Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
April 21, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1999 at Tropicana Field. 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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Baltimore Orioles 8, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 14

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 5 0 1 0
Bordick ss 3 0 1 0
  Garcia pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Anderson cf 4 1 1 0
Belle rf 5 0 0 0
Baines dh 4 1 1 1
Surhoff lf 5 2 2 3
Conine 1b 4 1 2 1
Webster c 4 1 0 0
Otanez 3b 4 1 3 2
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Linton p 0 0 0 0
  Fetters p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 11 7
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 5 2 2 2
Martinez rf 4 0 2 2
Canseco dh 4 3 3 3
McGriff 1b 1 1 1 0
  Smith 3b 4 0 0 0
Flaherty c 5 1 2 2
Boggs 3b,1b 5 2 2 0
McCracken lf 5 2 3 4
Cairo 2b 4 1 2 1
Stocker ss 3 2 0 0
Rekar p 0 0 0 0
  Duvall p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 14 17 14
Baltimore 010 300 3018111
Tampa Bay 220 703 00x14171
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina  L (2-1) 3.2 11 10 10 2 3
  Linton   2.1 5 4 4 0 2
  Fetters   2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
8.0
17
14
14
2
9
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rekar  W (2-0) 6.2 8 6 3 2 3
  Duvall   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Lopez   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Yan   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
5
2
4

  E–Otanez (2), Smith (2).  2B–Baltimore Surhoff (3,off Rekar); Conine 2 (3,off Rekar 2), Tampa Bay McGriff (3,off Mussina); Winn 2 (6,off Mussina 2); Martinez (5,off Mussina); Cairo (2,off Linton).  3B–Tampa Bay McCracken (1,off Linton).  HR–Baltimore Otanez (2,4th inning off Rekar 1 on, 2 out); Surhoff (2,7th inning off Duvall 2 on, 2 out), Tampa Bay Canseco 2 (8,4th inning off Mussina 1 on, 1 out,6th inning off Linton 0 on, 0 out); McCracken (1,4th inning off Linton 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Anderson (2,by Rekar).  SF–Martinez (2,off Mussina).  WP–Yan (2).  HBP–Rekar (1,Anderson).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:03.  A–22,119.
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