Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
April 4, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 2001 at Tropicana Field. The Toronto Blue Jays 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

Toronto Blue Jays 11, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 4 1 1 0
  Simmons lf 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 3 1 2 2
Mondesi rf 4 1 1 2
Delgado 1b 5 3 3 4
Fullmer dh 5 0 2 0
Batista 3b 4 1 1 1
Fletcher c 4 1 1 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 4 1 1 0
Bush 2b 4 2 2 1
  Freel 2b 0 0 0 0
Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Painter p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 14 10
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf 4 0 0 0
Cox lf 4 1 3 0
  Winn lf 1 0 0 0
Vaughn dh 5 2 2 0
McGriff 1b 4 1 1 0
Grieve rf 5 2 2 1
Castilla 3b 4 1 3 4
Smith 2b 3 1 0 0
Flaherty c 5 0 1 2
Martinez ss 4 0 1 0
Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Sturtze p 0 0 0 0
  Creek p 0 0 0 0
  Hill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 7
Toronto 003 001 31311142
Tampa Bay 023 000 3008131
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hamilton   5.0 7 5 1 2 5
  Painter   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Quantrill  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Koch  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
8
4
4
7
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   5.0 7 4 3 1 5
  Sturtze   1.2 3 2 2 0 1
  Creek   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Hill  L (0-1) 2.0 3 4 4 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
11
10
2
6

  E–Bush 2 (2), Martinez (1).  DP–Toronto 1, Tampa Bay 1.  PB–Fletcher (1).  2B–Toronto Cruz (1,off Wilson); Fullmer (1,off Sturtze); Bush (2,off Sturtze); Gonzalez (2,off Sturtze), Tampa Bay Cox (1,off Hamilton); Castilla (3,off Hamilton).  HR–Toronto Delgado 3 (3,6th inning off Wilson 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Creek 1 on, 2 out,9th inning off Hill 0 on, 1 out); Batista (2,8th inning off Hill 0 on, 0 out); Mondesi (1,9th inning off Hill 1 on, 1 out), Tampa Bay Castilla (1,3rd inning off Hamilton 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Gonzalez (1,off Hill); Williams (1,off Quantrill).  SF–Gonzalez (1,off Wilson).  HBP–Batista (1,by Sturtze).  HBP–Sturtze (1,Batista).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Brian Runge, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:07.  A–15,172.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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