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Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox

1999-07-01 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 29270 · 78°F, overcast · Wind 12 mph to LF · 3:14

Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated Boston Red Sox 12–3. Tampa Bay Devil Rays put up 3 in the 4th. Wilson Alvarez earned the win. Miguel Cairo went 3-for-6 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	3	2	12	16
BOS	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	7

W: Wilson Alvarez L: Jin Ho Cho SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Shulock · 1B: Marty Foster · 2B: Laz Diaz · 3B: Derryl Cousins · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Miguel Cairo	6	3	3	2	0	1
Kevin Stocker	6	0	0	0	0	2
Jose Canseco	3	2	2	1	3	1
Fred McGriff	4	0	2	2	1	0
Bubba Trammell	6	1	1	0	0	0
Wade Boggs	4	2	2	0	0	0
Paul Sorrento	4	2	3	1	1	0
Mike Difelice	4	0	3	5	0	0
Randy Winn	5	1	0	0	0	1
Aaron Ledesma	0	1	0	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Darren Lewis	4	0	0	1	0	0
Jose Offerman	4	0	1	0	0	2
Nomar Garciaparra	4	1	2	0	0	0
Mike Stanley	3	0	0	0	1	2
Troy O'Leary	3	0	1	1	1	1
Damon Buford	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Varitek	2	1	1	0	1	0
Lou Merloni	3	1	1	0	0	1
Wilton Veras	3	0	0	1	0	0
Creighton Gubanich	1	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Jefferson	1	0	1	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilson Alvarez	7.0	6	3	5
Albie Lopez	2.0	1	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jin Ho Cho	3.2	8	2	1
John Wasdin	2.0	1	1	2
Rheal Cormier	0.1	1	0	0
Bob Wolcott	1.1	3	2	1
Mark Guthrie	0.2	1	0	0
Tim Wakefield	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Miguel Cairo: S8/G6M
Kevin Stocker: 8/F8LD
Jose Canseco: K
Fred McGriff: S8/L8LM.1-3
Bubba Trammell: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 1

Darren Lewis: 7/F78S
Jose Offerman: K
Nomar Garciaparra: S7/G56
Mike Stanley: W.1-2
Troy O'Leary: S7/P5D.2-H;1-2
Damon Buford: 54(1)/FO/G5

Top 2

Wade Boggs: D9/L9D
Paul Sorrento: W
Mike Difelice: S7/L78D.2-H;1-2
Randy Winn: 36(1)/FO/G34S.2-3
Miguel Cairo: SB2
Miguel Cairo: 4/P4
Kevin Stocker: 4/P4

Bot 2

Jason Varitek: W
Lou Merloni: 8/F8LD
Wilton Veras: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 3

Jose Canseco: S8/G4M
Fred McGriff: 7/F78M
Bubba Trammell: 7/L7M
Wade Boggs: 8/L8LM

Bot 3

Darren Lewis: 53/G56S
Jose Offerman: S8/G4M
Nomar Garciaparra: S8/L78M.1-3
Mike Stanley: K
Troy O'Leary: K

Top 4

Paul Sorrento: D8/F8LXD
Mike Difelice: S8/L8LS.2-H
Randy Winn: 36(1)/FO/G34S
Miguel Cairo: HR/F78D.1-H
Kevin Stocker: 31/G34
Jose Canseco: W
Fred McGriff: 43/G4

Bot 4

Damon Buford: 3/P3DF
Jason Varitek: 3/P3S
Lou Merloni: K

Top 5

Bubba Trammell: 3/P3DF
Wade Boggs: 63/G6
Paul Sorrento: HR/F8RXD
Mike Difelice: 63/G6

Bot 5

Wilton Veras: 53/G5
Darren Lewis: 43/G4
Jose Offerman: 63/G6

Top 6

Randy Winn: K
Miguel Cairo: E5/G5
Kevin Stocker: K
Jose Canseco: W.1-2
Fred McGriff: S9/G34.2-H(UR);1-2
Bubba Trammell: 8/L8LD

Bot 6

Nomar Garciaparra: 8/F8LD
Mike Stanley: 53/G5
Troy O'Leary: W
Damon Buford: 8/F8RM

Top 7

Wade Boggs: S9/L89M
Paul Sorrento: S9/L9S.1-3
Mike Difelice: 7/SF/L7M.3-H
Randy Winn: 43/G4.1-2
Miguel Cairo: K

Bot 7

Jason Varitek: S8/L8LD
Lou Merloni: D7/G5.1-3
Wilton Veras: 8/SF/F8LM.3-H;2-3
Darren Lewis: 63/G6.3-H
Jose Offerman: K

Top 8

Kevin Stocker: 5/P56
Jose Canseco: W
Fred McGriff: W.1-2
Bubba Trammell: S7/L7S.2-3;1-2
Aaron Ledesma: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Paul Sorrento: 32(3)/FO/G34S.2-3;1-2
Mike Difelice: S7/G56.3-H;2-H;1-2
Randy Winn: 3/G34S

Bot 8

Nomar Garciaparra: 53/G56S
Mike Stanley: K
Troy O'Leary: 9/F9D

Top 9

Miguel Cairo: S7/G56
Kevin Stocker: K
Jose Canseco: PB.1-2
Jose Canseco: PB.2-3
Jose Canseco: D8/L8RD.3-H
Fred McGriff: PB.2-3
Fred McGriff: 8/SF/F8LD.3-H(UR)
Bubba Trammell: 6/P6

Bot 9

Damon Buford: 53/G5
Creighton Gubanich: 31/G34
Reggie Jefferson: S8/G4M
Wilton Veras: 54(1)/FO/G5

Notes & reviews

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