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Cleveland Guardians @ Tampa Bay Rays

1998-08-09 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 34666 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:49

Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated Cleveland Indians 2–1. Jim Mecir earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Jim Mecir L: Paul Assenmacher SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry McCoy · 1B: Chuck Meriwether · 2B: Mike Everitt · 3B: Jim Evans · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kenny Lofton	4	0	0	0	0	2
Omar Vizquel	3	0	1	0	1	1
David Justice	3	0	0	0	1	1
Manny Ramirez	3	0	0	0	1	1
Brian Giles	1	1	0	0	1	1
Jeff Manto	4	0	0	0	0	1
Richie Sexson	3	0	3	0	0	0
David Bell	2	0	0	1	0	0
Pat Borders	3	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

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

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jaret Wright	7.2	8	2	6
Paul Assenmacher	0.1	1	0	1
Paul Shuey	0.1	1	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rolando Arrojo	8.0	4	4	7
Jim Mecir	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kenny Lofton: K
Omar Vizquel: K
David Justice: W
Manny Ramirez: K

Bot 1

Randy Winn: 3/G34
Miguel Cairo: K
Bob Smith: K

Top 2

Brian Giles: HP
Jeff Manto: 7/F7D
Richie Sexson: D7/L7D.1-3
David Bell: 63/G6.3-H
Pat Borders: 8/F8LM

Bot 2

Fred McGriff: D8/L8LS
Bubba Trammell: 6/P56D
Paul Sorrento: S8/L8LS.2-H
Quinton McCracken: 64(1)/FO/G6D
Aaron Ledesma: 63/G6

Top 3

Kenny Lofton: 4/P4M
Omar Vizquel: 31/G4MD
David Justice: K

Bot 3

John Flaherty: S8/L89S
Randy Winn: 46(1)/FO/G6MD
Miguel Cairo: 46(1)/FO/G4M
Bob Smith: SB2.1-3(WP)
Bob Smith: K

Top 4

Manny Ramirez: 7/F7M
Brian Giles: K
Jeff Manto: 63/G56

Bot 4

Fred McGriff: S8/L8LS
Bubba Trammell: 54(1)3/GDP/G56
Paul Sorrento: K

Top 5

Richie Sexson: S5/L5
David Bell: 24/SH/G6MS.1-2
Pat Borders: FC1/G4M.2X3(165);B-2
Kenny Lofton: 7/L7S

Bot 5

Quinton McCracken: K
Aaron Ledesma: S6/L56
John Flaherty: SB2
John Flaherty: 53/G5
Randy Winn: S4/L4MD.2-3
Miguel Cairo: 13/G6MS

Top 6

Omar Vizquel: S5/BG5
David Justice: 8/L8LD
Manny Ramirez: W.1-2
Brian Giles: WP.2-3;1-2
Brian Giles: IW
Jeff Manto: K
Richie Sexson: CSH(2)

Bot 6

Bob Smith: S8/L89S
Fred McGriff: 9/F89D
Bubba Trammell: 43/G4MD.1-2
Paul Sorrento: 31/G34D

Top 7

Richie Sexson: S6/L56
David Bell: 16(1)4/BG/GDP/BG13
Pat Borders: 6/P56

Bot 7

Quinton McCracken: 6/P6
Aaron Ledesma: 63/G6
John Flaherty: W
Randy Winn: 6(1)/FO/G6MD

Top 8

Kenny Lofton: K
Omar Vizquel: W
David Justice: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 8

Miguel Cairo: D8/P8LS
Bob Smith: K
Fred McGriff: IW
Bubba Trammell: 7/F7D
Mike Kelly: K

Top 9

Manny Ramirez: 63/G56
Brian Giles: HP
Jeff Manto: 6(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 9

Quinton McCracken: S7/L7LM
Aaron Ledesma: K
John Flaherty: D5/L7LS.1-H

Notes & reviews

Devil Rays manager Larry Rothschild ejected by 2B umpire Mike Everitt

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