Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Kansas City Royals
August 14, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1999 at Kauffman Stadium. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 11, Kansas City Royals 4

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Cairo 2b 4 1 2 1
Martinez cf 5 0 2 1
Trammell lf 5 1 1 2
McGriff dh 5 1 0 0
Flaherty c 5 2 2 1
Sorrento 1b 3 2 0 0
Guillen rf 4 2 2 2
Smith 3b 4 1 2 2
Ledesma ss 4 1 2 1
Rupe p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 13 10
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon lf 5 0 0 2
Sanchez ss 4 0 3 0
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 4 0 0 0
Dye rf 4 0 1 0
Randa 3b 3 2 1 0
Giambi dh 4 1 2 1
Spehr c 2 1 0 0
  Pose ph 1 0 0 0
Febles 2b 4 0 2 0
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
  Fussell p 0 0 0 0
  Rigby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 3
Tampa Bay 000 422 02111131
Kansas City 000 010 201491
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rupe  W (7-6) 6.2 7 3 2 1 4
  White   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lopez   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
1
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  L (7-7) 5.0 7 6 6 1 4
  Fussell   2.1 5 4 3 1 1
  Rigby   1.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
11
10
2
5

  E–Cairo (7), Fussell (2).  2B–Tampa Bay Flaherty (14,off Suppan); Guillen (2,off Suppan); Smith (3,off Suppan), Kansas City Dye (28,off Rupe); Febles (20,off Rupe); Giambi (10,off Lopez).  HR–Tampa Bay Trammell (8,5th inning off Suppan 1 on, 1 out); Flaherty (10,9th inning off Rigby 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Cairo (4,off Fussell).  HBP–Guillen (2,by Fussell); Spehr (5,by Rupe).  IBB–Sorrento (1,by Suppan).  HBP–Rupe (11,Spehr); Fussell (3,Guillen).  IBB–Suppan (3,Sorrento).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–2:52.  A–20,684.
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