Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Baltimore Orioles
August 21, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 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 4, Baltimore Orioles 5

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford cf 5 0 0 0
Tyner lf 3 1 1 0
  Rolls ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Huff rf 5 1 2 2
Lee 1b 4 1 1 0
Martin dh 2 0 1 1
  Piatt ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Anderson 2b 4 0 1 0
Sandberg 3b 3 1 1 1
Valentin c 3 0 1 0
  Baldelli ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall c 0 0 0 0
Lugo ss 4 0 0 0
Gaudin p 0 0 0 0
  Backe p 0 0 0 0
  Malaska p 0 0 0 0
  Colome p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 5 0 0 0
Matos cf 5 0 2 0
Surhoff dh 3 1 1 0
Conine 1b 5 1 1 0
Gibbons rf 5 0 0 0
Batista 3b 5 2 2 2
Bigbie lf 3 1 2 0
Cruz ss 4 0 2 1
Fordyce c 4 0 2 1
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Parrish p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 4
Tampa Bay 000 031 000 0491
Baltimore 000 000 220 15120
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Gaudin   6.1 8 2 2 0 1
  Backe   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Malaska   0.1 1 2 1 1 0
  Colome  L (3-7) 1.2 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
4
3
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   7.0 7 4 4 3 2
  Parrish   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Ligtenberg   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Ryan  W (4-1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
9
4
4
3
5

  E–Sandberg (4).  DP–Tampa Bay 1, Baltimore 2.  2B–Tampa Bay Anderson (20,off Johnson), Baltimore Matos 2 (19,off Gaudin,off Colome); Bigbie 2 (12,off Gaudin 2).  HR–Tampa Bay Huff (21,5th inning off Johnson 1 on, 2 out); Sandberg (6,6th inning off Johnson 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Batista (22,10th inning off Colome 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Sandberg (2,by Johnson).  IBB–Lee (3,by Johnson); Bigbie (2,by Colome); Surhoff (1,by Colome).  SB–Lee (5,2nd base off Johnson/Fordyce).  HBP–Johnson (8,Sandberg).  IBB–Colome 2 (4,Bigbie,Surhoff); Johnson (7,Lee).  U-HP–Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B–Mike Everitt, 2B–Jim Wolf, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–3:00.  A–24,919.
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