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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

1998-08-22 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 27346 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:31

Kansas City Royals defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3–2. Kansas City Royals put up 2 in the 4th. Jose Rosado earned the win and Jeff Montgomery picked up the save. Fred McGriff went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jose Rosado L: Wilson Alvarez SV: Jeff Montgomery

Umpires — HP: Doug Eddings · 1B: Terry Craft · 2B: Marty Foster · 3B: Jim Joyce · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	4	0	1	0	0	0
Shane Halter	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jose Offerman	4	1	1	0	0	1
Dean Palmer	4	1	1	1	0	1
Jeff Conine	4	0	0	0	0	3
Terry Pendleton	4	1	1	1	0	1
Mike Sweeney	2	0	1	0	2	0
Jermaine Dye	3	0	2	1	0	0
Mendy Lopez	3	0	0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Randy Winn	3	0	0	0	1	0
Quinton McCracken	3	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Smith	4	0	0	0	0	1
Fred McGriff	4	1	1	1	0	1
Bubba Trammell	3	0	0	0	0	1
Aaron Ledesma	3	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Kelly	3	0	1	0	0	2
John Flaherty	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Stocker	3	1	1	0	0	1
Wade Boggs	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Rosado	8.0	3	1	6
Jeff Montgomery	1.0	1	0	2

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilson Alvarez	7.0	5	2	8
Scott Aldred	1.0	1	0	0
Esteban Yan	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Damon: 2/P2RF
Shane Halter: K
Jose Offerman: K

Bot 1

Randy Winn: W
Quinton McCracken: HP.1-2
Bob Smith: 46(1)3/GDP/G4.2-3
Fred McGriff: 43/G4

Top 2

Dean Palmer: 63/G6
Jeff Conine: K
Terry Pendleton: K

Bot 2

Bubba Trammell: 6/P6
Aaron Ledesma: 63/G6
Mike Kelly: K

Top 3

Mike Sweeney: S3/G3
Jermaine Dye: S1/G13.1-2
Mendy Lopez: 2/BP2L
Johnny Damon: 7/F78D
Shane Halter: K

Bot 3

John Flaherty: 13/G15
Kevin Stocker: D7/L7LM
Randy Winn: 63/G6
Quinton McCracken: WP.2-3
Quinton McCracken: D3/F9LS.3-H
Bob Smith: 3/G3

Top 4

Jose Offerman: S9/L9M
Dean Palmer: 8/F8LXD.1-2
Jeff Conine: 43/G4.2-3
Terry Pendleton: S7/L78M.3-H
Mike Sweeney: W.1-2
Jermaine Dye: S7/L7M.2-H;1X2(754)

Bot 4

Fred McGriff: K
Bubba Trammell: 8/F8LM
Aaron Ledesma: 31/G34

Top 5

Mendy Lopez: K
Johnny Damon: 43/G4M
Shane Halter: 7/F7M

Bot 5

Mike Kelly: K
John Flaherty: 8/F8LM
Kevin Stocker: 3/P34S

Top 6

Jose Offerman: 4/L4
Dean Palmer: K
Jeff Conine: K

Bot 6

Randy Winn: 53/G5L
Quinton McCracken: 9/F9M
Bob Smith: 63/G56

Top 7

Terry Pendleton: 63/G56
Mike Sweeney: W
Jermaine Dye: 9/F9D
Mendy Lopez: 7/F7M

Bot 7

Fred McGriff: 3/G3S
Bubba Trammell: K
Aaron Ledesma: K

Top 8

Johnny Damon: S7/L7LM.BX2(74)
Shane Halter: 9/F9M
Jose Offerman: 53/G5

Bot 8

Mike Kelly: S1/G15
John Flaherty: 14/SH/BG13S.1-2
Kevin Stocker: K
Randy Winn: 8/F8LD

Top 9

Dean Palmer: HR/F89XD
Jeff Conine: K
Terry Pendleton: 8/F8LD
Mike Sweeney: 9/F9M

Bot 9

Quinton McCracken: 9/F89M
Bob Smith: K
Fred McGriff: HR/F8RXD
Wade Boggs: K