Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
September 13, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1998 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 5 0 1 0
McLemore 2b 4 0 1 0
Greer lf 4 2 2 1
Gonzalez rf 4 2 2 2
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0
Stevens 1b 3 0 1 0
Zeile 3b 3 0 0 1
Simms dh 3 0 0 0
  Alicea ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Clayton ss 4 1 1 1
Loaiza p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Levine p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
McCracken cf,lf 3 1 1 1
Boggs dh 4 1 2 4
Smith 3b 5 1 2 1
McGriff 1b 5 1 3 0
Trammell lf 4 1 3 1
  Winn pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Butler rf 2 0 0 0
  Kelly ph,rf 3 1 1 0
Ledesma ss 4 1 1 0
Cairo 2b 4 2 2 1
DiFelice c 4 1 2 2
Rekar p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 17 10
Texas 013 000 010590
Tampa Bay 060 030 01x10170
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza  L (3-4) 1.2 7 6 6 2 0
  Fossas   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Levine   2.1 5 3 3 0 2
  Cadaret   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree   2.0 3 0 0 0 4
  Gunderson   1.1 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
17
10
10
2
9
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rekar   4.1 7 4 4 0 1
  White  W (2-5) 1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Mecir   2.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Hernandez   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
1

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1, Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Texas Rodriguez (39,off Rekar), Tampa Bay Trammell (14,off Loaiza).  HR–Texas Clayton (5,3rd inning off Rekar 0 on, 0 out); Gonzalez (42,3rd inning off Rekar 1 on, 2 out); Greer (14,8th inning off Mecir 0 on, 1 out), Tampa Bay Boggs (7,2nd inning off Loaiza 3 on, 1 out); Smith (11,8th inning off Gunderson 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Zeile (3,off Rekar); McCracken (8,off Cadaret).  WP–Gunderson (4).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:55.  A–34,007.
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