Detroit Tigers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
May 18, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 2001 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 18, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno rf 5 3 3 2
  Inge c 1 0 1 1
Macias 3b 5 1 3 4
Higginson lf 3 2 0 1
  Jackson 1b,rf 1 1 0 0
Clark 1b 3 2 2 1
  McMillon lf 3 0 0 0
Fick c,1b 5 2 1 2
Palmer dh 4 0 2 1
  Cardona ph,dh 2 1 1 2
Encarnacion cf 6 2 2 4
Easley 2b 4 2 3 0
Halter ss 4 2 1 0
Santos p 0 0 0 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 18 19 18
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Rolls 2b 3 1 1 0
Williams cf 4 1 1 1
Grieve lf 2 0 1 0
  Tyner lf 2 0 0 0
McGriff dh 4 0 0 1
Cox 1b 4 0 0 0
Winn rf 4 0 0 0
Huff 3b 2 0 0 0
DiFelice c 2 0 1 0
Sheets ss 2 0 0 0
Sturtze p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Fiore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
Detroit 300 090 06018190
Tampa Bay 000 002 000242
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Santos  W (1-0) 6.0 3 2 2 2 8
  Borkowski   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Murray   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Nitkowski   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
8
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sturtze  L (1-3) 4.2 9 9 9 2 3
  Wheeler   0.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Wallace   2.2 3 4 0 1 4
  Fiore   1.1 3 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
19
18
14
4
10

  E–Rolls (1), Difelice (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Detroit Cedeno (2,off Sturtze); Cardona (1,off Wallace); Encarnacion (4,off Wallace), Tampa Bay Grieve (9,off Santos); Rolls (5,off Santos); Williams (12,off Santos).  3B–Detroit Macias (2,off Sturtze); Cedeno (3,off Wheeler).  HR–Detroit Encarnacion (6,5th inning off Sturtze 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Fick (1,off Sturtze).  HBP–Jackson (1,by Fiore).  SH–Sheets (1,off Santos).  SB–Higginson 2 (10,2nd base off Sturtze/Difelice 2).  WP–Wallace (2), Fiore (1).  HBP–Fiore (1,Jackson).  U-HP–Mike Everitt, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Jim Reynolds, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:00.  A–12,131.
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