Oakland Athletics vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
July 27, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1998 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 5, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 11

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 5 1 2 0
Neill lf 5 0 0 0
Grieve rf 4 1 1 0
Stairs dh 4 0 1 0
Giambi 1b 4 1 2 1
Blowers 3b 4 1 2 2
Macfarlane c 4 0 0 0
Voigt cf 3 0 0 0
  Henderson ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Tejada ss 3 1 1 1
Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Fetters p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 9 4
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
McCracken cf,lf 3 2 1 0
Boggs 3b 5 1 3 3
  Smith pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Ledesma 2b 5 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 2 1 1
Trammell rf,lf 3 2 1 0
  Winn cf 1 0 1 2
Sorrento dh 4 0 0 0
Butler lf 1 1 0 0
  Kelly ph,rf 3 1 2 1
DiFelice c 3 0 1 1
Stocker ss 3 1 1 2
Rekar p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 11 11 10
Oakland 100 002 200592
Tampa Bay 020 050 04x11112
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stein  L (4-6) 4.1 4 6 5 5 4
  Groom   1.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Fetters   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Mohler   1.0 3 3 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
11
9
7
7
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rekar  W (1-2) 6.0 7 3 3 1 4
  White   0.0 2 2 1 0 0
  Aldred   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Mecir   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
2
5

  E–Roberts (3), Blowers (14), Stocker (8), Rekar (1).  2B–Oakland Blowers (16,off Rekar); Roberts (12,off White), Tampa Bay Difelice (8,off Stein).  3B–Tampa Bay Kelly (2,off Fetters); Winn (4,off Mohler).  HR–Oakland Blowers (8,6th inning off Rekar 1 on, 1 out); Tejada (4,7th inning off White 0 on, 0 out), Tampa Bay Boggs (6,5th inning off Stein 1 on, 0 out).  SH–McCracken (8,off Mohler).  WP–Stein (9).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:15.  A–24,359.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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