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Toronto Blue Jays @ Tampa Bay Rays

1998-09-18 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 22615 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:35

Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated Toronto Blue Jays 6–1. Tampa Bay Devil Rays put up 3 in the 1st. Bryan Rekar earned the win. Paul Sorrento went 3-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bryan Rekar L: Kelvim Escobar SV: (none)

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

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Shannon Stewart	4	0	0	0	0
Shawn Green	4	0	0	0	0
Jose Canseco	3	1	2	1	0
Carlos Delgado	3	0	0	0	1
Jose Cruz	3	0	0	0	3
Tony Fernandez	3	0	1	0	0
Benito Santiago	3	0	0	0	1
Craig Grebeck	2	0	0	0	0
Alex Gonzalez	2	0	0	0	1
Kevin Witt	1	0	0	0	0
Felipe Crespo	1	0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

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

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kelvim Escobar	4.0	5	4	2
Shannon Withem	3.0	3	2	2
Bill Risley	1.0	1	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bryan Rekar	8.0	3	0	6
Jim Mecir	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Shannon Stewart: 9/F9LS
Shawn Green: 43/G4
Jose Canseco: HR/L78XD
Carlos Delgado: 43/G34

Bot 1

Randy Winn: 43/G4S
Wade Boggs: S8/L8LS
Bob Smith: K
Fred McGriff: W.1-2
Paul Sorrento: S8/L8RM.2-H;1-3
Aaron Ledesma: W.1-2
Rich Butler: E3/G34.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);1-3
Miguel Cairo: 3/G4M

Top 2

Jose Cruz: K
Tony Fernandez: 8/L8LD
Benito Santiago: 8/F8LS

Bot 2

Mike Difelice: 4/L4
Randy Winn: 5/P5F
Wade Boggs: 43/G4MS

Top 3

Craig Grebeck: 9/F9D
Alex Gonzalez: K
Shannon Stewart: 8/F8RS

Bot 3

Bob Smith: S7/L7S
Fred McGriff: 43/G34.1-2
Paul Sorrento: HR/F78XD.2-H
Aaron Ledesma: 8/L8LXD
Rich Butler: 7/F7D

Top 4

Shawn Green: 3/G34S
Jose Canseco: 53/G5
Carlos Delgado: 5/P5F

Bot 4

Miguel Cairo: 53/G56
Mike Difelice: K
Randy Winn: W
Wade Boggs: S8/L8LS.1-3
Bob Smith: SB2
Bob Smith: W
Fred McGriff: 3/G34S

Top 5

Jose Cruz: K
Tony Fernandez: S7/L7S
Benito Santiago: K+SB2
Craig Grebeck: 53/G56S

Bot 5

Paul Sorrento: W
Aaron Ledesma: S8/L8RS.1-2
Rich Butler: 7/L7M
Miguel Cairo: 13/G15S.2-3;1-2
Mike Difelice: 43/G4MS

Top 6

Alex Gonzalez: 9/F9D
Shannon Stewart: 53/G56S
Shawn Green: 7/F7LMF

Bot 6

Randy Winn: K
Wade Boggs: W
Bob Smith: K
Fred McGriff: 8/L8RD

Top 7

Jose Canseco: S4/G4D
Carlos Delgado: K+CS2(26)/DP
Jose Cruz: K

Bot 7

Paul Sorrento: D7/F7LM
Aaron Ledesma: 9/F89M
Rich Butler: 43/G4S.2-3
Miguel Cairo: T8/L78XD.3-H
Mike Difelice: 9/F9S

Top 8

Tony Fernandez: 4/F8LS
Benito Santiago: 8/F8LXD
Kevin Witt: 53/G56S

Bot 8

Randy Winn: S7/L7S
Wade Boggs: 46(1)/FO/G4
Bob Smith: 8/L8LD
Fred McGriff: K

Top 9

Felipe Crespo: K
Shannon Stewart: 8/L8LM
Shawn Green: 4/L4

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Shannon Withem

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