Minnesota Twins vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
May 12, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1999 at Tropicana Field. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 9, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Walker 2b 4 2 2 0
  Hunter cf 1 0 0 0
Hocking cf,2b 4 2 2 1
Cordova lf 6 0 1 0
Lawton rf 4 2 2 1
Coomer 3b 4 0 0 1
Mientkiewicz 1b 4 1 2 4
Steinbach c 4 0 1 0
Koskie dh 4 1 2 1
Guzman ss 5 1 2 0
Milton p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 14 8
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 5 1 1 0
Ledesma 2b 4 1 2 1
Canseco dh 4 1 2 2
McGriff 1b 3 0 1 0
Clyburn rf 4 1 1 0
McCracken lf 2 0 0 0
Smith 3b 3 0 0 0
Lamb ss 4 0 1 1
DiFelice c 4 0 0 0
Arrojo p 0 0 0 0
  Rekar p 0 0 0 0
  Gaillard p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Minnesota 320 022 0009140
Tampa Bay 000 120 100481
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Milton  W (1-3) 5.0 6 3 3 3 6
  Trombley  SV (2) 4.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
7
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Arrojo  L (1-4) 2.2 6 5 5 3 2
  Rekar   3.0 5 4 3 2 2
  Gaillard   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  White   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Hernandez   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
9
8
6
8

  E–Ledesma (1).  DP–Minnesota 2.  PB–Difelice (5).  2B–Minnesota Walker 2 (9,off Rekar,off Gaillard); Lawton (10,off White), Tampa Bay Clyburn (3,off Milton); Winn (8,off Trombley).  3B–Minnesota Hocking (1,off Arrojo).  HR–Minnesota Koskie (3,2nd inning off Arrojo 0 on, 0 out); Mientkiewicz (1,5th inning off Rekar 1 on, 1 out), Tampa Bay Canseco (12,5th inning off Milton 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Coomer (1,off Arrojo).  HBP–Hocking (1,by Gaillard).  IBB–Koskie (3,by Arrojo).  HBP–Gaillard (1,Hocking).  IBB–Arrojo (1,Koskie).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–3:18.  A–18,068.
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