Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
May 2, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 2000 at Tropicana Field. 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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Texas Rangers 8, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 5 0 0 0
Alicea 2b 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez c 5 3 3 1
Palmeiro dh 2 1 2 3
  Sheldon pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Segui 1b 3 1 1 1
Mateo cf 3 0 1 1
Curtis lf 4 1 1 1
Kapler rf 2 0 1 0
  McDonald rf 1 0 1 1
Lamb 3b 4 0 1 0
Helling p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 8
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf 4 0 0 0
Martinez rf 2 1 0 0
Vaughn lf 3 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 1 1
Castilla 3b 3 0 0 0
Flaherty c 4 0 0 0
Trammell dh 3 0 0 0
  Cox ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Stocker ss 2 0 0 0
Cairo 2b 3 0 0 0
Rupe p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 2 1
Texas 010 012 0318121
Tampa Bay 000 000 010121
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Helling  W (3-1) 7.1 1 1 0 6 6
  Venafro   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
2
1
0
6
8
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rupe  L (0-4) 5.0 6 4 4 3 3
  White   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Morris   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Lopez   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
5
7

  E–Lamb (2), Stocker (3).  DP–Texas 1, Tampa Bay 5.  2B–Texas Rodriguez 2 (6,off Rupe,off White).  HR–Texas Palmeiro (9,2nd inning off Rupe 0 on, 0 out); Curtis (4,5th inning off Rupe 0 on, 0 out); Rodriguez (10,9th inning off Hernandez 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Alicea (2,by Rupe); Stocker (1,by Helling).  SB–Kapler (3,2nd base off Rupe/Flaherty); Vaughn (1,2nd base off Helling/Rodriguez).  WP–Crabtree (1).  HBP–Helling (2,Stocker); Rupe (4,Alicea).  U-HP–Tony Randazzo, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–3:14.  A–15,067.
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