Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
May 8, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 2001 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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)
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Baltimore Orioles 3, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson rf 4 1 1 0
Bordick ss 4 0 1 1
DeShields lf 4 0 0 0
Conine 1b 3 0 0 0
Richard cf 2 2 1 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 1 0
Gibbons dh 3 0 0 1
Fordyce c 4 0 1 1
Hairston 2b 4 0 0 0
Mercedes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf 4 1 2 0
Johnson 2b 4 1 1 0
Grieve lf 3 1 0 0
  Winn lf 0 0 0 0
Vaughn dh 4 0 1 2
McGriff 1b 4 1 2 1
Castilla 3b 3 0 0 0
  Huff 3b 1 0 0 0
Guillen rf 3 0 2 1
Flaherty c 3 0 0 0
Martinez ss 3 0 0 0
Sturtze p 0 0 0 0
  Creek p 0 0 0 0
  Meacham p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
Baltimore 010 110 000351
Tampa Bay 300 000 01x480
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mercedes  L (0-6) 8.0 8 4 4 1 7
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
1
7
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sturtze   5.0 5 3 3 2 3
  Creek   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Meacham  W (1-1) 2.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Yan  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
4
5

  E–Conine (1).  2B–Baltimore Ripken (3,off Sturtze); Richard (4,off Sturtze); Anderson (5,off Sturtze), Tampa Bay Williams (10,off Mercedes); McGriff (6,off Mercedes).  HR–Tampa Bay McGriff (5,8th inning off Mercedes 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Johnson (1,2nd base by Mercedes/Fordyce).  WP–Sturtze (4).  U-HP–Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Angel Hernandez.  T–2:25.  A–11,078.
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