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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

1998-08-23 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 33123 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:57

Kansas City Royals defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 11–5. Kansas City Royals put up 4 in the 5th. Pat Rapp earned the win. Sal Fasano went 4-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	2	0	4	2	3	0	0	11	13
TBA	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	5	11

W: Pat Rapp L: Bryan Rekar SV: (none)

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

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	5	1	3	1	0	1
Hal Morris	3	0	0	1	1	0
Jose Offerman	3	0	0	0	2	0
Dean Palmer	5	0	1	2	0	0
Jeff Conine	5	0	0	0	0	2
Larry Sutton	4	3	1	0	1	1
Jermaine Dye	5	2	2	1	0	0
Sal Fasano	4	3	4	3	0	0
Luis Rivera	5	2	2	2	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Quinton McCracken	5	0	1	1	0	2
Wade Boggs	5	0	2	0	0	1
Bob Smith	5	1	2	0	0	3
Fred McGriff	3	1	0	0	2	1
Bubba Trammell	5	1	1	3	0	2
Paul Sorrento	4	2	2	1	0	2
Aaron Ledesma	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Difelice	4	0	1	0	0	1
Miguel Cairo	4	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pat Rapp	6.0	8	2	7
Bart Evans	2.0	2	0	3
Jose Santiago	1.0	1	0	2

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bryan Rekar	4.2	5	1	4
Rick White	1.0	4	0	0
Ramon Tatis	0.0	1	2	0
Dennis Springer	3.1	3	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Damon: K
Hal Morris: 7/F7M
Jose Offerman: 13/G13

Bot 1

Quinton McCracken: 63/G6
Wade Boggs: S7/L7M
Bob Smith: K
Fred McGriff: W.1-2
Bubba Trammell: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 2

Dean Palmer: 13/G15
Jeff Conine: K
Larry Sutton: K

Bot 2

Paul Sorrento: K
Aaron Ledesma: 53/G5
Mike Difelice: D8/L89XD
Miguel Cairo: 53/G5L

Top 3

Jermaine Dye: HR/F7LD
Sal Fasano: HR/F9LD
Luis Rivera: 63/G6
Johnny Damon: 6/F6D
Hal Morris: 43/G4

Bot 3

Quinton McCracken: 43/G4
Wade Boggs: D8/F78XD
Bob Smith: K
Fred McGriff: 63/G6

Top 4

Jose Offerman: 3/G34S
Dean Palmer: 9/F9D
Jeff Conine: K

Bot 4

Bubba Trammell: 63/G56
Paul Sorrento: K
Aaron Ledesma: S7/L7M
Mike Difelice: 13/G15

Top 5

Larry Sutton: E4/G4
Jermaine Dye: 9/L9M
Sal Fasano: S7/L7M.1-2
Luis Rivera: S8/F8LM.2-H(UR);1-2
Johnny Damon: S9/L9M.2-3;1-2
Hal Morris: 8/SF/F8LXD.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Jose Offerman: W
Dean Palmer: D8/L78XD.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
Jeff Conine: 9/F9M

Bot 5

Miguel Cairo: 13/G13
Quinton McCracken: K
Wade Boggs: 7/F7M

Top 6

Larry Sutton: S8/F8LM
Jermaine Dye: WP.1-2
Jermaine Dye: S8/L8LD.2-3
Sal Fasano: S9/G4.3-H;1-2
Luis Rivera: 64(1)3/GDP/G56.2-3
Johnny Damon: S6/G6.3-H
Hal Morris: W.1-2
Jose Offerman: W.2-3;1-2
Dean Palmer: 64(1)/FO/G56

Bot 6

Bob Smith: S3/G34S
Fred McGriff: W.1-2
Bubba Trammell: HR/F7D.2-H;1-H
Paul Sorrento: S9/L9M
Aaron Ledesma: E6/G6.1-2
Mike Difelice: K
Miguel Cairo: 7/F7M
Quinton McCracken: S7/F7M.2-H(UR);1-2
Wade Boggs: K

Top 7

Jeff Conine: 8/F8LD
Larry Sutton: W
Jermaine Dye: 8/F78XD
Sal Fasano: D7/L7LD.1-H
Luis Rivera: S8/L8LD.2-H;B-2(TH)
Johnny Damon: S6/G6M.2-H(E6/TH)(UR)(NR)
Hal Morris: 46(1)/FO/G4M

Bot 7

Bob Smith: K
Fred McGriff: 43/G4
Bubba Trammell: K

Top 8

Jose Offerman: 63/G56
Dean Palmer: 9/F9M
Jeff Conine: 9

Bot 8

Paul Sorrento: HR/F9D
Aaron Ledesma: S9/L9M
Mike Difelice: 53/G56.1-2
Miguel Cairo: 53/G56
Quinton McCracken: K

Top 9

Larry Sutton: 8/F8LD
Jermaine Dye: 9/F89M
Sal Fasano: HP
Luis Rivera: 8/F8LD

Bot 9

Wade Boggs: 43/G4
Bob Smith: S8/L89M
Fred McGriff: K
Bubba Trammell: K