Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs New York Yankees
September 27, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 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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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3, New York Yankees 8

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 5 0 1 0
McCracken lf 3 0 0 0
  Robinson lf 2 0 0 0
Smith 3b 4 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 3 1 3 0
  McClain pr,1b 1 1 0 0
Trammell dh 4 1 1 0
Kelly rf 1 0 0 1
  Butler rf 2 0 1 2
Ledesma ss 4 0 2 0
Cairo 2b 4 0 0 0
DiFelice c 4 0 2 0
Rekar p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Duvall p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Tatis p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 1 1 0 0
  Bush 2b 1 1 1 0
Jeter ss 4 1 1 0
O'Neill rf 2 0 1 1
  Curtis lf,cf 1 1 1 1
Williams cf 2 1 2 1
  Ledee ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 2 0 0 0
  Sojo 1b 2 1 1 1
Strawberry dh 2 0 2 0
  Davis ph,dh 1 1 0 0
Spencer lf,rf 4 1 1 4
Posada c 4 0 0 0
Brosius 3b 3 0 0 0
  Lowell 3b 1 0 0 0
Bruske p 0 0 0 0
  Irabu p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 10 8
Tampa Bay 000 102 0003110
New York 002 051 00x8100
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rekar   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  White  L (2-6) 0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Duvall   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Yan   1.2 2 3 3 2 3
  Aldred   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Lopez   1.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Tatis   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Springer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
4
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Bruske  W (1-0) 5.0 4 1 1 1 2
  Irabu   2.0 4 2 2 0 3
  Lloyd   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Holmes   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
1
6

  E–None.  2B–Tampa Bay McGriff (33,off Bruske); Trammell (18,off Irabu), New York Strawberry (11,off Rekar).  HR–New York Spencer (10,5th inning off Lopez 3 on, 2 out).  SF–Williams (4,off White).  CS–Winn (12,2nd base by Bruske/Posada); Curtis (5,2nd base by Lopez/Difelice).  SB–Knoblauch (31,2nd base off Yan/Difelice).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–2:53.  A–49,608.
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