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Detroit Tigers @ Tampa Bay Rays

1999-05-02 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 18996 · 72°F, dome, dry · 3:06

Detroit Tigers defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8–2. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 1st. Justin Thompson earned the win. Damion Easley went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	8	12
TBA	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	10

W: Justin Thompson L: Julio Santana SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Greg Kosc · 1B: Dan Morrison · 2B: Ed Hickox · 3B: Larry Barnett · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank Catalanotto	5	1	2	2	0	1
Damion Easley	4	2	1	2	1	1
Bobby Higginson	5	1	3	0	0	1
Dean Palmer	4	1	1	0	1	0
Gabe Kapler	5	1	1	1	0	1
Karim Garcia	4	0	0	0	0	2
Juan Encarnacion	4	0	2	3	0	0
Bill Haselman	4	1	1	0	0	1
Deivi Cruz	3	1	1	0	1	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Randy Winn	4	1	0	0	1	2
Quinton McCracken	5	0	3	0	0	1
Jose Canseco	5	0	2	1	0	0
Fred McGriff	4	1	2	1	1	0
John Flaherty	5	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Clyburn	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Smith	4	0	1	0	0	1
David Lamb	3	0	1	0	1	0
Kevin Stocker	4	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Justin Thompson	6.0	8	2	1
C. J. Nitkowski	1.0	0	0	1
Masao Kida	2.0	2	2	3

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Julio Santana	5.0	10	2	4
Bryan Rekar	3.0	2	1	1
Rick White	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frank Catalanotto: K23
Damion Easley: W
Bobby Higginson: D9/F9D.1-3
Dean Palmer: W
Gabe Kapler: S7/L7S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Karim Garcia: K
Juan Encarnacion: D7/L7LS.3-H;2-H;1-H;B-3
Bill Haselman: K

Bot 1

Randy Winn: 63/G6
Quinton McCracken: S6/G15
Jose Canseco: 8/F8LXD
Fred McGriff: W.1-2
John Flaherty: 3/G3

Top 2

Deivi Cruz: 9/F9D
Frank Catalanotto: S9/G34
Damion Easley: K
Bobby Higginson: S9/L9S.1-3
Dean Palmer: 5/P56S

Bot 2

Danny Clyburn: S8/G6M
Bob Smith: 64(1)/FO/G6S
David Lamb: 4/P4
Kevin Stocker: 9/L89M

Top 3

Gabe Kapler: 6/P6D
Karim Garcia: 31/G3
Juan Encarnacion: D9/P9LS
Bill Haselman: 7/F78M

Bot 3

Randy Winn: 53/G5S
Quinton McCracken: S8/G6M
Jose Canseco: 3/P3
Fred McGriff: CS2(26)

Top 4

Deivi Cruz: 9/F89M
Frank Catalanotto: E1/G34S
Damion Easley: HR/F7LD.1-H(UR)
Bobby Higginson: D9/G3.BX3(965)
Dean Palmer: 9/F9M

Bot 4

Fred McGriff: HR/F9LD
John Flaherty: 8/F8LXD
Danny Clyburn: 9/F9M
Bob Smith: 43/G4

Top 5

Gabe Kapler: 13/G13
Karim Garcia: 31/G3
Juan Encarnacion: E5/G5
Bill Haselman: CS2(24)

Bot 5

David Lamb: 9/F89M
Kevin Stocker: 63/G6
Randy Winn: W
Quinton McCracken: S9/L89S.1-2
Jose Canseco: D7/F78D.2-H;1-3
Fred McGriff: 63/G6MS

Top 6

Bill Haselman: S7/L7S
Deivi Cruz: D8/F89XD.1-3
Frank Catalanotto: D7/F7M.3-H;2-H
Damion Easley: 4(B)6(2)/LDP/L4
Bobby Higginson: 43/G34

Bot 6

John Flaherty: 8/F8LS
Danny Clyburn: 9/F9LM
Bob Smith: S8/G6M
David Lamb: S4/G4M.1-2
Kevin Stocker: K

Top 7

Dean Palmer: D9/F89XD
Gabe Kapler: 8/F8LM
Karim Garcia: K
Juan Encarnacion: 63/G6

Bot 7

Randy Winn: K
Quinton McCracken: 8/F8RM
Jose Canseco: 3/G3

Top 8

Bill Haselman: 9/F89M
Deivi Cruz: W
Frank Catalanotto: 53/G56.1-2
Damion Easley: 5/L5

Bot 8

Fred McGriff: E1/G3S
John Flaherty: 9/F9M
Danny Clyburn: W.1-2
Bob Smith: K
David Lamb: W.2-3;1-2
Kevin Stocker: 5/P5SF

Top 9

Bobby Higginson: K
Dean Palmer: 63/G6
Gabe Kapler: K

Bot 9

Randy Winn: K
Quinton McCracken: K
Jose Canseco: S8/L8LS
Fred McGriff: S8/G4.1-3
John Flaherty: 3/P34