b 3 0 2 1
  Benjamin pr,1b 1 0 1 0
Leyritz dh 3 0 0 0
  Jefferson ph,dh 2 0 0 0
O'Leary lf 4 0 2 1
Buford cf 4 0 0 0
Merloni 2b 4 0 3 0
Varitek c 3 0 0 0
Avery p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Tampa Bay 000 011 000 02130
Boston 100 001 000 13101
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Saunders   6.0 4 2 2 4 3
  Yan   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Aldred   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Lopez  L (2-2) 0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Ruebel   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mecir   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.1
10
3
3
5
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Avery   6.0 9 2 2 1 2
  Lowe   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Mahay   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Corsi   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Gordon  W (4-1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
13
2
2
2
3

  E–Valentin (9).  DP–Tampa Bay 1, Boston 3.  2B–Tampa Bay Kelly (9,off Avery); Boggs 2 (10,off Avery,off Gordon).  HR–Tampa Bay Smith (5,6th inning off Avery 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Cairo (6,off Lowe); Varitek (2,off Yan).  IBB–McGriff (4,by Gordon).  SF–Garciaparra (2,off Saunders).  CS–McCracken (3,2nd base by Avery/Varitek); Kelly (3,2nd base by Avery/Varitek); Valentin (3,2nd base by Saunders/Difelice).  SB–Lewis (11,2nd base off Saunders/Difelice); Merloni (1,2nd base off Hernandez/Difelice).  WP–Saunders (2).  IBB–Gordon (1,McGriff).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–3:34.  A–27,768.
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