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Tigers 11 @ Devil Rays 6
Tropicana Field
March 31, 1998

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Detroit Tigers, played on March 31, 1998 at Tropicana Field. The home team Devil Rays were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 11 to 6.

Game Summary

DateMarch 31, 1998 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 11 H: 18 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 11
Hits: 18
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
R: 6 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherJustin Thompson  
Losing PitcherWilson Alvarez  
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Game Winning RBIJoe Randa 

Game Info

DateMarch 31, 1998 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamTampa Bay Devil Rays 
Visiting Starting PitcherJustin Thompson  
Home Starting PitcherWilson Alvarez  
BallparkTropicana Field 
CitySt. Petersburg 
StateFL 
Attendance45,369 
Time of Game3 hours 1 minute 
UmpiresHP: Rich Garcia
1B: Mike Reilly
2B: Tim McClelland
3B: John Hirschbeck

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Brian Hunter  Center Fielder 
Bip Roberts  DH 
Bobby Higginson  Right Fielder 
Tony Clark  First Baseman 
Damion Easley  Second Baseman 
Luis Gonzalez  Left Fielder 
Joe Randa  Third Baseman 
Joe Oliver  Catcher 
Billy Ripken  Shortstop 
Buddy Bell  Manager 

Tampa Bay Devil Rays Lineup 

Name  Position 
Quinton McCracken  Center Fielder 
Miguel Cairo  Second Baseman 
Wade Boggs  Third Baseman 
Fred McGriff  First Baseman 
Mike Kelly  Left Fielder 
Paul Sorrento  DH 
John Flaherty  Catcher 
Dave Martinez  Right Fielder 
Kevin Stocker  Shortstop 
Larry Rothschild  Manager 

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Tigers 11 @ Devil Rays 6
Tropicana Field
March 31, 1998

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         Game of 3/31/1998 -- Detroit at Tampa Bay (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Tampa Bay          AB  R  H RBI
Hunter B, cf          6  1  2  2   McCracken Q, cf       5  2  2  1   
Roberts B, dh         5  0  1  1   Cairo M, 2b           4  0  1  0   
Incaviglia P, ph      1  0  0  0   Butler R, ph          1  0  1  1   
Higginson B, rf       4  0  1  0   Boggs W, 3b           4  1  1  3   
Clark T, 1b           5  2  2  0   McGriff F, 1b         4  0  1  0   
Easley D, 2b-ss       5  3  3  0   Kelly M, lf           5  0  0  0   
Gonzalez L, lf        5  2  3  2   Sorrento P, dh        5  0  1  0   
Randa J, 3b           5  1  3  3   Flaherty J, c         4  1  2  0   
Oliver J, c           5  1  2  3   Martinez D, rf        2  0  1  0   
Ripken B, ss          3  1  1  0   Smith B, ph           1  1  1  0   
Catalanotto F, ph-2b  1  0  0  0   Stocker K, ss         3  0  1  0   
                                   Trammell B, ph        0  1  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45 11 18 11                        38  6 12  5

Detroit          042 050 000 -- 11
Tampa Bay        000 002 004 --  6

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Thompson J (W)        6.0  8  2  2  0  2
Runyan S              1.0  0  0  0  1  0
Duran R               1.0  0  0  0  0  0
Florie B              0.1  4  4  3  1  0
Bochtler D            0.2  0  0  0  1  1

  Tampa Bay            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Alvarez W (L)         2.1  9  6  6  0  2
Carlson D             2.2  6  5  5  2  3
Springer D            3.0  3  0  0  0  0
Mecir J               1.0  0  0  0  0  2

E -- Bochtler D
DP -- Detroit 2
LOB -- Detroit 9, Tampa Bay 9
2B -- Randa J 2, Easley D, Hunter B, Flaherty J, Sorrento P, Higginson B, Gonzalez L
HR -- Gonzalez L, Boggs W
HBP -- by Duran R (McGriff F)
T -- 3:01
A -- 45369

    

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