Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Baltimore Orioles
August 20, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1998 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4, Baltimore Orioles 2

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
McCracken cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Boggs dh 4 0 0 0
Smith 3b 3 0 0 1
McGriff 1b 4 1 1 0
Trammell lf 3 1 2 1
  Winn cf 1 1 1 0
Sorrento rf 1 0 0 0
  Kelly pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Ledesma ss 2 0 0 0
  Stocker ss 0 0 0 0
Cairo 2b 3 0 1 2
DiFelice c 4 0 1 0
Saunders p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 3 0 0 0
Anderson cf 0 0 0 0
  Becker cf 3 0 0 0
  Bordick ss 0 0 0 0
Davis rf,cf 3 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 3 1 1 1
Hoiles dh 3 0 0 0
  Baines ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 3 1 3 1
Webster c 3 0 0 0
Reboulet ss 2 0 0 0
  Greene ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Key p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
Tampa Bay 000 100 111471
Baltimore 000 000 200240
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Saunders  W (4-11) 7.0 4 2 2 3 6
  Mecir   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Hernandez  SV (21) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
9
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman   6.1 4 2 2 2 7
  Mills   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes  L (3-4) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Smith   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Key   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
7

  E–Stocker (10).  DP–Tampa Bay 2.  PB–Webster (7).  2B–Tampa Bay Trammell (10,off Guzman); Difelice (10,off Guzman).  HR–Tampa Bay Trammell (8,4th inning off Guzman 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Ripken (10,7th inning off Saunders 0 on, 1 out); Surhoff (17,7th inning off Saunders 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Cairo (2,off Mills); Smith (3,off Rhodes).  HBP–Ledesma (1,by Guzman).  IBB–Ledesma (1,by Smith).  SH–Anderson (1,off Saunders).  SB–McCracken (17,2nd base off Rhodes/Webster); Winn 2 (21,2nd base off Smith/Webster,3rd base off Smith/Webster).  CS–Ledesma (5,3rd base by Key/Webster).  HBP–Guzman (7,Ledesma).  IBB–Smith (1,Ledesma).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:06.  A–44,566.
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