Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs New York Yankees
September 24, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1998 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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, New York Yankees 5

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 5 0 0 0
McCracken lf 4 0 2 0
Smith 3b 4 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 1 0
Trammell dh 2 1 0 0
Ledesma ss 4 1 1 0
Kelly rf 3 0 1 0
Cairo 2b 4 0 1 2
Flaherty c 3 0 0 0
  Boggs ph 1 0 0 0
Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 3 1 0 0
Jeter ss 4 1 1 0
Williams cf 4 1 1 1
  Ledee lf 0 0 0 0
Davis dh 2 0 0 0
  Bush pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Spencer rf 4 1 1 4
Posada c 3 0 1 0
Curtis lf,cf 2 0 0 0
Brosius 3b 3 0 1 0
Sojo 1b 4 0 0 0
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Buddie p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
  Tessmer p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 5 5
Tampa Bay 020 000 000261
New York 000 005 00x550
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Alvarez  L (6-14) 5.0 4 5 5 2 6
  Yan   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Lopez   1.0 0 0 0 3 2
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
6
9
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   5.0 5 2 2 3 5
  Buddie  W (4-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lloyd   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Tessmer   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Nelson  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
8

  E–Ledesma (12).  DP–Tampa Bay 1.  PB–Posada (7).  2B–Tampa Bay McCracken (38,off Buddie), New York Brosius (33,off Alvarez).  HR–New York Spencer (8,6th inning off Alvarez 3 on, 0 out).  HBP–Curtis (7,by Alvarez).  CS–Bush (3,2nd base by Lopez/Flaherty).  WP–Lopez (5).  HBP–Alvarez (9,Curtis).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Brian O'Nora, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:10.  A–24,555.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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