Oakland Athletics vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
July 26, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1998 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 1, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 1 0 0 0
Roberts 2b 4 0 0 0
Grieve rf 4 0 1 0
Stairs dh 4 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 3 0 1 0
Blowers 3b 4 1 1 1
Christenson cf 2 0 0 0
  Voigt cf 1 0 0 0
Bournigal ss 3 0 0 0
Hinch c 2 0 0 0
Candiotti p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 3 1
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 4 0 1 0
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 0
  Kelly rf 0 0 0 0
McCracken lf 4 1 1 0
McGriff 1b 4 1 4 2
Sorrento dh 2 1 0 0
Cairo 2b 4 0 2 0
Butler rf 2 0 0 0
  Smith 3b 1 0 0 0
Flaherty c 4 0 1 1
Stocker ss 3 0 1 0
Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 10 3
Oakland 010 000 000130
Tampa Bay 012 000 00x3100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti  L (5-13) 7.0 10 3 3 3 5
  Taylor   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
3
6
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Alvarez  W (5-8) 7.0 3 1 1 5 4
  Yan  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
5
5

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 2.  2B–Oakland Giambi (22,off Alvarez), Tampa Bay Cairo (16,off Candiotti); Stocker (9,off Candiotti).  3B–Tampa Bay McCracken (6,off Candiotti).  HR–Oakland Blowers (7,2nd inning off Alvarez 0 on, 2 out), Tampa Bay McGriff (10,3rd inning off Candiotti 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Henderson (43,2nd base off Alvarez/Flaherty).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:34.  A–37,194.
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