Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
September 18, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1998 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Toronto Blue Jays 1, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 4 0 0 0
Green rf 4 0 0 0
Canseco dh 3 1 2 1
Delgado 1b 3 0 0 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 3 0 0 0
Fernandez 3b 3 0 1 0
  Evans 3b 0 0 0 0
Santiago c 3 0 0 0
Grebeck 2b 2 0 0 0
  Witt ph 1 0 0 0
  Perez 2b 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 2 0 0 0
  Crespo ph 1 0 0 0
Escobar p 0 0 0 0
  Withem p 0 0 0 0
  Risley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 4 0 1 0
Boggs dh 4 1 2 0
Smith 3b 4 1 1 0
McGriff 1b 4 1 0 0
Sorrento rf 3 2 3 3
  Kelly pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Ledesma ss 3 0 1 0
Butler lf 4 0 0 0
Cairo 2b 4 0 1 1
DiFelice c 4 0 0 0
Rekar p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 4
Toronto 100 000 000131
Tampa Bay 302 000 10x690
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Escobar  L (6-3) 4.0 5 5 3 4 2
  Withem   3.0 3 1 1 2 2
  Risley   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
4
6
5
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rekar  W (2-7) 8.0 3 1 1 0 6
  Mecir   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
0
7

  E–Delgado (10).  DP–Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Tampa Bay Sorrento (26,off Withem).  3B–Tampa Bay Cairo (5,off Withem).  HR–Toronto Canseco (43,1st inning off Rekar 0 on, 2 out), Tampa Bay Sorrento (17,3rd inning off Escobar 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Fernandez (13,2nd base off Rekar/Difelice); Boggs (3,2nd base off Escobar/Santiago).  CS–Canseco (16,2nd base by Rekar/Difelice).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:35.  A–32,053.
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