Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Texas Rangers
September 18, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1999 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1, Texas Rangers 6

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Cairo 2b 4 0 1 0
Martinez cf 4 0 0 0
Canseco dh 4 0 2 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 0 0
Flaherty c 4 1 2 1
Lowery lf 3 0 0 0
Trammell rf 3 0 1 0
Ledesma ss 3 0 0 0
Smith 3b 3 0 0 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Sparks p 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0
Palmeiro dh 1 1 0 0
Gonzalez rf 3 1 1 1
Zeile 3b 3 1 2 1
Stevens 1b 4 0 2 1
Kelly lf 4 1 1 0
Clayton ss 4 1 0 0
Goodwin cf 3 1 2 2
Sele p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 9 5
Tampa Bay 000 010 000161
Texas 310 002 00x690
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  L (7-14) 6.0 9 6 5 3 5
  Sparks   1.2 0 0 0 2 3
  Morris   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
5
5
9
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Sele  W (17-8) 8.0 6 1 1 0 4
  Crabtree   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
5

  E–Flaherty (6).  DP–Tampa Bay 1, Texas 1.  2B–Texas Gonzalez (31,off Witt); Stevens (29,off Witt); Goodwin (12,off Witt); Kelly (17,off Witt).  HR–Tampa Bay Flaherty (14,5th inning off Sele 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Goodwin (36,3rd base off Witt/Flaherty).  CS–Gonzalez (3,2nd base by Witt/Flaherty); Goodwin (10,2nd base by Witt/Flaherty).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Lazaro Diaz, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:27.  A–36,820.
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