Florida Marlins vs Baltimore Orioles
July 2, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1998 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Florida Marlins 3, Baltimore Orioles 5

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Dunwoody cf 4 1 2 0
Renteria ss 3 0 1 0
Kotsay rf 4 1 2 0
Zeile 3b 4 0 1 1
Floyd dh 4 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 1 1 1
Jackson lf 2 0 1 0
  Cangelosi ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Zaun c 3 0 1 0
Counsell 2b 2 0 0 0
  Berg ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Fontenot p 0 0 0 0
  Ojala p 0 0 0 0
  Edmondson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 9 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 1 2 0
Surhoff lf 4 0 1 0
Davis dh 4 1 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 1 1 2
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 1 1 1
Anderson cf 4 0 1 0
Carter rf 3 0 1 1
  Becker pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Webster c 4 0 2 0
Bordick ss 3 1 0 0
Ponson p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 4
Florida 200 000 100391
Baltimore 200 120 00x5100
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Fontenot  L (0-7) 4.2 8 5 4 1 0
  Ojala   2.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Edmondson   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
4
2
0
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ponson  W (2-6) 6.0 7 2 2 0 4
  Rhodes   1.1 1 1 1 2 2
  Benitez  SV (9) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
8

  E–Lee (5).  DP–Florida 2, Baltimore 3.  2B–Baltimore Alomar (18,off Fontenot); Webster 2 (9,off Fontenot,off Ojala); Anderson (14,off Edmondson).  HR–Florida Lee (9,7th inning off Rhodes 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore Palmeiro (26,1st inning off Fontenot 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Renteria (5,off Ponson).  HBP–Bordick (8,by Fontenot).  IBB–Carter (3,by Edmondson).  SB–Renteria (28,2nd base off Ponson/Webster); Bordick (4,2nd base off Fontenot/Zaun).  CS–Zeile (3,2nd base by Ponson/Webster).  WP–Fontenot (6).  HBP–Fontenot (5,Bordick).  IBB–Edmondson (2,Carter).  U-HP–Terry Craft, 1B–Mike Everitt, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–2:37.  A–46,006.
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