Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Texas Rangers
July 18, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1998 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers 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 8, Texas Rangers 9

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 3 3 1 1
Boggs 3b 5 0 2 2
  Smith pr,3b 0 0 0 0
McCracken lf 3 0 1 2
Martinez rf 4 0 2 0
Trammell dh 5 1 1 1
Sorrento 1b 4 0 1 0
Cairo 2b 5 1 1 0
Flaherty c 3 1 0 0
  McGriff ph 1 0 1 0
  Kelly pr 0 1 0 0
  DiFelice c 1 0 0 0
Stocker ss 3 1 2 1
Santana p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 7
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 6 1 1 0
Alicea dh 4 2 1 1
Greer lf 5 2 3 3
Gonzalez rf 5 2 2 2
Clark 1b 4 0 4 1
  Goodwin pr 0 1 0 0
  Stevens 1b 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 5 0 3 2
Kelly cf 5 0 1 0
Elster ss 5 0 1 0
Tatis 3b 4 1 2 0
Loaiza p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 18 9
Tampa Bay 100 140 002 08120
Texas 100 002 401 19182
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Santana   6.0 9 3 3 0 0
  White   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Lopez   1.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Hernandez   1.2 2 1 1 0 3
  Yan  L (4-3) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.2
18
9
9
2
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza   5.2 8 6 4 1 6
  Bailes   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Wetteland   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Crabtree  W (4-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
12
8
6
3
7

  E–Rodriguez (4), Tatis (14).  DP–Tampa Bay 2, Texas 2.  PB–Rodriguez (8).  2B–Texas Gonzalez 2 (30,off Santana,off Lopez); Greer (14,off White); Rodriguez (30,off Hernandez).  3B–Tampa Bay Boggs (2,off Wetteland), Texas Alicea (1,off Santana).  HR–Tampa Bay Trammell (2,4th inning off Loaiza 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Winn (5,off Loaiza); Stocker (7,off Wetteland); Tatis (3,off Lopez).  SF–McCracken 2 (6,off Loaiza 2); Alicea (2,off Yan).  IBB–Martinez (4,by Wetteland); Clark (4,by Lopez).  SB–Cairo (9,2nd base off Loaiza/Rodriguez).  CS–Boggs (1,2nd base by Loaiza/Rodriguez).  IBB–Lopez (3,Clark); Wetteland (1,Martinez).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:23.  A–44,356.
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