Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
August 9, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1999 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 9, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 2 1 2
Bordick ss 4 2 2 2
Surhoff lf 4 0 2 2
Belle rf 4 1 1 0
Baines dh 3 1 2 2
Conine 1b 4 0 0 1
DeShields 2b 4 1 1 0
Figga c 3 0 0 0
  Amaral ph 1 1 1 0
  Minor 3b 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 1 1 0
Reboulet 3b 3 0 0 0
  Johnson C. ph,c 2 0 1 0
Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
  Johns p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 12 9
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Lowery cf 5 1 2 2
Graffanino 2b 5 0 2 2
Trammell lf 5 0 1 0
McGriff dh 5 0 0 0
Flaherty c 4 1 2 0
Sorrento 1b 4 2 2 2
Guillen rf 3 3 2 0
Smith 3b 3 2 2 2
Ledesma ss 4 1 2 1
Rupe p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 15 9
Baltimore 003 002 1219121
Tampa Bay 051 040 00x10151
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (3-6) 4.0 12 9 9 0 2
  Johns   3.0 3 1 1 1 3
  Corsi   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
15
10
10
2
5
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rupe  W (6-6) 5.0 5 5 5 4 3
  White   1.1 1 1 1 1 3
  Charlton   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Lopez   0.2 4 2 2 1 1
  Yan   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez  SV (31) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
7
9

  E–Figga (3), Smith (7).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore DeShields (10,off Rupe); Clark (14,off Hernandez), Tampa Bay Sorrento (11,off J Johnson); Graffanino (3,off J Johnson); Guillen (1,off J Johnson).  3B–Baltimore Bordick (4,off Rupe).  HR–Baltimore Baines (23,6th inning off Rupe 1 on, 0 out), Tampa Bay Sorrento (9,5th inning off J Johnson 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Conine (5,off Charlton); Surhoff (7,off Lopez).  HBP–Guillen (1,by J Johnson); Sorrento (3,by Johns).  SB–Anderson 2 (26,2nd base off Rupe/Flaherty,2nd base off Hernandez/Flaherty); Amaral (7,2nd base off Lopez/Flaherty); Smith (4,2nd base off J Johnson/Figga); Graffanino (2,2nd base off J Johnson/Figga).  HBP–J Johnson (3,Guillen); Johns (5,Sorrento).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Mike Everitt.  T–3:19.  A–17,796.
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