Cleveland Indians vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
August 7, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1999 at Tropicana Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 15, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Roberts cf 5 3 3 0
Vizquel ss 5 3 2 1
Alomar 2b 4 3 2 0
Ramirez M. rf 3 4 3 5
  Ramirez A. rf 0 0 0 0
Thome 1b 5 2 4 4
Justice dh 5 0 2 2
Sexson lf 6 0 2 2
Branyan 3b 4 0 0 0
  Wilson 3b 1 0 0 0
Diaz c 5 0 1 0
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Haney p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Karsay p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 15 19 14
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Lowery cf 3 2 1 1
Boggs 3b 4 2 3 4
Graffanino 2b 5 0 1 0
McGriff dh 5 0 1 3
Trammell lf 4 2 2 0
Sorrento 1b 4 0 1 1
Flaherty c 5 1 2 1
Martinez rf 5 1 1 0
Ledesma ss 4 2 2 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Rekar p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Duvall p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 14 10
Cleveland 303 410 20215190
Tampa Bay 004 212 10010142
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy  W (13-7) 5.0 9 7 7 3 3
  Haney   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Shuey   1.1 3 1 1 1 2
  Rincon   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Karsay   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
4
5
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  L (6-8) 2.0 6 6 6 2 1
  Rekar   1.1 5 4 4 2 2
  White   2.2 3 3 3 2 2
  Yan   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Duvall   2.1 5 2 2 1 0
  Lopez   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
19
15
15
7
6

  E–Rekar (1), White (2).  DP–Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Cleveland Roberts (1,off Witt); R Alomar 2 (30,off Witt,off Duvall); Thome (20,off Rekar); M Ramirez (19,off White); Vizquel (20,off White), Tampa Bay McGriff (26,off Nagy); Ledesma (10,off Nagy); Trammell 2 (12,off Nagy,off Shuey).  HR–Cleveland M Ramirez (28,1st inning off Witt 2 on, 1 out); Thome (21,3rd inning off Witt 1 on, 0 out), Tampa Bay Boggs (2,6th inning off Haney 1 on, 1 out).  SH–R Alomar (7,off Yan).  HBP–M Ramirez (8,by Yan).  IBB–Justice (7,by Rekar); M Ramirez (5,by Duvall).  SF–Lowery (1,off Nagy).  SB–Roberts (1,2nd base off Rekar/Flaherty).  WP–Nagy (3).  HBP–Yan (8,M Ramirez).  IBB–Rekar (2,Justice); Duvall (1,M Ramirez).  U-HP–Lazaro Diaz, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–3:44.  A–39,512.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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