Detroit Tigers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
May 1, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1999 at Tropicana Field. 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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Detroit Tigers 3, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Higginson rf 3 0 0 1
Easley 2b 4 0 0 0
Encarnacion lf 4 1 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 3 1 0 0
Kapler cf 3 0 1 1
Jefferies dh 2 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 1 1 0
Cruz ss 3 0 1 0
Moehler p 0 0 0 0
  Runyan p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 4 2
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 3 1 2 1
Martinez rf 4 1 1 1
Canseco dh 4 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 1 1
Boggs 3b 3 0 0 0
  Lamb 2b 1 0 0 0
Smith 2b,3b 3 0 0 0
Sorrento lf 2 1 1 0
  McCracken pr,lf 0 1 0 0
DiFelice c 3 0 1 0
Stocker ss 2 0 1 1
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Detroit 001 200 000340
Tampa Bay 210 000 10x471
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler  L (3-3) 6.1 7 4 4 1 5
  Runyan   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Anderson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
2
6
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  W (3-0) 7.0 4 3 2 3 2
  Aldred   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Mecir   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez  SV (9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
3
2
3
6

  E–Martinez (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Tampa Bay Winn (7,off Moehler).  3B–Tampa Bay Martinez (1,off Moehler).  SF–Higginson (1,off Witt); Winn (1,off Runyan).  SB–Ausmus (1,2nd base off Witt/Difelice); Encarnacion (8,2nd base off Witt/Difelice); Kapler (1,2nd base off Witt/Difelice).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–2:30.  A–20,040.
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