Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Cleveland Indians
May 7, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1999 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 11, Cleveland Indians 20

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
McCracken cf 6 1 1 0
Martinez rf 4 2 1 0
Perry 3b 5 3 3 2
McGriff 1b 3 3 2 3
Flaherty c 5 1 2 1
Sorrento lf 5 0 2 3
Clyburn dh 4 0 1 0
Lamb 2b 5 0 0 0
Stocker ss 5 1 1 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Gaillard p 0 0 0 0
  Rekar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 11 13 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 2 1 0
Wilson ss 5 2 3 1
Alomar 2b 5 2 3 5
Ramirez rf 4 3 3 2
Fryman 3b 6 2 2 3
Cordero dh 6 3 3 2
Justice lf 4 4 4 5
Alomar, Jr. c 6 2 2 1
Sexson 1b 4 0 0 0
Gooden p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  DeLucia p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 20 21 19
Tampa Bay 013 501 10011133
Cleveland 001 104 77x20213
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Witt   5.1 9 6 6 2 3
  White   1.0 4 4 4 1 1
  Aldred   0.0 0 1 1 0 0
  Mecir  L (0-1) 0.2 2 2 1 2 1
  Gaillard   0.2 5 7 0 2 1
  Rekar   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
21
20
12
7
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   3.2 8 7 4 1 5
  Wagner  W (1-0) 3.1 5 4 2 2 0
  Reed   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  DeLucia   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
11
6
4
6

  E–Flaherty (1), Lamb 2 (2), Wilson (3), M Ramirez 2 (2).  DP–Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Tampa Bay Flaherty (6,off Gooden); Sorrento (4,off Wagner); Perry (1,off Wagner); Martinez (7,off Wagner); McGriff (7,off Wagner), Cleveland Wilson (4,off Witt); S Alomar (8,off Mecir).  3B–Cleveland R Alomar (2,off Witt).  HR–Tampa Bay McGriff (11,3rd inning off Gooden 1 on, 1 out), Cleveland Justice 2 (5,4th inning off Witt 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off Witt 2 on, 1 out); Fryman (6,7th inning off White 2 on, 1 out); Cordero (3,7th inning off White 0 on, 1 out); R Alomar (5,8th inning off Gaillard 3 on, 2 out).  HBP–Clyburn (1,by Wagner); Perry (1,by Wagner); Justice (1,by Aldred).  IBB–Martinez (2,by Gooden).  SB–McCracken (6,2nd base off Gooden/S Alomar); Stocker (6,3rd base off Gooden/S Alomar).  CS–R Alomar (1,2nd base by Witt/Flaherty).  WP–Gooden (2).  HBP–Aldred (1,Justice); Wagner 2 (2,Clyburn,Perry).  IBB–Gooden (2,Martinez).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–4:00.  A–40,601.
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