Detroit Tigers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
September 8, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1999 at Tropicana Field. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Ausmus c 4 1 2 1
Cruz ss 5 1 2 3
Clark 1b 4 1 2 1
Easley 2b 4 0 1 0
Palmer 3b 4 0 1 0
Fick dh 4 0 0 0
Encarnacion lf 4 0 0 0
Kapler cf,rf 4 2 2 0
Garcia rf 3 0 0 0
  Bartee cf 0 0 0 0
Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Cairo 2b 4 0 0 0
Martinez cf 4 0 1 0
Trammell lf 4 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 1 0
Flaherty c 4 0 1 0
Sorrento dh 3 0 0 0
Guillen rf 3 1 1 0
Ledesma ss 3 0 1 0
Smith 3b 3 0 1 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 0
Detroit 002 001 0115100
Tampa Bay 001 000 000171
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki  W (12-10) 8.0 6 1 1 1 7
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
7
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  L (7-12) 7.0 7 4 4 2 6
  Yan   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
8

  E–McGriff (12).  DP–Detroit 2, Tampa Bay 2.  2B–Detroit Kapler (20,off Witt); D Cruz (29,off Witt).  HR–Detroit Clark (27,6th inning off Witt 0 on, 0 out); D Cruz (9,8th inning off Witt 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Sorrento (4,by Mlicki); Guillen (4,by Mlicki).  SB–Kapler (9,2nd base off Hernandez/Flaherty).  HBP–Mlicki 2 (11,Sorrento,Guillen).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Jim Reynolds, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:36.  A–14,887.
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