Detroit Tigers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
May 2, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 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 8, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Catalanotto 1b 5 1 2 2
Easley 2b 4 2 1 2
Higginson dh 5 1 3 0
Palmer 3b 4 1 1 0
Kapler cf 5 1 1 1
Garcia rf 4 0 0 0
Encarnacion lf 4 0 2 3
Haselman c 4 1 1 0
Cruz ss 3 1 1 0
Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Kida p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 8
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 4 1 0 0
McCracken lf 5 0 3 0
Canseco dh 5 0 2 1
McGriff 1b 4 1 2 1
Flaherty c 5 0 0 0
Clyburn rf 3 0 1 0
Smith 3b 4 0 1 0
Lamb 2b 3 0 1 0
Stocker ss 4 0 0 0
Santana p 0 0 0 0
  Rekar p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 10 2
Detroit 400 202 0008121
Tampa Bay 000 110 0002102
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  W (4-2) 6.0 8 2 2 2 1
  Nitkowski   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Kida   2.0 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
4
5
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Santana  L (1-3) 5.0 10 8 7 2 4
  Rekar   3.0 2 0 0 1 1
  White   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
8
7
3
7

  E–Nitkowski (1), Smith (4), Santana (1).  DP–Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Detroit Higginson 2 (9,off Santana 2); Encarnacion 2 (5,off Santana 2); D Cruz (5,off Santana); Catalanotto (6,off Rekar); Palmer (6,off Rekar), Tampa Bay Canseco (5,off Thompson).  HR–Detroit Easley (5,4th inning off Santana 1 on, 1 out), Tampa Bay McGriff (6,4th inning off Thompson 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Encarnacion (4,2nd base by Santana/Flaherty); McCracken (3,2nd base by Thompson/Haselman).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:06.  A–20,644.
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