Detroit Tigers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
July 4, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 2000 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 11, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Polonia dh 4 2 2 0
Becker rf 4 1 1 1
Higginson lf 4 1 1 3
  Magee lf 1 1 1 0
Palmer 3b 5 2 3 4
Easley 2b 4 0 0 0
Fick 1b,c 4 1 0 0
Ausmus c 4 1 2 0
  Halter c,1b 0 0 0 0
Encarnacion cf 4 1 1 0
Cruz ss 4 1 1 3
Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Sparks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 12 11
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 4 0 1 0
Williams dh 4 0 1 0
Trammell lf 4 0 2 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 1 0
Smith 2b 4 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 0 1 0
Flaherty c 4 0 1 0
Guillen rf 3 0 1 0
Martinez ss 4 0 1 0
Lidle p 0 0 0 0
  Sturtze p 0 0 0 0
  Creek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 0 9 0
Detroit 314 000 00311120
Tampa Bay 000 000 000090
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki  W (3-9) 7.0 8 0 0 0 4
  Nitkowski   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Sparks   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
0
0
1
6
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Lidle  L (1-4) 2.1 7 7 7 2 1
  Sturtze   5.2 3 1 1 1 3
  Creek   1.0 2 3 3 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
11
11
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Detroit Encarnacion (8,off Lidle).  3B–Detroit Ausmus (2,off Sturtze).  HR–Detroit Higginson (17,1st inning off Lidle 2 on, 0 out); Palmer 2 (18,3rd inning off Lidle 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Creek 2 on, 1 out); D Cruz (5,3rd inning off Sturtze 2 on, 2 out).  SB–Easley (3,2nd base off Lidle/Flaherty).  U-HP–Justin Klemm, 1B–Lance Barksdale, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:46.  A–18,011.
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