Devil Rays @ Rangers
July 17, 1998

Back Home

Welcome to our redesigned site

The redesign was done to make the web experience more user friendly, as well as to make the mobile and desktop versions more compatible. We hope you find the site an improved experience. We always welcome your input, so let us know what you think. Play ball!

Bottom 5	R	H	E
Devil Rays	4	9	1
Rangers	3	4	2

Bottom 5	R	H	E
Devil Rays	4	9	1
Rangers	3	4	2

Mike Simms Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.341
OBP	.500	.410
At Bats	1	88
Hits	0	30
• Singles	0	16
• Doubles	0	6
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	8
Walks	1	9
RBI’s	0	23

Tony Saunders Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	9	0

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

The Ballpark in Arlington - July 17, 1998

•

Out

Tony Saunders

John Flaherty

Paul Sorrento

Miguel Cairo

Bob Smith

Kevin Stocker

Quinton McCracken

Randy Winn

Mike Kelly

Mike Simms

Juan Gonzalez

Count: 1-0, 2 Outs

Count: 1-0, 0 Outs

Simms hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sorrento scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simms for the out.

Return to all plays in text

PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 5 Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Winn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Greer tags and scores.

Bottom 5 Rodriguez strikes out.

Bottom 5 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stocker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Greer moves to third.

Bottom 5 Greer hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.

Top 5 Kelly strikes out.

Top 5 Sorrento strikes out.

Top 5 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster misplays the ball. That's an error on Elster. Cairo scores. McCracken scores. Smith moves to second.

Top 5 Smith is hit by the pitch. McCracken moves to second.

Top 5 McCracken hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cairo moves to third.

Top 5 Cairo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kelly. Cairo reaches second base with a double.

Top 5 Oliver fires to first and has Winn trapped. There's the throw to Elster who tags Winn for the out.

Top 5 Winn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 4 Kelly hits a line drive into left field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 McLemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stocker fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 4 Tatis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stocker fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 4 Elster takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Stocker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 4 Flaherty hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 4 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Oliver fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Sorrento hits a fly ball into right field. Simms settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Simms strikes out.

Bottom 3 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cairo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 3 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 Trammell strikes out.

Top 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 McCracken hits a line drive towards first. Clark reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Cairo hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Greer. Cairo reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 2 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Saunders fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Greer is hit by the pitch. Kelly moves to second.

Bottom 2 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cairo misplays the ball. That's an error on Cairo. Simms scores. Elster scores. McLemore moves to third. Two runs are unearned.

Bottom 2 McLemore takes first base on ball four. Simms moves to third. Elster moves to second.

Bottom 2 Tatis hits a fly ball into center field. Winn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Elster takes first base on ball four. Simms moves to second.

Bottom 2 Simms takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sorrento scoops it up and throws to first, with Saunders covering, for the out.

Top 2 Winn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 2 Stocker strikes out.

Top 2 Flaherty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis juggles the ball. That's an error on Tatis. Sorrento moves to third.

Top 2 Kelly hits a fly ball into right field. Simms settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Trammell tags and scores.

Top 2 Sorrento hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Trammell moves to third.

Top 2 Trammell hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Greer. Trammell reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 1 Rodriguez strikes out.

Bottom 1 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Greer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stocker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McLemore moves to second.

Bottom 1 Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Winn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 McLemore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Oliver fires to first and has Smith trapped. There's the throw to McLemore who tags Smith for the out.

Top 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 1 McCracken hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. McLemore reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Cairo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Winn scores.

Top 1 Winn hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Kelly who is chasing the ball. Winn reaches third base with a triple.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at www.retrosheet.org

Back To Baseball makes no guarantees of accuracy for the information that is supplied.

We have chosen images from the Wikimedia Commons which we believe are in the public domain or under a creative commons license. If you believe we are using an image inappropriately, please contact us for prompt removal.

Questions? Comments? Contact us at info@backtobaseball.com

Devil Rays @ RangersJuly 17, 1998

Welcome to our redesigned site

Mike Simms Season Stats

Tony Saunders Season Stats

Simms hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sorrento scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simms for the out.

Devil Rays @ Rangers
July 17, 1998