American League
                       Cleveland Indians at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
                   9-Aug-1998 at St. Petersburg, FL (Tropicana Field)

Cleveland Indians 1 (65-51)                   Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2 (45-69)

Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
Kenny Lofton cf............  4  0  0  0       Randy Winn cf..............  4  0  1  0
Omar Vizquel ss............  3  0  1  0       Miguel Cairo 2b............  4  0  1  0
David Justice dh...........  3  0  0  0       Bobby Smith 3b.............  4  0  1  0
Manny Ramirez rf...........  3  0  0  0       Fred McGriff 1b............  3  1  2  0
Brian Giles lf.............  1  1  0  0       Bubba Trammell rf..........  4  0  0  0
Jeff Manto 3b..............  4  0  0  0       Paul Sorrento dh...........  3  0  1  1
Richie Sexson 1b...........  3  0  3  0        Mike Kelly ph.............  1  0  0  0
David Bell 2b..............  2  0  0  1       Quinton McCracken lf.......  4  1  1  0
Pat Borders c..............  3  0  0  0       Aaron Ledesma ss...........  4  0  1  0
                                              John Flaherty c............  3  0  2  1
Totals..................... 26  1  4  1       Totals..................... 34  2 10  2

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Cleveland Indians... 010 000 000 -  1  4  0
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 010 000 001 -  2 10  0
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Note: 1 out, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.

DP - Indians 1; Devil Rays 3. LOB - Indians 5; Devil Rays 9. 2B - Sexson; Cairo;
McGriff; Flaherty. HBP - Giles 2. SH - Bell. SB - Cairo; Ledesma. CS - Vizquel.

Cleveland Indians              IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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Jaret Wright ..............   7.2  8  1  1  2  6   1  0  0  1   30 32   4 12
Paul Assenmacher  L........   0.1  1  1  1  0  1   0  0  0  0    2  2   0  0
Paul Shuey ................   0.1  1  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    2  2   0  0

Tampa Bay Devil Rays           IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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Rolando Arrojo ............   8.0  4  1  1  4  7   0  0  1  1   24 30   7  7
Jim Mecir  W...............   1.0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0    2  3   0  2

WP - Wright. HBP - by Arrojo (Giles); by Mecir (Giles). PB - Flaherty.

Strikeouts - Lofton 2; Vizquel; Justice; MRamirez; Giles; Manto; Cairo; Smith 3;
Sorrento; Kelly; McCracken; Ledesma. Walks - Vizquel; Justice; MRamirez; Giles;
McGriff; Flaherty.

Umpires - HP: Larry McCoy  1B: Chuck Meriwether  2B: Mike Everett  3B: Jim Evans
Start: 13:35   Time: 2:49   Attendance: 36,641

Game notes:
TB mgr Rothschild ejected top 5th, persistent arguing with umpires
Assenmacher faced 1 batter in the 9th.
Game: 0809

American League
Cleveland Indians at Tampa Bay Devil Rays - Play-by-Play
9-Aug-1998 at St. Petersburg, FL (Tropicana Field)

Cleveland Indians starters: 7/cf Lofton; 13/ss Vizquel; 23/dh Justice; 24/rf MRamirez; 22/lf Giles; 26/3b Manto; 44/1b Sexson; 6/2b Bell; 10/c Borders; 27/p Wright
Tampa Bay Devil Rays starters: 2/cf Winn; 13/2b Cairo; 9/3b Smith; 29/1b McGriff; 21/rf Trammell; 44/dh Sorrento; 3/lf McCracken; 4/ss Ledesma; 6/c Flaherty; 30/p Arrojo

Cleveland Indians 1st - Lofton struck out looking. Vizquel struck out swinging. Justice walked. MRamirez struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1st - Winn grounded out to 1b unassisted. Cairo struck out looking. Smith struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Cleveland Indians 2nd - Giles hit by pitch. Manto flied out to lf. Sexson doubled to left field; Giles advanced to third. Bell grounded out to ss, RBI; Giles scored. Borders flied out to cf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2nd - McGriff doubled to right field. Trammell popped up to ss. Sorrento singled to center field, RBI; McGriff scored. McCracken reached on a fielder's choice; Sorrento out at second p to ss to 2b. Ledesma grounded out to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Cleveland Indians 3rd - Lofton popped up to 2b. Vizquel out at first 1b to p. Justice struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3rd - Flaherty singled to right field. Winn reached on a fielder's choice; Flaherty out at second 2b to ss. Cairo reached on a fielder's choice; Winn out at second 2b to ss. Cairo stole second. Cairo advanced to third on a wild pitch. Smith struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Cleveland Indians 4th - MRamirez flied out to lf. Giles struck out swinging. Manto grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4th - McGriff singled to center field. Trammell grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b; McGriff out on the play. Sorrento struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Cleveland Indians 5th - Sexson singled to third base. Bell out at first c to 2b, SAC; Sexson advanced to second. Borders reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second; Sexson out at third p to ss to 3b. Lofton flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5th - McCracken struck out swinging. Ledesma singled to shortstop. Ledesma stole second. Flaherty grounded out to 3b. Winn singled to second base; Ledesma advanced to third. Cairo grounded out to p. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Cleveland Indians 6th - Vizquel singled to third base. Justice flied out to cf. MRamirez walked; Vizquel advanced to second. MRamirez advanced to second on a passed ball; Vizquel advanced to third. Giles intentionally walked. Manto struck out swinging. Vizquel out at home c unassisted, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6th - Smith singled to right field. McGriff flied out to rf. Trammell grounded out to 2b; Smith advanced to second. Sorrento out at first 1b to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Cleveland Indians 7th - Sexson singled to shortstop. Bell grounded into double play p to ss to 2b; Sexson out on the play. Borders popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7th - McCracken lined out to ss. Ledesma grounded out to ss. Flaherty walked. Winn reached on a fielder's choice; Flaherty out at second ss unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Cleveland Indians 8th - Lofton struck out looking. Vizquel walked. Justice grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Vizquel out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8th - Cairo doubled to right field. Smith struck out looking. McGriff intentionally walked. Trammell flied out to lf. Assenmacher to p for Wright. Kelly pinch hit for Sorrento. Kelly struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Cleveland Indians 9th - Mecir to p for Arrojo. MRamirez grounded out to ss. Giles hit by pitch. Manto grounded into double play ss to 1b; Giles out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9th - McCracken singled to left field. Shuey to p for Assenmacher. Ledesma struck out swinging. Flaherty doubled to left field, RBI; McCracken scored. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.


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