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Tampa Bay Rays @ Seattle Mariners

1998-09-08 · Night game · Kingdome · Att: 20679 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:55

Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated Seattle Mariners 10–0. Tampa Bay Devil Rays put up 5 in the 6th. Wilson Alvarez earned the win. Fred McGriff went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	2	0	10	15
SEA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

W: Wilson Alvarez L: Mac Suzuki SV: (none)

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

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Randy Winn	4	1	0	0	2	1
Wade Boggs	5	3	2	0	1	2
Bob Smith	4	1	2	1	1	2
Fred McGriff	5	2	2	3	0	0
Paul Sorrento	2	2	1	0	3	1
Quinton McCracken	5	0	4	2	0	0
John Flaherty	5	0	1	2	0	1
Rich Butler	5	1	2	1	0	0
Miguel Cairo	5	0	1	1	0	1

Seattle Mariners — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
David Bell	4	1	0	1
Alex Rodriguez	4	0	0	1
Ken Griffey	3	0	1	0
Edgar Martinez	3	0	0	0
David Segui	3	0	0	1
Russ Davis	3	0	0	1
Dan Wilson	2	0	1	0
Charles Gipson	3	1	0	1
Shane Monahan	3	0	0	2
Raul Ibanez	1	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilson Alvarez	7.0	2	2	5
Jim Mecir	1.0	0	0	2
Bryan Rekar	1.0	0	0	0

Seattle Mariners — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mac Suzuki	5.2	9	2	6
Paul Spoljaric	0.2	2	2	2
Steve Gajkowski	1.0	3	1	0
Andrew Lorraine	0.1	1	1	0
David Holdridge	1.1	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Randy Winn: 3/G3S
Wade Boggs: K
Bob Smith: K

Bot 1

David Bell: 53/G5
Alex Rodriguez: 3/P34
Ken Griffey: 63/G6M

Top 2

Fred McGriff: 9/F9D
Paul Sorrento: K
Quinton McCracken: S4/L4MD
John Flaherty: 9/F9M

Bot 2

Edgar Martinez: 43/G4S
David Segui: K
Russ Davis: K

Top 3

Rich Butler: D8/L78M
Miguel Cairo: K
Randy Winn: 63/G6M.2-3
Wade Boggs: K

Bot 3

Dan Wilson: W
Charles Gipson: S5/BG56S.1-2
Shane Monahan: K
David Bell: 7/F7D
Alex Rodriguez: 8/P8LS

Top 4

Bob Smith: D8/L78XD
Fred McGriff: 9(B)5(2)/FDP/F9M
Paul Sorrento: W
Quinton McCracken: S8/G6M.1-2
John Flaherty: 53/G56

Bot 4

Ken Griffey: W
Edgar Martinez: WP.1-2
Edgar Martinez: 63/G6
David Segui: 43/G6M.2-3
Russ Davis: 7/F78S

Top 5

Rich Butler: 5/P5F
Miguel Cairo: 4/P4MD
Randy Winn: 43/G4

Bot 5

Dan Wilson: 8/F78M
Charles Gipson: K
Shane Monahan: 8/L8LM

Top 6

Wade Boggs: S8/G6M
Bob Smith: W.1-2
Fred McGriff: HR/F9D.2-H;1-H
Paul Sorrento: S9/F9D
Quinton McCracken: 9/F9M
John Flaherty: SB2
John Flaherty: K
Rich Butler: T8/L78S.2-H
Miguel Cairo: D7/L5D.3-H
Randy Winn: K

Bot 6

David Bell: D7/F78D
Alex Rodriguez: K
Ken Griffey: 7/F7D
Edgar Martinez: 3/P3F

Top 7

Wade Boggs: W
Bob Smith: K
Fred McGriff: S3/G34D.1-2
Paul Sorrento: W.2-3;1-2
Quinton McCracken: S6/G6M.3-H;2-3;1-2
John Flaherty: S8/L8RS.3-H;2-H;B-2(TH);1X3(8645)
Rich Butler: 63/G6

Bot 7

David Segui: 9/L9M
Russ Davis: 7/F7M
Dan Wilson: 3/P3F

Top 8

Miguel Cairo: 63/G6
Randy Winn: W
Wade Boggs: S8/L8LS.1-2
Bob Smith: S8/L4MD.2-H;1-2
Fred McGriff: 7/P7S
Paul Sorrento: W.2-3;1-2
Quinton McCracken: S7/L56D.3-H;2-3;1-2
John Flaherty: 9/P9S

Bot 8

Charles Gipson: 63/G6
Shane Monahan: K
David Bell: K

Top 9

Rich Butler: 4/L4
Miguel Cairo: 43/G4S
Randy Winn: W
Wade Boggs: 3/G4

Bot 9

Alex Rodriguez: 9/L4D
Ken Griffey: 8/P8RM
Raul Ibanez: 13/G15