Detroit Tigers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
April 30, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1999 at Tropicana Field. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 7, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Catalanotto 2b 4 0 2 1
  Easley 2b 1 0 0 0
Jefferies dh 4 0 1 1
Higginson rf 3 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 4 2 2 1
Garcia lf 4 1 1 0
Kapler cf 4 1 1 2
Ausmus c 4 1 2 1
Cruz ss 4 2 3 1
Weaver p 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 12 7
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
McCracken cf 5 0 1 0
Martinez rf 3 0 0 0
Canseco dh 4 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 3 2 2 0
Flaherty c 4 2 2 3
Boggs 3b 3 0 1 0
Sorrento lf 3 0 0 1
Smith 2b 1 1 0 0
  Winn ph 1 0 0 0
Stocker ss 4 0 1 0
Arrojo p 0 0 0 0
  Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 4
Detroit 001 300 0307121
Tampa Bay 000 200 120571
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Weaver  W (3-1) 5.0 4 2 2 3 5
  Nitkowski   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Brocail   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Jones  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
5
9
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Arrojo  L (1-3) 6.0 8 4 4 2 7
  Aldred   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Lopez   0.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Yan   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
4
10

  E–Palmer (6), Sorrento (1).  DP–Detroit 2, Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Detroit D Cruz (4,off Arrojo); Catalanotto (5,off Arrojo), Tampa Bay McGriff (4,off Weaver); Flaherty (5,off Weaver).  HR–Detroit Palmer (3,8th inning off Lopez 0 on, 0 out); Kapler (1,8th inning off Lopez 1 on, 0 out), Tampa Bay Flaherty (3,8th inning off Brocail 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Higginson (1,by Arrojo).  SF–Sorrento (1,off Weaver).  SB–Palmer (2,2nd base off Arrojo/Flaherty); McCracken (5,2nd base off Weaver/Ausmus).  CS–Higginson (3,2nd base by Aldred/Flaherty); Clark (1,2nd base by Yan/Flaherty); McCracken (2,Home by Weaver/Ausmus).  WP–Nitkowski (1), Lopez (2).  HBP–Arrojo (2,Higginson).  U-HP–Ed Hickox, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:58.  A–19,177.
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