New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
July 12, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1998 at Tropicana Field. The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 9, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 2 1 1
Jeter ss 5 1 2 2
Raines lf 3 1 0 0
Martinez 1b 5 1 2 4
  Sveum 1b 0 0 0 0
Posada c 4 1 1 1
Strawberry dh 3 0 0 0
  Bush pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Curtis cf 4 1 3 1
Brosius 3b 3 1 1 0
Ledee rf 4 0 1 0
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 9
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 4 0 0 0
McCracken lf 3 1 1 0
Smith 3b 1 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 1 1
Trammell dh 2 0 0 0
  Sorrento ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Kelly rf 2 0 0 0
  Martinez ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Ledesma ss 4 0 1 0
DiFelice c 3 0 0 0
Cairo 2b 3 1 2 1
Saunders p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
New York 011 000 0079110
Tampa Bay 000 011 000260
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   5.0 4 1 1 3 4
  Mendoza   2.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Stanton  W (4-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
6
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Saunders   6.0 5 2 2 3 4
  Lopez   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Hernandez  L (0-4) 0.1 1 5 5 1 1
  Aldred   0.0 2 2 2 1 0
  White   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
9
9
5
10

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Curtis 2 (12,off Saunders 2); Knoblauch (16,off Saunders); Martinez 2 (19,off Saunders,off Aldred), Tampa Bay McCracken (20,off Mendoza).  HR–Tampa Bay Cairo (4,5th inning off Wells 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Curtis (1,off Hernandez); Brosius (5,off Hernandez); Smith (2,off Mendoza).  HBP–Knoblauch (13,by Hernandez).  IBB–Raines (1,by Aldred).  CS–Jeter (3,3rd base by Saunders/Difelice); McCracken (8,2nd base by Wells/Posada); Ledesma (3,2nd base by Wells/Posada).  HBP–Hernandez (5,Knoblauch).  IBB–Aldred (2,Raines).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–3:26.  A–43,373.
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