Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
August 31, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 2000 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 1, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon dh 4 0 1 0
Sanchez ss 4 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 2 0 0 0
Dye rf 4 0 0 0
Quinn lf 4 1 3 0
Randa 3b 4 0 1 0
Dunwoody cf 3 0 1 1
Ortiz c 3 0 0 0
Delgado 2b 3 0 0 0
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
  Mullen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf 4 0 0 0
Cox lf 3 1 3 0
  Tyner pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Vaughn dh 4 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 0 0
Smith 2b 4 0 1 1
Huff 3b 3 0 1 0
  Johnson ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Guillen rf 3 0 0 0
DiFelice c 3 0 0 0
Martinez ss 2 0 1 0
Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Fiore p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 1
Kansas City 010 000 000161
Tampa Bay 000 001 01x270
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  L (7-8) 7.2 7 2 2 3 5
  Mullen   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
3
5
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   7.0 5 1 1 1 3
  Fiore  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez  SV (28) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
4

  E–Dye (6).  DP–Kansas City 1, Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Kansas City Quinn (28,off Wilson); Damon (36,off Wilson), Tampa Bay Cox (13,off Suppan); F Martinez (7,off Suppan); Smith (6,off Suppan).  SF–Dunwoody (6,off Wilson).  HBP–Sweeney (13,by Wilson).  SB–Sweeney (8,2nd base off Wilson/Difelice); Quinn (5,2nd base off Wilson/Difelice); Tyner (3,2nd base off Suppan/Ortiz).  HBP–Wilson (2,Sweeney).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Martin Foster, 3B–Ron Kulpa.  T–2:30.  A–13,608.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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