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Tampa Bay Rays @ Minnesota Twins

1998-09-03 · Day game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · 12 innings · Att: 7072 · 72°F, dome, dry · 3:40

Minnesota Twins defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5–4. Minnesota Twins put up 2 in the 4th. Eddie Guardado earned the win. Fred McGriff went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
TBA	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	9
MIN	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	10

W: Eddie Guardado L: Rick White SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Derryl Cousins · 1B: Joe Brinkman · 2B: Tim Welke · 3B: Gary Cederstrom · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Randy Winn	5	0	1	0	0	2
Quinton McCracken	5	1	2	0	0	3
Wade Boggs	5	1	1	1	0	0
Fred McGriff	5	1	2	2	0	2
Aaron Ledesma	5	0	0	0	0	2
Paul Sorrento	3	0	0	0	0	2
Rich Butler	5	1	2	0	0	1
Mike Difelice	4	0	0	0	1	2
Miguel Cairo	4	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Kelly	2	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Lawton	5	1	2	1	0	0
Brent Gates	3	0	0	0	2	1
Paul Molitor	5	2	2	0	0	1
David Ortiz	4	1	3	0	1	0
Marty Cordova	5	0	0	1	0	1
Todd Walker	5	1	2	2	0	1
Alex Ochoa	5	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Steinbach	5	0	1	1	0	2
Denny Hocking	2	0	0	0	0	1
Otis Nixon	1	0	0	0	0	1
Pat Meares	1	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bryan Rekar	7.0	5	2	4
Scott Aldred	1.0	0	0	1
Jim Mecir	2.0	2	1	2
Rick White	1.1	3	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brad Radke	9.0	7	0	10
Dan Serafini	0.1	1	0	0
Hector Carrasco	0.1	1	1	1
Eddie Guardado	2.1	0	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Randy Winn: S7/F78M
Quinton McCracken: SB2
Quinton McCracken: K23
Wade Boggs: 7/F7M
Fred McGriff: 43/G4

Bot 1

Matt Lawton: S9/L89S
Brent Gates: SB2
Brent Gates: W
Paul Molitor: S9/F9S.2-3;1X2(926)
David Ortiz: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 2

Aaron Ledesma: 43/G34
Paul Sorrento: K
Rich Butler: 3/G3

Bot 2

Marty Cordova: 13/BG13S
Todd Walker: K
Alex Ochoa: 63/G6

Top 3

Mike Difelice: K
Miguel Cairo: 63/G6
Randy Winn: 13/G15

Bot 3

Terry Steinbach: 43/G4
Denny Hocking: K
Matt Lawton: 43/G4

Top 4

Quinton McCracken: S7/L7S
Wade Boggs: D9/L9LS.1-H
Fred McGriff: S8/F8RS.2-H
Aaron Ledesma: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S
Paul Sorrento: 43/G4

Bot 4

Brent Gates: W
Paul Molitor: 54(1)/FO/G5
David Ortiz: S8/L8LS.1-2
Marty Cordova: K
Todd Walker: D8/L78S.2-H;1-H
Alex Ochoa: 63/G6

Top 5

Rich Butler: K
Mike Difelice: 63/G6
Miguel Cairo: 3/G34S

Bot 5

Terry Steinbach: 8/F8RM
Denny Hocking: 63/G6
Matt Lawton: 31/G34

Top 6

Randy Winn: K
Quinton McCracken: S8/G4M
Wade Boggs: CS2(26)
Wade Boggs: 7/F7M

Bot 6

Brent Gates: 3/L34
Paul Molitor: 53/G5
David Ortiz: S9/L9S
Marty Cordova: 13/G13

Top 7

Fred McGriff: HR/F9D
Aaron Ledesma: K
Paul Sorrento: K
Rich Butler: S8/G4M
Mike Difelice: 3/G13S

Bot 7

Todd Walker: 8/F8LS
Alex Ochoa: 53/G56
Terry Steinbach: K

Top 8

Miguel Cairo: 4/L4
Randy Winn: 8/F8LD
Quinton McCracken: K

Bot 8

Otis Nixon: K
Matt Lawton: 63/G6
Brent Gates: 4/P4MD

Top 9

Wade Boggs: 63/G6
Fred McGriff: K
Aaron Ledesma: K

Bot 9

Paul Molitor: T7/L7LD
David Ortiz: W
Marty Cordova: FC1/G13S.3-H;1-2
Todd Walker: 46(1)3/GDP/G4.2-3
Alex Ochoa: 7/F7M

Top 10

Mike Kelly: 2/P2RF
Rich Butler: T8/L8RM
Mike Difelice: W
Miguel Cairo: S8/L89M.3-H;1-3
Randy Winn: K+SB2
Quinton McCracken: K

Bot 10

Terry Steinbach: K
Pat Meares: 3/P3F
Matt Lawton: HR/F9D
Brent Gates: K

Top 11

Wade Boggs: 43/G4
Fred McGriff: K
Aaron Ledesma: 43/G4

Bot 11

Paul Molitor: K
David Ortiz: D9/F9D
Marty Cordova: 9(B)6(2)/LDP/L9S

Top 12

Mike Kelly: 9/F9D
Rich Butler: 43/G34
Mike Difelice: K

Bot 12

Todd Walker: D8/L89M
Alex Ochoa: 9/F9S
Terry Steinbach: S8/G6M.2-H