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Texas Rangers @ Tampa Bay Rays

1998-09-11 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 28522 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:25

Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated Texas Rangers 3–2. Tampa Bay Devil Rays put up 2 in the 6th. Tony Saunders earned the win and Roberto Hernandez picked up the save. Bob Smith went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tony Saunders L: Todd Stottlemyre SV: Roberto Hernandez

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

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mark McLemore	3	0	0	0	1	0
Roberto Kelly	4	0	0	0	0	2
Rusty Greer	4	0	1	0	0	0
Juan Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Will Clark	4	1	1	0	0	2
Ivan Rodriguez	3	1	1	0	1	0
Todd Zeile	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Simms	1	0	0	0	2	0
Royce Clayton	2	0	0	1	0	0
Luis Alicea	1	0	0	0	0	1
Lee Stevens	1	0	0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

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

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Stottlemyre	7.2	5	3	6
Tony Fossas	0.1	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tony Saunders	7.0	3	4	5
Jim Mecir	1.0	0	0	1
Roberto Hernandez	1.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mark McLemore: 63/G6
Roberto Kelly: K
Rusty Greer: S9/L89M
Juan Gonzalez: K

Bot 1

Randy Winn: 63/G56
Wade Boggs: 63/G6
Bob Smith: K

Top 2

Will Clark: K
Ivan Rodriguez: W
Todd Zeile: SB2
Todd Zeile: 63/G56
Mike Simms: 9/F9M

Bot 2

Fred McGriff: S7/L78D
Paul Sorrento: K
Quinton McCracken: 9/F89XD
Rich Butler: 5/P5F

Top 3

Royce Clayton: 8/F8LD
Mark McLemore: 63/G6
Roberto Kelly: K

Bot 3

Mike Difelice: W
Miguel Cairo: 8/F8LD
Randy Winn: K
Wade Boggs: 3/G3

Top 4

Rusty Greer: 8/F8LD
Juan Gonzalez: K
Will Clark: 7/F7M

Bot 4

Bob Smith: 53/G5
Fred McGriff: K
Paul Sorrento: 4/P4M

Top 5

Ivan Rodriguez: 4/P4
Todd Zeile: 8/F8LD
Mike Simms: W
Royce Clayton: 43/G4M

Bot 5

Quinton McCracken: K
Rich Butler: 63/G6
Mike Difelice: 8/F8LD

Top 6

Mark McLemore: E6/G6
Roberto Kelly: 2/P2LF
Rusty Greer: 64(1)/FO/G6
Juan Gonzalez: 43/G4

Bot 6

Miguel Cairo: 53/G56
Randy Winn: 63/G6M
Wade Boggs: W
Bob Smith: HR/F9LD.1-H
Fred McGriff: K

Top 7

Will Clark: S7/L78M
Ivan Rodriguez: S8/L8LD.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Todd Zeile: 13/G15
Mike Simms: PB.3-H;2-3
Mike Simms: W
Royce Clayton: 8/SF/F78XD.3-H(UR)
Mark McLemore: W.1-2
Roberto Kelly: 53/G56

Bot 7

Paul Sorrento: S9/L9M
Quinton McCracken: 7/F78D
Rich Butler: T8/L8LXD.1-H
Mike Difelice: CSH(25)
Mike Difelice: 3/P3F

Top 8

Rusty Greer: 4/P4
Juan Gonzalez: 6/P56
Will Clark: K

Bot 8

Miguel Cairo: S8/F8LM
Randy Winn: 14/SH/BG13S.1-2
Wade Boggs: IW
Bob Smith: 9/F9LS.2-3
Fred McGriff: 5/P5F

Top 9

Ivan Rodriguez: 43/G4M
Todd Zeile: S8/L8LD
Luis Alicea: SB2
Luis Alicea: K
Lee Stevens: K