Detroit Tigers vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
April 4, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 2002 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 2, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Higginson lf 3 0 1 0
  Magee lf 1 0 1 0
Halter ss 3 0 0 0
Fick dh 4 0 0 0
Young 1b 3 0 1 0
  Simon 1b 1 0 0 0
Paquette 3b 3 0 0 0
  Jackson 3b 1 0 0 0
Cruz rf 4 1 2 1
Rivera c 3 1 1 1
Easley 2b 4 0 0 0
Macias cf 4 0 0 0
Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Pearson p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Tyner lf 3 1 0 0
Abernathy 2b 3 1 1 1
  Smith J. ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Cox 1b 5 1 2 0
Vaughn dh 2 1 1 1
Hall c 4 1 1 0
Grieve rf 3 2 2 2
Smith B. 3b 4 0 0 0
Conti cf 1 0 0 0
  Winn ph,cf 2 1 1 4
Gomez ss 3 1 1 1
  Escalona ss 1 0 1 0
Rupe p 0 0 0 0
  Kent p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 10 9
Detroit 000 000 002260
Tampa Bay 112 140 00x9101
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lima  L (0-1) 2.0 4 4 4 3 0
  Pearson   2.2 3 4 4 2 2
  Miller   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Farnsworth   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Anderson   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
9
9
7
5
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rupe  W (1-0) 7.0 3 0 0 0 7
  Kent   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Sosa   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
0
8

  E–B Smith (1).  DP–Detroit 2.  PB–Rivera (1).  2B–Detroit Higginson (2,off Rupe); Cruz (1,off Rupe), Tampa Bay Vaughn (1,off Lima); Cox (1,off Miller).  HR–Detroit Cruz (1,9th inning off Sosa 0 on, 1 out); Rivera (1,9th inning off Sosa 0 on, 1 out), Tampa Bay Grieve (1,2nd inning off Lima 0 on, 0 out); Abernathy (1,3rd inning off Lima 0 on, 0 out); Gomez (1,4th inning off Pearson 0 on, 1 out); Winn (1,5th inning off Miller 3 on, 2 out).  HBP–Halter (1,by Rupe); Rivera (1,by Rupe).  IBB–Grieve (1,by Pearson).  SB–Young (1,2nd base off Rupe/Hall); Tyner (1,2nd base off Lima/Rivera).  HBP–Rupe 2 (2,Halter,Rivera).  IBB–Pearson (1,Grieve).  U-HP–Chris Guccione, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–2:43.  A–14,204.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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