Detroit Tigers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
September 9, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1999 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 0 1 0
Ausmus c 4 1 2 0
Clark 1b 4 0 2 0
Easley 2b 5 0 2 0
Catalanotto 3b 3 0 0 1
Fick dh 5 0 0 0
Kapler cf 4 0 2 0
Garcia rf 4 2 2 1
Cruz ss 4 0 2 1
Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 13 3
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Cairo 2b 4 0 1 0
Lowery cf,lf 3 1 0 0
Canseco dh 3 1 1 3
McGriff 1b 1 0 1 0
  Sorrento pr,lf 2 1 0 0
  Martinez cf 0 0 0 0
Trammell lf 1 0 1 1
  Perry 1b 3 0 1 0
Flaherty c 3 0 0 0
Guillen rf 3 1 1 0
Graffanino ss 3 0 0 0
Smith 3b 3 1 2 1
Arrojo p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 5
Detroit 011 001 0003130
Tampa Bay 010 040 00x580
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Nitkowski  L (2-5) 4.2 6 4 4 2 2
  Anderson   1.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Borkowski   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
3
4
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Arrojo  W (5-10) 5.1 10 3 3 1 6
  Lopez   2.2 2 0 0 0 3
  Hernandez  SV (39) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
3
3
1
10

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Detroit Clark (24,off Arrojo); K Garcia (7,off Arrojo), Tampa Bay McGriff (28,off Nitkowski); Guillen (6,off Nitkowski).  HR–Detroit K Garcia (10,6th inning off Arrojo 0 on, 0 out), Tampa Bay Canseco (32,5th inning off Anderson 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Catalanotto (4,off Arrojo).  HBP–Clark (4,by Arrojo); Catalanotto (8,by Arrojo); Ausmus (11,by Arrojo).  CS–Polonia (6,2nd base by Arrojo/Flaherty); Cairo 2 (7,2nd base by Nitkowski/Ausmus,2nd base by Borkowski/Ausmus).  WP–Nitkowski (3), Anderson (2).  HBP–Arrojo 3 (13,Clark,Catalanotto,Ausmus).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Jim Reynolds, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:45.  A–15,056.
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