Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
April 9, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 2004 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 3, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 4 1 2 0
Mora 3b 5 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 1 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 0 1 1
Lopez J. dh,c 4 1 2 2
Gibbons rf 4 0 1 0
Matos cf 3 0 1 0
Bigbie lf 4 0 0 0
Osik c 4 0 1 0
  Bautista pr 0 0 0 0
Ponson p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez R. p 0 0 0 0
  Julio p 0 0 0 0
  Parrish p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 4 1 1 0
Lugo ss 3 1 2 0
Huff dh 3 0 0 1
Cruz, Jr. rf 3 1 0 0
Martinez 1b 3 0 1 0
  Rolls ph 0 0 0 0
Baldelli cf 4 0 0 0
Blum 3b 4 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 1 1
Hall c 2 0 1 0
  Fick ph 1 1 1 1
  Fordyce c 0 0 0 0
Sanchez 2b 4 0 0 0
Hendrickson p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Baez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 3
Baltimore 000 300 000 0390
Tampa Bay 001 001 001 1470
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ponson   6.2 3 2 2 5 3
  Ryan   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Lopez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Julio   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Parrish  L (0-1) 0.1 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.1
7
4
4
9
6
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Hendrickson   7.1 5 3 3 1 0
  Sosa   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Miller   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Baez  W (1-0) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
9
3
3
1
0

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Tampa Bay 2.  2B–Tampa Bay Martinez (2,off Ponson).  HR–Baltimore J Lopez (2,4th inning off Hendrickson 1 on, 2 out), Tampa Bay Fick (1,9th inning off Julio 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Roberts (2,off Baez); Lugo (1,off Ponson); Rolls (1,off Parrish).  SF–Palmeiro (1,off Hendrickson).  HBP–Matos (1,by Hendrickson).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Baldelli (1,by Parrish).  Team–11.  SB–Matos (2,2nd base off Hendrickson/Hall); Crawford 2 (4,2nd base off Julio/Osik,3rd base off Julio/Osik).  WP–Hendrickson (1).  BK–Ponson (1).  HBP–Hendrickson (1,Matos).  IBB–Parrish (1,Baldelli).  U-HP–Tim Timmons, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Marvin Hudson, 3B–Hunter Wendelstedt.  T–3:00.  A–12,123.
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