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Tampa Bay Rays @ Kansas City Royals

1998-05-06 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 11401 · 62°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 5 mph from LF · 2:27

Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated Kansas City Royals 5–0. Tampa Bay Devil Rays put up 5 in the 5th. Rolando Arrojo earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	12
KCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

W: Rolando Arrojo L: Glendon Rusch SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dale Scott · 1B: Dave Phillips · 2B: Rocky Roe · 3B: Durwood Merrill · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Martinez	5	0	2	0	0	1
Quinton McCracken	5	1	2	0	0	2
Mike Kelly	4	1	1	0	1	0
Fred McGriff	5	1	2	1	0	0
Jerome Walton	3	1	1	0	1	2
Bob Smith	4	0	1	0	0	0
John Flaherty	4	0	0	0	0	2
Kevin Stocker	3	1	2	2	1	0
Miguel Cairo	4	0	1	2	0	0
Paul Sorrento	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	4	0	0	1
Jose Offerman	4	1	0	1
Hal Morris	3	1	1	0
Jeff King	4	0	0	0
Jeff Conine	3	0	0	1
Dean Palmer	3	0	0	3
Larry Sutton	3	1	0	0
Chris Turner	3	0	0	0
Felix Martinez	2	0	1	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rolando Arrojo	9.0	3	2	6

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Glendon Rusch	5.0	10	3	3
Jim Pittsley	2.0	1	0	3
Brian Bevil	1.0	1	0	1
Matt Whisenant	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dave Martinez: S7/L7LS
Quinton McCracken: S8/L8RM.1-3
Mike Kelly: W.1-2
Fred McGriff: 8/P78S
Jerome Walton: K
Bob Smith: 5/L56

Bot 1

Johnny Damon: 8/F78XD
Jose Offerman: 8/F78D
Hal Morris: 63/G6

Top 2

John Flaherty: 63/G6
Kevin Stocker: S4/BG4S
Miguel Cairo: 53/G6.1-2
Dave Martinez: 9/F9M

Bot 2

Jeff King: 4/P4MD
Jeff Conine: 8/F8LD
Dean Palmer: K

Top 3

Quinton McCracken: 43/G4S
Mike Kelly: 63/G6
Fred McGriff: S8/G6MD
Jerome Walton: S8/L89S.1-2
Bob Smith: 3/P3DF

Bot 3

Larry Sutton: 43/G4
Chris Turner: 63/G56
Felix Martinez: 63/G6

Top 4

John Flaherty: 53/G5
Kevin Stocker: W
Miguel Cairo: 8/L78M
Dave Martinez: K

Bot 4

Johnny Damon: 8/F78M
Jose Offerman: D7/L7LM
Hal Morris: 8/F78M
Jeff King: 3/P3

Top 5

Quinton McCracken: S3/L3D
Mike Kelly: S5/G5.1-2
Fred McGriff: S6/L56D.2-H;1-2
Jerome Walton: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Smith: 3/L4
John Flaherty: K
Kevin Stocker: D7/L7LS.3-H;2-H;1-3
Miguel Cairo: S7/L7LM.3-H;2-H;BX3(75)

Bot 5

Jeff Conine: K
Dean Palmer: K
Larry Sutton: 43/G4

Top 6

Dave Martinez: 9/F8RM
Quinton McCracken: K
Mike Kelly: 4/P4MS

Bot 6

Chris Turner: 13/G15S
Felix Martinez: W
Johnny Damon: K
Jose Offerman: K

Top 7

Fred McGriff: 7/F7LS
Jerome Walton: K
Bob Smith: D9/G3
John Flaherty: K

Bot 7

Hal Morris: S8/G6MD
Jeff King: 8/F8LD
Jeff Conine: 8/F8RS
Dean Palmer: K

Top 8

Kevin Stocker: 9/F89D
Miguel Cairo: 6/P7S
Dave Martinez: S8/L8RS
Quinton McCracken: K

Bot 8

Larry Sutton: S4/G4D
Chris Turner: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M
Felix Martinez: 5/P5

Top 9

Mike Kelly: 63/G56
Fred McGriff: 7/L7M
Paul Sorrento: 7/L7LD

Bot 9

Johnny Damon: 63/G56
Jose Offerman: 8/F78M
Hal Morris: W
Jeff King: 63/G6

Notes & reviews

Jerome Walton ejected by HP umpire Dale Scott

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