Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Texas Rangers
July 19, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 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 4, Texas Rangers 7

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
McCracken cf 4 1 1 1
Boggs 3b 4 0 2 2
Martinez rf 4 0 1 0
McGriff dh 4 1 1 0
Trammell lf 4 0 2 0
Sorrento 1b 4 0 1 0
Cairo 2b 4 1 2 1
DiFelice c 3 0 0 0
  Winn ph 1 0 0 0
Stocker ss 3 1 1 0
Rekar p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 4 1 1 0
McLemore 2b 2 1 0 0
Greer lf 4 1 2 2
Gonzalez rf 4 1 1 2
Clark 1b 4 2 2 2
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0
Alicea dh 4 0 1 0
Elster ss 3 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 4 1 2 1
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 7
Tampa Bay 010 020 1004110
Texas 020 050 00x7100
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rekar  L (0-2) 4.1 8 7 7 3 2
  White   3.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
3
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett  W (6-10) 7.0 10 4 4 1 4
  Gunderson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wetteland  SV (27) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 1, Texas 1.  2B–Tampa Bay McGriff (18,off Burkett); Boggs (15,off Burkett); Cairo (15,off Burkett), Texas Greer (15,off Rekar).  3B–Tampa Bay McCracken (5,off Burkett).  HR–Texas Gonzalez (27,2nd inning off Rekar 0 on, 0 out); Clark (14,5th inning off Rekar 1 on, 1 out).  SF–McCracken (7,off Burkett).  WP–Rekar (1).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:35.  A–34,700.
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