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Minnesota Twins @ Tampa Bay Rays

1998-08-27 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 23314 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:53

Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated Minnesota Twins 10–3. Tampa Bay Devil Rays put up 3 in the 6th. Julio Santana earned the win. John Flaherty went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	5
TBA	2	2	2	0	0	3	1	0		10	16

W: Julio Santana L: Eric Milton SV: (none)

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

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pat Meares	4	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Lawton	4	0	1	0	0	0
Paul Molitor	4	1	1	0	0	1
David Ortiz	2	1	0	0	2	1
Marty Cordova	4	0	1	1	0	0
Todd Walker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Coomer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Ochoa	4	0	2	0	0	0
Javier Valentin	3	1	0	0	1	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Randy Winn	5	2	2	1	0	1
Quinton McCracken	5	1	2	1	0	0
Bob Smith	4	2	1	1	1	1
Fred McGriff	3	2	1	1	2	1
Bubba Trammell	5	1	3	1	0	1
Aaron Ledesma	4	0	3	3	0	1
Mike Kelly	4	0	0	0	1	2
John Flaherty	4	1	2	2	0	1
Miguel Cairo	4	1	2	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eric Milton	2.1	7	2	2
Todd Ritchie	3.1	5	1	5
Hector Carrasco	0.1	1	0	1
Eddie Guardado	1.0	2	0	0
Travis Baptist	1.0	1	1	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Julio Santana	9.0	5	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pat Meares: 63/G6
Matt Lawton: 13/G13
Paul Molitor: D9/L9LM
David Ortiz: E1/G25.2-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Marty Cordova: D7/L7LM.2-H(UR)
Todd Walker: 8/L8RM

Bot 1

Randy Winn: 7/F7D
Quinton McCracken: D9/G3
Bob Smith: PB.2-3
Bob Smith: S7/L7S.3-H
Fred McGriff: 7/F78M
Bubba Trammell: D8/F89XD.1-H
Aaron Ledesma: K

Top 2

Ron Coomer: 9/F9LM
Alex Ochoa: S8/L8RM
Javier Valentin: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 2

Mike Kelly: 5/F7LSF
John Flaherty: K
Miguel Cairo: D7/L7LD
Randy Winn: SB3
Randy Winn: S8/L8RM.3-H
Quinton McCracken: SB2
Quinton McCracken: D7/L7LD.2-H
Bob Smith: 6/P6D

Top 3

Pat Meares: 63/G6
Matt Lawton: 7/F7D
Paul Molitor: 8/L8LM

Bot 3

Fred McGriff: W
Bubba Trammell: D7/L7LD.1-3
Aaron Ledesma: 8/SF/F8RM.3-H
Mike Kelly: W
John Flaherty: S8/P89S.2-H;1-2
Miguel Cairo: 8/L8LM
Randy Winn: PB.2-3;1-2
Randy Winn: K

Top 4

David Ortiz: W
Marty Cordova: 54(1)/FO/G5
Todd Walker: 643/G6.1-2
Ron Coomer: 63/G6

Bot 4

Quinton McCracken: 8/F8RD
Bob Smith: K
Fred McGriff: K

Top 5

Alex Ochoa: 63/G6M
Javier Valentin: W
Pat Meares: 63/G6MS.1-2
Matt Lawton: S6/G6M.2-3
Paul Molitor: E5/G5.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2
David Ortiz: K

Bot 5

Bubba Trammell: S7/G56
Aaron Ledesma: S9/G34.1-2
Mike Kelly: K
John Flaherty: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 6

Marty Cordova: 63/G56
Todd Walker: 8/F8RM
Ron Coomer: 5/P5SF

Bot 6

Miguel Cairo: 43/G4MS
Randy Winn: S2/BG25
Quinton McCracken: 7/F7LM
Bob Smith: W.1-2
Fred McGriff: S7/G6.2-H;1-2
Bubba Trammell: K+WP.2-3;1-2;B-1
Aaron Ledesma: S8/G4M.3-H;2-H;1-3
Mike Kelly: K

Top 7

Alex Ochoa: 53/G56
Javier Valentin: K
Pat Meares: 53/G5

Bot 7

John Flaherty: HR/L7D
Miguel Cairo: S9/L9S
Randy Winn: 5/P56
Quinton McCracken: 6/L56
Bob Smith: 46(1)/FO/G4MS

Top 8

Matt Lawton: 9/F89M
Paul Molitor: K
David Ortiz: W
Marty Cordova: 3/F3F

Bot 8

Fred McGriff: W
Bubba Trammell: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Aaron Ledesma: D7/L7LD
Mike Kelly: 63/G6

Top 9

Todd Walker: 43/G4
Ron Coomer: 43/G4
Alex Ochoa: S9/L9S
Javier Valentin: 9/F9M