Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
August 12, 1998 Box Score

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

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Baltimore Orioles 7, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 0 1 0
Anderson cf 5 0 1 0
Davis dh 4 1 1 0
  Greene pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 5 2 3 2
Ripken, Jr. 3b 5 0 1 0
Surhoff lf 2 2 1 1
Webster c 5 0 1 0
Becker rf 2 1 0 0
Bordick ss 3 0 1 3
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 6
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 4 0 1 0
McCracken lf 4 0 1 0
Smith 3b 3 0 0 0
McGriff dh 4 0 1 0
Sorrento 1b 4 0 0 0
Cairo 2b 4 0 1 0
Butler rf 3 0 0 0
Flaherty c 3 0 0 0
Stocker ss 2 0 1 0
Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Baltimore 012 002 0027100
Tampa Bay 000 000 000050
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  W (12-9) 9.0 5 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
5
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Alvarez  L (5-11) 5.1 7 5 5 3 2
  White   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Yan   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Springer   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
5
2

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Alomar (26,off Alvarez); Davis (23,off Alvarez); Bordick (18,off Alvarez).  HR–Baltimore Palmeiro (36,3rd inning off Alvarez 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Bordick (3,off Alvarez).  HBP–Surhoff (1,by Alvarez); Smith (6,by Erickson).  SB–McCracken (15,2nd base off Erickson/Webster).  WP–Springer (6).  HBP–Erickson (6,Smith); Alvarez (8,Surhoff).  U-HP–Martin Foster, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–2:53.  A–29,211.
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