Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
July 24, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 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 5, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 5 0 1 0
Rodriguez c 5 1 3 1
Greer lf 3 1 0 0
Palmeiro dh 4 1 2 0
Zeile 3b 2 1 1 1
Stevens 1b 4 1 2 3
Kelly rf 4 0 2 0
Mateo cf 4 0 0 0
Clayton ss 4 0 0 0
Loaiza p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
  Zimmerman p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 5
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Martinez cf 3 0 1 1
Boggs 3b 3 1 1 1
Trammell lf 3 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 1 0 0 0
Flaherty c 4 0 1 1
Sorrento dh 4 0 0 0
Ledesma 2b 4 1 1 0
Butler rf 4 1 1 0
Lamb ss 2 0 0 0
  Cairo ph 1 0 0 0
Eiland p 0 0 0 0
  Newman p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3
Texas 000 202 1005110
Tampa Bay 120 000 000350
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza  W (2-1) 5.0 4 3 3 5 3
  Venafro   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Zimmerman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wetteland  SV (28) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
6
5
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Eiland   5.0 5 2 2 1 4
  Newman  L (1-2) 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Yan   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Lopez   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Texas Palmeiro 2 (20,off Eiland 2); Rodriguez (16,off Eiland), Tampa Bay Flaherty (12,off Loaiza).  HR–Texas Stevens (16,6th inning off Newman 1 on, 1 out); Rodriguez (17,7th inning off Yan 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Zeile (5,off Eiland); Boggs (3,off Loaiza).  SB–Kelly (5,2nd base off Yan/Flaherty).  CS–McLemore (4,2nd base by Hernandez/Flaherty); Rodriguez (5,2nd base by Hernandez/Flaherty).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Jim Reynolds, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:36.  A–22,780.
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