Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
April 23, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 2003 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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 3, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 4 0 0 0
Catalanotto rf 4 0 1 0
Wells cf 4 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 2 1 1 1
  Wilson 1b 1 1 1 1
Phelps dh 4 1 1 1
Hinske 3b 4 0 1 0
Myers c 3 0 1 0
Woodward ss 4 0 0 0
Hudson 2b 4 0 2 0
Hendrickson p 0 0 0 0
  Escobar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Shumpert rf,3b 4 1 1 1
Easley 2b 2 0 0 0
  Anderson 2b 2 1 1 2
Baldelli cf 4 0 2 1
Huff 1b 3 0 0 0
Truby 3b 3 0 1 0
  Martin ph 1 0 0 0
  Lombard rf 0 0 0 0
Hall c 3 0 1 0
Valentin dh 3 1 1 0
Ordonez ss 3 0 1 0
Crawford lf 3 1 1 0
Zambrano p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Harper p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
  Carter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Toronto 000 200 010381
Tampa Bay 000 000 04x490
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hendrickson  L (1-3) 7.2 8 4 4 0 3
  Escobar   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
1
3
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano   5.1 6 2 2 1 3
  Seay   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Harper   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Venafro  W (1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Carter  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
5

  E–Myers (3).  DP–Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Tampa Bay Ordonez (5,off Hendrickson); Shumpert (1,off Hendrickson); Anderson (1,off Hendrickson).  HR–Toronto Delgado (6,4th inning off Zambrano 0 on, 2 out); Phelps (3,4th inning off Zambrano 0 on, 2 out); Wilson (2,8th inning off Harper 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Huff (4,by Escobar).  SB–Hudson 2 (2,2nd base off Zambrano/Hall,2nd base off Harper/Hall); Baldelli (1,2nd base off Escobar/Myers).  WP–Escobar (2).  IBB–Escobar (1,Huff).  U-HP–Andrew Fletcher, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Mike DiMuro.  T–2:37.  A–9,221.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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