Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
August 31, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 2004 at Tropicana Field. 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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Baltimore Orioles 10, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 5 1 2 1
Newhan dh 5 0 0 0
Mora 3b 6 1 2 2
Tejada ss 6 2 2 0
Palmeiro 1b 5 1 2 1
Lopez c 5 0 2 1
  Majewski pr 0 1 0 0
  Machado c 1 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 6 1 3 2
Gibbons rf 6 2 4 3
Raines, Jr. cf 6 1 0 0
Chen p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Julio p 0 0 0 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 10 17 10
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 4 2 1 0
Upton dh 4 0 0 0
  Simon ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Fordyce ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Huff lf 6 2 3 4
Cruz, Jr. rf 6 1 2 1
Martinez 1b 5 0 0 0
Cantu 2b 3 1 2 0
  Crawford pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Blum 3b,2b,3b 4 0 1 1
Hall c 5 0 2 0
Rolls cf,3b 3 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Colome p 0 0 0 0
  Carter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 6 11 6
Baltimore 001 111 100 01410170
Tampa Bay 000 021 101 0106111
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Chen   5.1 5 3 3 4 3
  Grimsley   1.1 2 1 1 0 3
  Ryan   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Julio   2.0 1 1 1 1 3
  Borkowski   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Groom  W (4-1) 1.1 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
12.0
11
6
6
7
12
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Bell   5.0 7 4 4 2 3
  Miller   1.1 1 1 0 0 1
  Sosa   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Seay   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Colome   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Carter  L (3-3) 2.0 5 4 4 0 1
Totals
12.0
17
10
9
2
7

  E–Blum (7).  DP–Baltimore 1, Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Baltimore Palmeiro (22,off Bell); Roberts (40,off Bell); J Lopez (27,off Colome); Surhoff (10,off Carter), Tampa Bay Cantu 2 (14,off Chen 2); Cruz (19,off Groom).  HR–Baltimore Gibbons 2 (8,3rd inning off Bell 0 on, 0 out,12th inning off Carter 1 on, 2 out); Mora (23,12th inning off Carter 0 on, 0 out), Tampa Bay Huff 2 (25,5th inning off Chen 1 on, 2 out,9th inning off Julio 0 on, 2 out); Cruz (20,7th inning off Grimsley 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Newhan (5,off Miller); Rolls (2,off Chen).  Team LOB–8.  Team–9.  CS–Roberts (12,2nd base by Seay/Hall); Crawford (15,2nd base by Julio/J Lopez).  WP–Bell (8).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Tony Randazzo, 2B–Adam Dowdy, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–4:01.  A–8,620.
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