Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Boston Red Sox
September 22, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1998 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox 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 2, Boston Red Sox 11

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 4 0 0 0
McCracken lf 3 0 0 0
  Robinson lf 1 0 0 0
Smith 3b 4 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 2 0 1 0
  McClain 1b 1 0 0 0
Trammell dh 3 0 1 0
  Silvestri pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Ledesma ss 3 1 1 0
Kelly rf 3 1 1 2
Cairo 2b 3 0 0 0
Flaherty c 3 0 2 0
Santana p 0 0 0 0
  Pennington p 0 0 0 0
  Duvall p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Tatis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf 5 1 1 0
Valentin 3b 4 2 1 0
Vaughn 1b 5 0 1 2
Garciaparra ss 3 3 2 0
O'Leary lf 3 3 1 0
Bragg rf 4 1 1 3
Cummings dh 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph,dh 1 1 1 1
Hatteberg c 3 0 2 2
Benjamin 2b 4 0 1 2
Schourek p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 11 11 10
Tampa Bay 000 020 000262
Boston 034 030 01x11110
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Santana  L (5-6) 2.1 6 6 6 1 1
  Pennington   0.0 1 1 1 3 0
  Duvall   2.2 2 3 3 2 0
  Springer   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Tatis   1.0 0 1 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
11
10
8
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Schourek  W (1-3) 8.0 6 2 2 0 5
  Mahay   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
5

  E–McClain (1), Santana (2).  DP–Tampa Bay 1, Boston 2.  2B–Boston Bragg (28,off Santana); Valentin (44,off Santana); Benjamin (22,off Duvall); Hatteberg (22,off Springer).  3B–Boston Garciaparra (8,off Duvall).  HR–Tampa Bay Kelly (10,5th inning off Schourek 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Cummings (1,off Santana).  SF–Hatteberg (3,off Santana).  CS–Cummings (3,2nd base by Santana/Flaherty).  WP–Schourek (2).  BK–Tatis (1).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–2:36.  A–20,399.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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