Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
April 26, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 2003 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."

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Baltimore Orioles 7, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Hairston 2b 5 1 2 1
Mora cf 3 2 2 2
Surhoff dh 2 1 1 1
  Leon ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Conine 1b 5 0 1 1
Gibbons rf 5 0 1 0
Batista 3b 5 1 1 1
Bigbie lf 4 2 2 0
Cruz ss 4 0 1 0
Fordyce c 3 0 1 1
Helling p 0 0 0 0
  Hentgen p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Anderson 2b 5 0 2 2
Crawford lf 5 2 3 0
Baldelli cf 3 1 2 2
Huff 1b 5 1 4 1
Martin dh 3 1 2 0
  Shumpert ph,dh 1 0 0 1
Hall c 4 0 1 0
Lombard rf 4 1 1 1
Truby 3b 3 2 1 0
Ordonez ss 4 2 2 2
Parris p 0 0 0 0
  Bierbrodt p 0 0 0 0
  Zambrano p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
  Carter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 18 9
Baltimore 230 002 0007121
Tampa Bay 040 311 01x10180
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Helling  L (1-2) 3.2 11 7 7 1 3
  Hentgen   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Ryan   1.1 1 1 1 1 2
  Ligtenberg   1.2 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
18
10
10
2
5
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Parris   4.0 8 5 5 0 2
  Bierbrodt   1.2 3 2 2 3 1
  Zambrano  W (1-2) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Venafro   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Carter  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
4
6

  E–Helling (1).  DP–Baltimore 1, Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Baltimore Mora (4,off Parris); Conine (6,off Parris); Hairston (5,off Parris); Gibbons (3,off Parris); Fordyce (2,off Parris), Tampa Bay Lombard (1,off Helling); Ordonez (7,off Helling); Anderson (2,off Helling); Huff (9,off Helling); Truby (2,off Hentgen).  HR–Baltimore Mora (4,2nd inning off Parris 1 on, 2 out); Batista (5,6th inning off Bierbrodt 0 on, 0 out), Tampa Bay Huff (3,4th inning off Helling 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Fordyce (1,off Bierbrodt); Baldelli (2,off Helling); Shumpert (1,off Ryan).  HBP–Lombard (1,by Helling); Hall (1,by Ligtenberg).  SB–Hairston (8,2nd base off Bierbrodt/Hall); Baldelli (2,3rd base off Ryan/Fordyce); Crawford (6,2nd base off Ligtenberg/Fordyce).  CS–Surhoff (1,2nd base by Bierbrodt/Hall).  HBP–Helling (4,Lombard); Ligtenberg (1,Hall).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Lazaro Diaz, 3B–Jim Reynolds.  T–3:05.  A–13,408.
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