Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Baltimore Orioles
August 20, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 2003 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5, Baltimore Orioles 9

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 5 0 2 0
Lugo ss 4 1 1 0
Baldelli cf 5 0 2 0
Huff dh 5 1 0 0
Lee 1b 4 0 1 0
Rolls rf,2b 5 0 0 1
Hall c 4 1 3 1
Sandberg 3b 4 1 2 2
Anderson 2b 2 1 2 1
  Piatt ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Zambrano p 0 0 0 0
  Harper p 0 0 0 0
  Backe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 13 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 4 2 1 0
Matos cf 3 1 0 0
Surhoff dh 3 1 0 0
  Morban pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Conine 1b 2 3 2 2
Gibbons rf 5 1 2 4
Batista 3b 3 0 0 0
Bigbie lf 4 1 2 1
Cruz ss 4 0 0 0
Fordyce c 3 0 0 0
Moss p 0 0 0 0
  Bauer p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 7 7
Tampa Bay 000 021 2005132
Baltimore 213 200 01x970
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano  L (9-7) 3.2 4 8 6 6 2
  Harper   2.2 2 0 0 1 3
  Backe   1.2 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
9
6
7
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Moss  W (1-1) 5.2 9 3 3 2 4
  Bauer   1.1 3 2 2 1 1
  Ryan   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Ligtenberg   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Groom   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
3
7

  E–Lugo 2 (15).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Tampa Bay Baldelli (27,off Moss); Hall (15,off Moss); Sandberg (9,off Moss), Baltimore Conine (32,off Zambrano); Gibbons (35,off Zambrano).  HR–Tampa Bay Sandberg (5,5th inning off Moss 0 on, 1 out); Anderson (5,5th inning off Moss 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore Bigbie (4,2nd inning off Zambrano 0 on, 0 out); Gibbons (19,3rd inning off Zambrano 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Matos (5,off Backe).  SF–Conine (12,off Backe).  HBP–Matos (4,by Zambrano).  SB–Crawford (41,2nd base off Moss/Fordyce); Bigbie (3,2nd base off Zambrano/Hall).  HBP–Zambrano (16,Matos).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:52.  A–27,921.
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