Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
July 5, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1999 at Tropicana Field. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 4, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf 4 0 1 1
Offerman 2b 5 0 0 0
Daubach dh 3 0 0 0
  Buford ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Stanley 1b 3 1 1 1
O'Leary lf 4 1 1 0
Merloni ss 3 1 1 0
Varitek c 3 0 1 0
Veras 3b 4 1 2 1
Nixon rf 3 0 2 1
Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Cairo 2b 5 0 2 0
Martinez rf 5 0 0 0
Canseco dh 3 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 1 0
Flaherty c 4 0 1 0
Boggs 3b 4 1 2 0
Trammell lf 3 1 1 0
Ledesma ss 4 0 0 1
Winn cf 3 0 2 1
Rekar p 0 0 0 0
  Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Santana p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Boston 010 300 000491
Tampa Bay 020 000 000290
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Portugal  W (5-6) 6.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Lowe   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Wakefield  SV (9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
6
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rekar  L (5-4) 6.0 8 4 4 3 2
  Aldred   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Santana   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
6

  E–Varitek (6).  DP–Boston 2, Tampa Bay 3.  PB–Varitek (15).  2B–Tampa Bay Trammell (7,off Portugal).  3B–Tampa Bay Winn (3,off Portugal).  HR–Boston Stanley (10,2nd inning off Rekar 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Trammell (1,by Lowe).  CS–Lewis (5,2nd base by Santana/Flaherty).  WP–Lowe (1).  HBP–Lowe (3,Trammell).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:48.  A–21,967.
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