Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1998 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn lf 3 1 1 0
McCracken cf 3 0 1 0
Boggs 3b 3 0 1 1
McGriff 1b 4 0 0 0
Sorrento dh 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Ledesma ss 3 0 2 0
Butler rf 3 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 1 0
DiFelice c 4 0 0 0
Cairo 2b 3 0 0 0
Saunders p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 4 2 3 0
Green cf 1 0 0 0
Fernandez 2b 4 0 3 1
Delgado 1b 3 0 0 1
Stanley dh 4 0 1 0
Sprague 3b 3 0 0 0
Dalesandro rf 3 0 1 0
  Crespo rf 0 0 0 0
Fletcher c 2 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 3 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 8 2
Tampa Bay 000 001 000162
Toronto 000 001 01x280
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Saunders   7.0 6 1 1 3 8
  White  L (1-4) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Aldred   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Lopez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
2
2
3
9
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   7.1 5 1 1 4 7
  Plesac   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Quantrill  W (1-3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Myers  SV (23) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
8

  E–Difelice 2 (4).  DP–Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 1.  2B–Toronto Stewart (11,off Saunders).  SH–Ledesma (4,off Clemens); Green (1,off Aldred).  SF–Delgado (4,off Saunders).  SB–Ledesma (4,2nd base off Clemens/Fletcher); McCracken (10,2nd base off Clemens/Fletcher); Stewart (26,2nd base off Saunders/Difelice); Green (20,2nd base off Saunders/Difelice).  CS–Winn (5,2nd base by Clemens/Fletcher); Fernandez (5,2nd base by Saunders/Difelice).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:53.  A–31,240.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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