Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
May 26, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1999 at Tropicana Field. The Texas Rangers defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 8, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Alicea 2b 5 1 1 0
Rodriguez c 5 1 1 1
Greer lf 5 1 3 1
Gonzalez rf 4 0 0 0
Palmeiro dh 3 0 0 0
  McLemore pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Zeile 3b 4 1 2 2
Kelly cf 3 1 1 1
  Goodwin pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Clayton ss 4 1 2 1
Shave 1b 3 1 1 0
  Stevens ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Helling p 0 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 7
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 3 0 1 1
  Boggs ph 1 0 0 0
  Clyburn rf 0 0 0 0
Martinez rf,cf 4 1 1 0
Canseco dh 5 1 2 2
McGriff 1b 5 0 1 0
Perry 3b 4 1 1 0
Sorrento lf 3 1 1 0
Flaherty c 4 1 2 0
Cairo 2b 3 1 1 1
Stocker ss 3 0 1 2
Saunders p 0 0 0 0
  Duvall p 0 0 0 0
  Santana p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
Texas 003 030 0208121
Tampa Bay 030 000 0306110
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Helling  W (5-5) 7.0 8 5 5 2 1
  Munoz   0.2 0 1 1 1 1
  Crabtree   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland  SV (14) 1.1 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
4
5
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Saunders   2.2 4 3 3 1 2
  Duvall   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Santana  L (1-4) 1.1 3 3 3 1 0
  White   2.2 1 0 0 1 4
  Yan   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Hernandez   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
5
7

  E–Alicea (2).  DP–Texas 2, Tampa Bay 2.  2B–Texas Shave (2,off Santana); Greer (18,off Santana); Stevens (15,off Yan), Tampa Bay Winn (9,off Helling).  HR–Texas Kelly (3,3rd inning off Saunders 0 on, 0 out), Tampa Bay Canseco (18,8th inning off Helling 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Palmeiro (4,by White).  SH–Martinez (4,off Helling).  SF–Winn (2,off Helling).  SB–Canseco (2,2nd base off Wetteland/Rodriguez).  WP–Saunders (3).  IBB–White (1,Palmeiro).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Martin Foster, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:26.  A–17,575.
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