Florida Marlins vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
June 23, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1998 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 4, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Dunwoody cf 4 1 1 0
Renteria ss 2 0 0 0
Kotsay rf 4 1 3 3
Zeile 3b 4 0 0 0
Floyd dh 4 1 2 1
Jackson lf 3 0 1 0
  Wehner ph 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 0 0 0
Zaun c 3 0 0 0
Counsell 2b 2 1 0 0
Dempster p 0 0 0 0
  Ojala p 0 0 0 0
  Mantei p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
McCracken cf 4 1 2 0
Cairo 2b 3 0 1 0
Boggs 3b 4 1 1 0
McGriff 1b 3 2 3 1
Sorrento dh 4 2 2 4
Flaherty c 4 0 1 1
Martinez rf 4 0 0 0
Butler lf 4 0 0 0
Stocker ss 2 0 0 0
Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
Florida 000 120 010470
Tampa Bay 100 320 00x6100
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Dempster  L (0-3) 3.2 6 4 4 1 5
  Ojala   3.0 4 2 2 1 3
  Mantei   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
2
9
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Springer   4.2 4 3 3 4 0
  Lopez  W (3-2) 2.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Aldred   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Yan   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Hernandez  SV (16) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
5
3

  E–None.  DP–Florida 1, Tampa Bay 2.  PB–Flaherty (3).  2B–Tampa Bay Sorrento (19,off Dempster).  HR–Florida Floyd (14,4th inning off Springer 0 on, 2 out); Kotsay (4,8th inning off Lopez 0 on, 0 out), Tampa Bay Sorrento (10,5th inning off Ojala 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Renteria (3,by Springer); Cairo (3,by Dempster).  SB–Floyd (11,2nd base off Yan/Flaherty); McGriff (4,2nd base off Dempster/Zaun).  CS–McCracken (6,2nd base by Ojala/Zaun).  WP–Ojala 2 (2), Springer (5).  HBP–Dempster (7,Cairo); Springer (7,Renteria).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Martin Foster, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–2:42.  A–27,523.
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