Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs New York Mets
June 4, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 2000 at Shea Stadium. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the New York Mets 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 15, New York Mets 5

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf 5 1 3 4
Johnson 3b 6 1 2 2
Vaughn lf 4 1 1 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Trammell ph 1 1 1 3
  Creek p 0 0 0 0
  Guillen O. ph 1 0 0 0
  Sturtze p 0 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 1 0
Cox rf 3 1 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Winn ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Flaherty c 4 2 1 1
Cairo 2b 3 2 0 0
Martinez ss 4 3 2 3
Yan p 1 1 1 1
  Guillen J. ph,rf 2 2 1 1
Totals 40 15 14 15
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
McEwing lf,2b 5 1 3 0
Abbott ss 4 1 0 0
Alfonzo 2b 2 0 0 0
  Agbayani ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Piazza c 1 1 1 2
  Pratt ph,c 0 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 3 0 0 0
  Harris ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Zeile 1b 4 0 1 0
Payton cf 4 2 3 2
McGuire rf 2 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Franco ph 1 0 1 1
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Mahomes p 0 0 0 0
  Mora rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Tampa Bay 030 005 05215140
New York 021 010 001591
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Yan  W (3-3) 5.0 5 4 4 2 3
  White   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Mecir   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Creek   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Sturtze   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (1-2) 5.1 6 7 7 3 4
  Mahomes   0.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Rodriguez   2.0 4 5 0 0 0
  Wendell   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
15
10
4
6

  E–Abbott (1).  DP–Tampa Bay 3.  2B–Tampa Bay Williams 3 (14,off Jones Sr,off Mahomes,off Wendell), New York Piazza (15,off Yan); Payton (6,off Sturtze).  3B–New York McEwing (1,off Yan).  HR–Tampa Bay F Martinez (1,2nd inning off Jones Sr 1 on, 2 out); Yan (1,2nd inning off Jones Sr 0 on, 2 out); Trammell (5,8th inning off Rodriguez 2 on, 2 out), New York Payton (4,2nd inning off Yan 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Yan (1,off Jones Sr).  SF–Williams (2,off Rodriguez); Piazza (1,off Yan).  HBP–Cairo (2,by Rodriguez); J Guillen (4,by Rodriguez); Abbott (1,by Yan); Alfonzo (2,by Yan).  HBP–Yan 2 (6,Abbott,Alfonzo); Rodriguez 2 (3,Cairo,J Guillen).  U-HP–C.B. Bucknor, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B–Al Clark.  T–3:10.  A–43,610.
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