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Devil Rays 8 @ Royals 6
Kauffman Stadium
August 15, 1998
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, played on August 15, 1998 at Kauffman Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Devil Rays with a score of 8 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 15, 1998 
Visiting Team
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
R: 8 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 8
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 6 H: 13 E: 2 LOB: 11
Runs: 6
Hits: 13
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 11
Winning Pitcher—Jim Mecir  
Losing Pitcher—Ricky Bones  
Save—Roberto Hernandez  
Game Winning RBI—Bob Smith 

Game Info

DateAugust 15, 1998 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamTampa Bay Devil Rays 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherTony Saunders  
Home Starting PitcherHipolito Pichardo  
BallparkKauffman Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance18,706 
Time of Game3 hours 41 minutes 
UmpiresHP: John Shulock
1B: Fieldin Culbreth
2B: Rick Reed
3B: Brian O'Nora

Tampa Bay Devil Rays Lineup 

Name  Position 
Randy Winn  Center Fielder 
Wade Boggs  Third Baseman 
Bob Smith  Second Baseman 
Fred McGriff  First Baseman 
Bubba Trammell  Right Fielder 
Paul Sorrento  DH 
Quinton McCracken  Left Fielder 
Mike Difelice  Catcher 
Kevin Stocker  Shortstop 
Larry Rothschild  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Damon  Center Fielder 
Hal Morris  First Baseman 
Jose Offerman  Second Baseman 
Dean Palmer  Third Baseman 
Jeff King  DH 
Mike Sweeney  Catcher 
Jermaine Dye  Right Fielder 
Shane Halter  Left Fielder 
Mendy Lopez  Shortstop 
Tony Muser  Manager 

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Devil Rays 8 @ Royals 6
Kauffman Stadium
August 15, 1998

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         Game of 8/15/1998 -- Tampa Bay at Kansas City (N)

  Tampa Bay          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Winn R, cf            5  1  2  0   Damon J, cf           4  0  0  0   
Boggs W, 3b           5  2  1  0   Morris H, 1b          6  0  1  1   
Smith B, 2b           6  1  2  2   Offerman J, 2b        6  1  2  0   
McGriff F, 1b         4  0  2  3   Palmer D, 3b          5  1  2  0   
Trammell B, rf        3  1  1  0   King J, dh            6  1  1  2   
Cairo M, ph           0  0  0  0   Sweeney M, c          4  1  1  2   
Kelly M, rf           1  0  0  0   Dye J, rf             5  1  3  1   
Sorrento P, dh        3  0  1  0   Halter S, lf          1  0  0  0   
Ledesma A, ph         3  1  1  0   Sutton L, ph-lf       2  0  0  0   
McCracken Q, lf       5  1  1  1   Lopez M, ss           1  1  1  0   
Difelice M, c         5  0  2  2   Pendleton T, ph       1  0  1  0   
Stocker K, ss         4  1  0  0   Rivera L, pr-ss       1  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     44  8 13  8                        42  6 13  6

Tampa Bay        300 000 030 02 --  8
Kansas City      500 001 000 00 --  6

  Tampa Bay            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Saunders T            5.0  6  5  5  4  5
Yan E                 1.2  4  1  1  1  2
Aldred S              1.0  1  0  0  0  1
Mecir J (W)           2.1  1  0  0  1  1
Hernandez R (S)       1.0  1  0  0  0  1

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pichardo H            6.1  7  3  2  2  3
Whisenant M           1.1  4  3  3  0  0
Evans B               1.1  0  0  0  0  1
Bones R (L)           2.0  2  2  2  3  1

E -- Offerman J 2, Smith B
DP -- Tampa Bay 2, Kansas City 2
LOB -- Tampa Bay 10, Kansas City 11
2B -- McGriff F, King J, Difelice M, Smith B
HR -- Sweeney M, Dye J
SB -- Lopez M, McCracken Q
CS -- Lopez M, Sweeney M
SH -- Halter S, Damon J, Cairo M, Winn R
T -- 3:41
A -- 18706

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