Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Texas Rangers
September 17, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1999 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7, Texas Rangers 5

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Cairo 2b 5 0 2 0
Martinez cf 4 2 1 0
Canseco dh 5 1 3 3
McGriff 1b 3 1 1 0
  Sorrento pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Perry 3b 4 1 1 0
  Smith 3b 0 0 0 0
Flaherty c 4 2 3 4
Lowery lf 4 0 0 0
Trammell rf 3 0 1 0
Ledesma ss 4 0 1 0
Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Eiland p 0 0 0 0
  Newman p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez c 5 0 4 2
Palmeiro dh 5 0 1 0
Gonzalez rf 5 0 3 0
Zeile 3b 4 0 1 0
Stevens 1b 5 0 1 0
Kelly lf 5 1 1 0
Clayton ss 5 1 3 1
Goodwin cf 4 2 1 0
Helling p 0 0 0 0
  Zimmerman p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 5 16 3
Tampa Bay 110 000 3207132
Texas 000 102 0205160
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Wheeler   5.0 8 1 1 1 2
  Eiland   0.2 4 2 2 0 1
  Newman  W (2-2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lopez   1.1 2 2 1 2 1
  Charlton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez  SV (40) 1.1 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
16
5
4
4
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Helling  L (13-9) 6.0 6 5 5 3 4
  Zimmerman   2.0 5 2 2 0 1
  Patterson   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Munoz   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Kolb   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
3
6

  E–McGriff (13), Smith (10).  DP–Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Tampa Bay Canseco (15,off Helling), Texas Kelly (16,off Wheeler); Clayton (18,off Wheeler).  HR–Tampa Bay Flaherty 2 (13,2nd inning off Helling 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Helling 2 on, 0 out); Canseco (33,8th inning off Zimmerman 1 on, 0 out).  CS–Trammell (2,2nd base by Helling/Rodriguez).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Lazaro Diaz, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:08.  A–33,695.
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