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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

1999-05-06 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 13732 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:54

Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated Kansas City Royals 5–4. Tampa Bay Devil Rays put up 2 in the 5th. Scott Aldred earned the win and Roberto Hernandez picked up the save. Fred McGriff went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	11
TBA	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1		5	8

W: Scott Aldred L: Alvin Morman SV: Roberto Hernandez

Umpires — HP: Mike Reilly · 1B: Mark Johnson · 2B: Tim Welke · 3B: Rich Garcia · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Scott Pose	5	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Randa	5	0	2	1	0	1
Johnny Damon	5	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Sweeney	3	0	1	0	0	1
Larry Sutton	3	0	0	0	2	1
Jermaine Dye	5	1	2	0	0	1
Chad Kreuter	2	1	0	0	2	1
Carlos Febles	3	1	2	1	0	1
Rey Sanchez	4	0	2	1	0	1
Tim Spehr	1	1	1	0	0	0
Scott Leius	1	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Randy Winn	3	1	0	0	1	0
Dave Martinez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Quinton McCracken	4	0	0	0	0	1
Fred McGriff	3	2	2	1	1	1
Herbert Perry	4	0	2	0	0	0
Paul Sorrento	4	0	2	1	0	1
Bob Smith	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Difelice	4	0	1	0	0	0
David Lamb	2	1	1	0	1	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Pittsley	4.2	6	3	2
Alvin Morman	2.2	2	1	2
Jose Santiago	0.2	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rolando Arrojo	7.0	10	4	7
Albie Lopez	0.2	1	0	0
Scott Aldred	0.1	0	0	0
Roberto Hernandez	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Scott Pose: 8/F8LXD
Joe Randa: 4/P34D
Johnny Damon: S8/G6M
Mike Sweeney: SB2
Mike Sweeney: K

Bot 1

Randy Winn: 63/G6
Dave Martinez: 7/F7M
Quinton McCracken: 7/F7LM

Top 2

Larry Sutton: 8/F8RD
Jermaine Dye: D8/F78D
Chad Kreuter: W
Carlos Febles: S8/L89S.2-H;1-2
Rey Sanchez: K
Scott Pose: 31/G3

Bot 2

Fred McGriff: HR/F8RXD
Herbert Perry: 53/G56
Paul Sorrento: K
Bob Smith: 53/G56

Top 3

Joe Randa: K
Johnny Damon: 43/G4
Mike Sweeney: 53/G6S

Bot 3

Mike Difelice: D7/L7LS
David Lamb: W
Randy Winn: 15(2)/FO/BG15S.1-2
Dave Martinez: CS3(25)
Dave Martinez: 13/G34S

Top 4

Larry Sutton: 7/F7M
Jermaine Dye: K
Chad Kreuter: W
Carlos Febles: S7/G56.1-2
Rey Sanchez: S8/L8LS.2-H;1-3
Scott Pose: 7/F7LS

Bot 4

Quinton McCracken: 43/G4
Fred McGriff: D8/F8LXD
Herbert Perry: S7/G56.2-3
Paul Sorrento: D9/L9LS.3-H;1-3
Bob Smith: 3/P34
Mike Difelice: 43/G4M

Top 5

Joe Randa: 9/F9LS
Johnny Damon: 4/L4
Mike Sweeney: D9/L9LS
Larry Sutton: W
Jermaine Dye: 9/F9M

Bot 5

David Lamb: S8/L4D
Randy Winn: WP.1-2
Randy Winn: W
Dave Martinez: 5/P5SF
Quinton McCracken: K
Fred McGriff: W.2-3;1-2
Herbert Perry: E5/G5.3-H(UR)(NR);2-H(UR)(NR);1-3
Paul Sorrento: 3/G3

Top 6

Chad Kreuter: K
Carlos Febles: HP
Rey Sanchez: S8/G6M.1-2
Scott Pose: 46(1)/FO/G4.2-3
Joe Randa: S7/G56.3-H;1-3
Johnny Damon: K

Bot 6

Bob Smith: 7/F7M
Mike Difelice: 3/P3F
David Lamb: K

Top 7

Tim Spehr: S9/L3D
Larry Sutton: W.1-2
Jermaine Dye: S8/P8RS.2-3;1-2
Chad Kreuter: 146(1)3/GDP/G4.3-H(NR);2-3
Carlos Febles: K

Bot 7

Randy Winn: 6/P7S
Dave Martinez: W
Quinton McCracken: 16(1)3/GDP/G15

Top 8

Rey Sanchez: 43/G4
Scott Pose: 7/F7M
Joe Randa: S7/L7M
Johnny Damon: 7/F78M

Bot 8

Fred McGriff: K
Herbert Perry: S7/L56D
Paul Sorrento: S9/L9S.1-3
Bob Smith: 5/P56
Mike Difelice: WP.3-H(NR);1-2
Mike Difelice: 9/F9LS

Top 9

Scott Leius: 9/F9LD
Larry Sutton: K
Jermaine Dye: 53/G5