Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 23, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 2004 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays 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, Toronto Blue Jays 7

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Gathright rf 4 1 1 0
Crawford lf 5 0 0 0
Baldelli cf 4 1 2 2
Huff 3b 4 1 2 1
Martinez 1b 2 0 0 0
Lugo ss 3 0 0 0
Fick dh 4 0 0 0
Hall c 4 1 1 0
Sanchez 2b 4 0 2 1
Hendrickson p 0 0 0 0
  Baez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Menechino 2b 4 2 3 1
Johnson lf 5 1 3 0
Wells cf 4 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0
Zaun c 4 1 1 0
Rios rf 3 1 1 0
Hinske 3b 3 1 1 1
Phelps dh 3 1 1 2
  Catalanotto ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 0 2 1
Batista p 0 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Frasor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 5
Tampa Bay 200 100 010482
Toronto 106 000 00x7122
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Hendrickson  L (7-8) 7.0 11 7 1 1 5
  Baez   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals 8.0 12 7 1 3 5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Batista  W (9-6) 6.0 6 3 3 2 4
  Adams   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Ligtenberg   0.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Frasor  SV (11) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 8 4 4 3 7

  E–Huff 2 (8), Gomez 2 (9).  DP–Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 2.  2B–Tampa Bay Hall (9,off Batista); Sanchez (10,off Batista), Toronto Zaun (15,off Hendrickson); Phelps (13,off Hendrickson); Menechino (10,off Hendrickson).  3B–Toronto Rios (4,off Hendrickson).  HR–Tampa Bay Baldelli (9,1st inning off Batista 1 on, 1 out); Huff (16,8th inning off Ligtenberg 0 on, 1 out), Toronto Menechino (6,1st inning off Hendrickson 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Gathright (2,by Frasor).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  WP–Baez (2).  HBP–Frasor (1,Gathright).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–2:42.  A–16,633.

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