Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Kansas City Royals
August 13, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1999 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1, Kansas City Royals 2

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Cairo 2b 3 0 1 0
Martinez cf 4 0 2 0
Lowery lf 3 0 0 0
McGriff dh 3 0 1 0
  Lamb pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Guillen rf 4 0 0 0
Sorrento 1b 4 0 1 0
Graffanino ss 3 0 1 1
Smith 3b 2 0 0 0
  Boggs ph,3b 1 0 0 0
DiFelice c 4 0 0 0
Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon lf 4 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 4 0 1 0
Beltran cf 4 1 1 0
Sweeney 1b 4 1 2 0
Dye rf 2 0 1 0
Randa 3b 4 0 2 1
Giambi dh 3 0 2 1
Spehr c 3 0 0 0
Febles 2b 3 0 1 0
Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 10 2
Tampa Bay 000 000 001160
Kansas City 010 000 0012101
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Alvarez   8.0 7 1 1 1 4
  Yan  L (3-3) 0.1 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.1
10
2
2
2
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Stein   7.0 3 0 0 2 7
  Service  W (5-4) 2.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
9

  E–Febles (13).  DP–Tampa Bay 4, Kansas City 1.  2B–Tampa Bay Sorrento (12,off Service).  SH–Smith (1,off Stein).  HBP–Cairo (5,by Stein); Graffanino (1,by Stein).  IBB–Dye (4,by Yan).  HBP–Stein 2 (3,Cairo,Graffanino).  IBB–Yan (3,Dye).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Bill Welke.  T–2:51.  A–23,835.
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