Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Kansas City Royals
July 28, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 2000 at Kauffman Stadium. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10, Kansas City Royals 3

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf 5 3 3 3
Cairo 2b 5 1 3 1
Vaughn lf 3 1 0 0
McGriff 1b 5 1 3 2
Canseco dh 2 1 0 0
Cox rf 3 0 0 1
  Guillen pr,rf 1 0 1 2
Castilla 3b 4 1 1 1
DiFelice c 5 0 1 0
Martinez ss 3 2 0 0
Rekar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 12 10
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 4 0 1 0
Sanchez ss 3 0 1 1
Sweeney 1b 4 1 1 0
Quinn lf 4 0 1 0
Randa 3b 4 1 2 1
McCarty dh 3 0 1 0
Dunwoody rf 3 0 0 1
Ortiz c 3 0 0 0
Febles 2b 3 1 1 0
Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Spradlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
Tampa Bay 003 001 20410120
Kansas City 000 100 011381
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rekar  W (4-6) 9.0 8 3 3 2 4
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Stein  L (1-3) 6.0 6 6 5 4 5
  Wilson   2.0 2 0 0 2 1
  Spradlin   1.0 4 4 4 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
10
9
7
6

  E–Stein (1).  DP–Tampa Bay 2, Kansas City 3.  2B–Tampa Bay Williams (22,off Spradlin); J Guillen (8,off Spradlin), Kansas City Quinn (19,off Rekar); Damon (24,off Rekar); Randa (18,off Rekar).  HR–Tampa Bay Williams (15,7th inning off Stein 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Castilla (6,off Spradlin); Sanchez (3,off Rekar); Dunwoody (5,off Rekar).  CS–Cairo (5,Home by Wilson/Ortiz).  U-HP–Dan Iassogna, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–2:42.  A–17,511.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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