Minnesota Twins vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
September 5, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1999 at Tropicana Field. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 4, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Hocking ss 4 1 2 0
Lawton dh 4 1 1 0
Steinbach c 4 0 1 0
Walker 2b 3 1 1 2
Allen lf 4 0 1 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 4 1 2 0
Hunter rf 3 0 2 1
Koskie 3b 3 0 0 0
Radke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 3
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 2 1 2 0
  Lowery lf 2 0 1 0
Martinez lf,cf 3 0 0 0
Perry 3b 3 0 0 1
McGriff dh 4 0 1 0
Flaherty c 4 0 0 0
Sorrento 1b 3 0 1 0
Guillen rf 3 0 0 0
Graffanino 2b 3 0 0 0
Ledesma ss 3 0 0 0
Rupe p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Newman p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Minnesota 001 100 0024100
Tampa Bay 100 000 000151
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke  W (12-12) 9.0 5 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
6
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rupe  L (8-8) 8.0 6 2 2 0 4
  White   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Newman   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Yan   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
0
4

  E–Newman (1).  2B–Minnesota Hunter (11,off Rupe); Hocking 2 (16,off Rupe,off White), Tampa Bay Winn 2 (16,off Radke 2).  3B–Minnesota Mientkiewicz (3,off Rupe).  HR–Minnesota Walker (6,4th inning off Rupe 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Walker (2,off Yan); Perry (4,off Radke).  SH–Martinez (10,off Radke).  CS–Hunter (5,2nd base by Rupe/Flaherty); Allen (7,2nd base by Rupe/Flaherty).  U-HP–Lazaro Diaz, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:27.  A–17,480.
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