Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
July 31, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 2004 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 5, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Rios rf 4 1 1 0
Hinske 3b 4 1 1 2
Wells cf 4 0 1 0
Delgado 1b 4 2 2 2
Zaun c 4 0 1 0
Johnson lf 4 1 1 0
Catalanotto dh 3 0 1 0
  Berg pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 0 2 0
Hudson 2b 4 0 0 1
Bush p 0 0 0 0
  Nakamura p 0 0 0 0
  Speier p 0 0 0 0
  Frederick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 4 1 1 0
Baldelli cf 4 1 2 0
Huff 3b,1b 4 1 1 2
Martinez dh 4 0 0 0
Cruz, Jr. rf 2 0 0 0
Lugo ss 2 2 0 1
Fick 1b 4 1 2 2
  Sanchez 2b 0 0 0 0
Blum 2b,3b 4 0 2 1
Fordyce c 3 0 0 0
Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Harper p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Baez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 6
Toronto 010 100 0215100
Tampa Bay 024 000 00x681
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Bush  L (1-2) 2.2 8 6 6 1 1
  Nakamura   1.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Speier   1.2 0 0 0 0 3
  Frederick   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
3
7
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sosa  W (3-0) 5.0 4 2 2 2 5
  Harper   2.0 4 2 2 0 3
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Baez  SV (21) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
10

  E–Fordyce (2).  DP–Tampa Bay 2.  2B–Tampa Bay Baldelli 2 (17,off Bush 2); Huff (15,off Bush).  HR–Toronto Delgado 2 (15,2nd inning off Sosa 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off Sosa 0 on, 0 out); Hinske (10,8th inning off Harper 1 on, 0 out), Tampa Bay Fick (6,2nd inning off Bush 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Lugo (4,by Bush).  Team–5.  SB–Rios (6,2nd base off Sosa/Fordyce); Cruz (9,2nd base off Nakamura/Zaun).  CS–Blum (3,2nd base by Bush/Zaun).  WP–Bush (1), Speier (2), Harper (2).  HBP–Bush (2,Lugo).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Ramon Armendariz, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:39.  A–17,418.
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