Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Detroit Tigers
August 28, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1998 at Tiger Stadium. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4, Detroit Tigers 3

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 4 1 2 0
McCracken lf 4 1 1 0
Boggs 3b 3 1 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 0 0
Trammell rf 4 1 1 1
  Kelly rf 0 0 0 0
Sorrento dh 4 0 2 3
Ledesma ss 4 0 0 0
Flaherty c 4 0 1 0
Cairo 2b 3 0 1 0
Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Easley 2b 4 1 1 0
Higginson rf 4 1 1 1
Encarnacion cf 4 0 1 1
Clark 1b 3 0 1 0
Berroa dh 3 0 1 0
  Catalanotto ph,dh 0 0 0 1
Alvarez 3b 3 0 0 0
  Bako ph,c 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 4 0 0 0
Cruz ss 4 1 2 0
  Hunter pr 0 0 0 0
Siddall c 1 0 0 0
  Randa ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Moehler p 0 0 0 0
  Runyan p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Tampa Bay 300 000 001480
Detroit 000 000 030370
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Alvarez   5.0 2 0 0 2 5
  Yan   2.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Aldred   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Mecir  W (7-2) 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Hernandez  SV (22) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler  L (12-11) 8.1 7 4 4 1 8
  Runyan   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Brocail   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
9

  E–None.  2B–Tampa Bay Winn (5,off Moehler); Sorrento (23,off Moehler); Cairo (22,off Moehler), Detroit Encarnacion (4,off Mecir).  HR–Tampa Bay Trammell (10,9th inning off Moehler 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Catalanotto (4,off Mecir).  IBB–Clark (4,by Mecir).  SB–Winn (23,2nd base off Moehler/Siddall); Hunter (35,2nd base off Hernandez/Flaherty).  IBB–Mecir (5,Clark).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Bill Miller, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:49.  A–19,534.
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