Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
July 23, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 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 11, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 2 1 0 1
Rodriguez c 4 1 1 2
  Zaun ph,c 1 0 1 0
Greer lf 4 2 2 1
Gonzalez rf 2 1 1 0
  Kelly rf 2 1 0 0
Palmeiro dh 4 1 2 1
Zeile 3b 5 1 2 3
Stevens 1b 4 2 2 2
Mateo cf 5 1 1 0
Clayton ss 5 0 1 0
Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 13 10
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Lowery cf 4 1 2 0
Martinez rf 3 1 2 0
  Butler rf 1 1 1 0
Smith 3b 5 1 1 1
McGriff 1b 3 1 2 3
  Sorrento 1b 0 1 0 0
Flaherty c 5 0 3 1
Boggs dh 5 1 1 1
Trammell lf 5 0 1 1
Ledesma 2b 5 1 3 1
Lamb ss 4 0 1 0
Rupe p 0 0 0 0
  Duvall p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 17 8
Texas 100 432 10011130
Tampa Bay 010 000 3048173
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan   2.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Kolb  W (1-0) 4.2 6 3 3 4 3
  Patterson   2.0 6 4 4 1 1
  Crabtree   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
8
8
5
6
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rupe  L (4-5) 4.0 7 7 5 3 1
  Duvall   3.0 3 4 3 3 1
  White   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
11
8
6
4

  E–Smith (6), McGriff 2 (7).  DP–Texas 1, Tampa Bay 3.  2B–Texas Greer (29,off Rupe), Tampa Bay Lamb (4,off Kolb); McGriff (24,off Patterson); Butler (1,off Patterson).  HR–Texas Greer (9,1st inning off Rupe 0 on, 2 out); Zeile (13,4th inning off Rupe 2 on, 0 out); Stevens (15,5th inning off Duvall 1 on, 2 out); Rodriguez (16,6th inning off Duvall 1 on, 1 out), Tampa Bay McGriff (22,2nd inning off Morgan 0 on, 0 out).  SF–McLemore (5,off Rupe).  SB–Clayton (7,2nd base off Rupe/Flaherty).  CS–Martinez (3,2nd base by Morgan/Rodriguez).  WP–Kolb (1).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Jim Reynolds.  T–3:08.  A–18,960.
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