Minnesota Twins vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
September 4, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1999 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 3, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 11

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Hocking 2b 5 1 3 0
Guzman ss 5 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 4 0 1 1
Cordova dh 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 3 0 0 0
  Valentin c 0 0 0 0
Lawton rf 4 0 0 0
Allen lf 4 1 3 0
Hunter cf 4 1 2 2
Mientkiewicz 1b 2 0 1 0
Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 5 3 3 0
Martinez lf 5 0 2 1
Perry 3b 5 3 4 3
McGriff 1b 4 2 2 1
Guillen rf 4 0 1 1
Sorrento dh 3 0 1 0
  Cairo ph,dh 2 1 0 0
Graffanino 2b 4 1 2 2
Ledesma ss 4 0 2 2
DiFelice c 4 1 1 0
Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Duvall p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 18 10
Minnesota 000 000 3003102
Tampa Bay 010 020 62x11182
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   6.0 9 3 3 1 0
  Miller  L (2-1) 0.0 2 3 1 0 0
  Carrasco   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Guardado   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Trombley   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
18
11
9
1
1
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Alvarez   6.0 7 3 2 3 4
  Lopez  W (2-2) 1.1 2 0 0 2 0
  Duvall   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Yan   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
6
5

  E–Guzman (20), Steinbach (5), Difelice (5), Lopez (1).  DP–Minnesota 1, Tampa Bay 3.  2B–Minnesota Hocking (14,off Alvarez).  3B–Tampa Bay Winn (4,off Ryan); Graffanino (2,off Guardado).  HR–Minnesota Hunter (9,7th inning off Alvarez 1 on, 0 out), Tampa Bay Perry (3,5th inning off Ryan 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Mientkiewicz (4,by Alvarez).  IBB–Cordova (2,by Lopez).  SF–Guillen (1,off Trombley).  HBP–Alvarez (6,Mientkiewicz).  IBB–Lopez (2,Cordova).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Lazaro Diaz, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:27.  A–17,805.
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