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Tampa Bay Rays @ Detroit Tigers

1998-08-29 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 16406 · 81°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 8 mph to RF · 2:21

Detroit Tigers defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8–2. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 5th. Seth Greisinger earned the win. Juan Encarnacion went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
DET	1	0	1	2	3	1	0	0		8	11

W: Seth Greisinger L: Bryan Rekar SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Miller · 1B: Greg Kosc · 2B: Larry Barnett · 3B: Ken Kaiser · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Quinton McCracken	4	0	1	1	0	0
Wade Boggs	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Smith	3	0	0	0	1	0
Fred McGriff	4	1	1	0	0	1
Mike Kelly	4	0	2	0	0	0
Paul Sorrento	2	0	0	1	0	0
Aaron Ledesma	4	0	0	0	0	0
Miguel Cairo	3	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Difelice	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bubba Trammell	1	0	0	0	1	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank Catalanotto	4	2	2	2	0	1
Joe Randa	4	0	1	1	1	1
Bobby Higginson	4	0	0	0	1	0
Tony Clark	4	2	3	1	0	1
Luis Gonzalez	3	1	0	0	1	1
Juan Encarnacion	4	2	2	3	0	0
Gabe Alvarez	3	1	1	1	1	2
Joe Siddall	4	0	2	0	0	2
Deivi Cruz	4	0	0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bryan Rekar	5.1	11	2	6
Rick White	2.2	0	2	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Seth Greisinger	8.1	4	2	2
Todd Jones	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Quinton McCracken: 53/G56S
Wade Boggs: 3/G34S
Bob Smith: W
Fred McGriff: 7/F7LS

Bot 1

Frank Catalanotto: D5/P56D
Joe Randa: S8/G6M.2-H
Bobby Higginson: 8/F8RD
Tony Clark: S6/G56D.1-2
Luis Gonzalez: K
Juan Encarnacion: 6(1)/FO/G6

Top 2

Mike Kelly: 3/G34
Paul Sorrento: 43/G4
Aaron Ledesma: 63/G56

Bot 2

Gabe Alvarez: K
Joe Siddall: D9/F9D
Deivi Cruz: K
Frank Catalanotto: 31/G34S

Top 3

Miguel Cairo: HP
Mike Difelice: PB.1-2
Mike Difelice: 53/G5S
Quinton McCracken: PB.2-3
Quinton McCracken: D7/L7LM.3-H(UR)
Wade Boggs: 43/G4.2-3
Bob Smith: 43/G4S

Bot 3

Joe Randa: K
Bobby Higginson: 43/G4M
Tony Clark: HR/L9D
Luis Gonzalez: 31/G34S

Top 4

Fred McGriff: D9/L9S
Mike Kelly: S8/F8LS.2-3
Paul Sorrento: 54(1)/FO/G56.3-H
Aaron Ledesma: 9/F9S
Miguel Cairo: 64(1)/FO/G56

Bot 4

Juan Encarnacion: D8/L8RD
Gabe Alvarez: S8/G6MD.2-H
Joe Siddall: D7/L7LM.1-3
Deivi Cruz: 53/G5
Frank Catalanotto: 8/SF/F8LXD.3-H
Joe Randa: 53/G56S

Top 5

Mike Difelice: K
Quinton McCracken: 63/G6
Wade Boggs: 43/G4

Bot 5

Bobby Higginson: 31/G34
Tony Clark: S7/L78S
Luis Gonzalez: W.1-2
Juan Encarnacion: HR/F9D.2-H;1-H
Gabe Alvarez: K
Joe Siddall: K

Top 6

Bob Smith: 7/F7M
Fred McGriff: K
Mike Kelly: 63/G56S

Bot 6

Deivi Cruz: 5/P56
Frank Catalanotto: HR/F9D
Joe Randa: W
Bobby Higginson: W.1-2
Tony Clark: K
Luis Gonzalez: 7/F7LS

Top 7

Bubba Trammell: 3/P3F
Aaron Ledesma: 3/P23F
Miguel Cairo: 9/F9S

Bot 7

Juan Encarnacion: 53/G56
Gabe Alvarez: W
Joe Siddall: K
Deivi Cruz: 64(1)/FO/G56

Top 8

Mike Difelice: 4/P4
Quinton McCracken: 3/G34S
Wade Boggs: 43/G4

Bot 8

Frank Catalanotto: K
Joe Randa: 13/G15
Bobby Higginson: 8/F8LD

Top 9

Bob Smith: 13/G15
Fred McGriff: E4/G4
Mike Kelly: S9/L9S.1-2
Bubba Trammell: W.2-3;1-2
Aaron Ledesma: 9/F9M
Miguel Cairo: 43/G4MS