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Devil Rays
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
June 4, 1998
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, played on June 4, 1998 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 4, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 4, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dennis Springer |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Hideki Irabu |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 22,759 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 38 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Mark Johnson 1B: Chuck Meriwether 2B: Jim Evans 3B: Larry McCoy |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Randy Winn | Left Fielder |
| Quinton McCracken | Center Fielder |
| Wade Boggs | Third Baseman |
| Fred McGriff | First Baseman |
| Paul Sorrento | DH |
| Bob Smith | Second Baseman |
| Dave Martinez | Right Fielder |
| Mike Difelice | Catcher |
| Kevin Stocker | Shortstop |
| Larry Rothschild | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Knoblauch | Second Baseman |
| Scott Brosius | Third Baseman |
| Paul O'Neill | Right Fielder |
| Tino Martinez | First Baseman |
| Bernie Williams | Center Fielder |
| Darryl Strawberry | DH |
| Chad Curtis | Left Fielder |
| Joe Girardi | Catcher |
| Luis Sojo | Shortstop |
| Joe Torre | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Devil Rays
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
June 4, 1998
Top 1
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Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Winn vs. Irabu
Winn strikes out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Irabu
McCracken takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Irabu
There goes McCracken. The throw from Girardi and he is out, Knoblauch applying the tag. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Irabu
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sojo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Springer
Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Brosius vs. Springer
Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stocker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
O'Neill vs. Springer
O'Neill hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Smith reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Irabu
McGriff takes first base on ball four. McGriff moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sorrento vs. Irabu
Sorrento is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Irabu
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sojo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. McGriff moves to third. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Martinez vs. Irabu
Martinez hits a fly ball into left field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Springer
Martinez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Springer
Williams hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Martinez moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Strawberry vs. Springer
Strawberry hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Winn. Strawberry reaches second base with a double. Martinez scores. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Curtis vs. Springer
Curtis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Girardi vs. Springer
Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stocker scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Williams scores. Strawberry moves to third. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Sojo vs. Springer
Sojo hits a fly ball into left field. Winn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Difelice vs. Irabu
Difelice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Stocker vs. Irabu
Stocker hits a line drive into left field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Winn vs. Irabu
Winn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Curtis. Winn reaches second base with a double. Difelice moves to third. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
McCracken vs. Irabu
McCracken hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCracken for the out. Difelice scores. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Boggs vs. Irabu
Boggs hits a fly ball into left field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Springer
Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff fields the ball and throws to Springer covering. Safe. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brosius vs. Springer
Brosius is hit by the pitch. Knoblauch moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
O'Neill vs. Springer
O'Neill hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Knoblauch moves to third. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1-3
Martinez vs. Springer
Martinez takes first base on ball four. Brosius moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Williams vs. Springer
Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Knoblauch scores. Brosius scores. Martinez moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Strawberry vs. Springer
Strawberry strikes out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Curtis vs. Springer
Curtis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Martinez trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Williams moves to second. View Play
Top 4
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Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Irabu
McGriff strikes out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Sorrento vs. Irabu
Sorrento strikes out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Irabu
Smith strikes out. Girardi drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Smith out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Girardi vs. Springer
Girardi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Sojo vs. Springer
There goes Girardi. The throw from Difelice and he is safe. Girardi steals second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Sojo vs. Springer
Sojo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stocker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Girardi moves to third. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Knoblauch vs. Springer
Knoblauch hits a fly ball into left field. Winn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Girardi tags and scores. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brosius vs. Springer
Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stocker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Irabu
Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Difelice vs. Irabu
Difelice hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Irabu, and towards Brosius, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Martinez moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Stocker vs. Irabu
Stocker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez fields the ball and throws to Irabu covering. Safe. Martinez moves to third. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Winn vs. Irabu
Winn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Irabu fields it, throws to first for one, and over to second, with Sojo covering. It's a double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
O'Neill vs. Springer
O'Neill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Springer
Martinez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Springer
Williams hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. O'Neill moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Strawberry vs. Springer
There's a wild pitch. O'Neill moves to third. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Strawberry vs. Springer
Strawberry strikes out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Curtis vs. Springer
Curtis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Irabu
McCracken takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Irabu
Boggs hits a line drive towards short. Sojo reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
McGriff vs. Irabu
McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sojo fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Sorrento vs. Irabu
Sorrento strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Girardi vs. Springer
Girardi hits a fly ball into right field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sojo vs. Springer
Sojo hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Springer
Knoblauch hits a fly ball into left field. Winn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Irabu
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sojo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Irabu
Martinez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Difelice vs. Irabu
There goes Martinez. The throw from Girardi and he is safe. Martinez steals second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Difelice vs. Irabu
Difelice strikes out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Stocker vs. Irabu
Stocker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Martinez trying to get to home. Curtis throws the ball in to Girardi who tags Martinez, who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Brosius vs. Springer
Brosius strikes out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Neill vs. Springer
O'Neill hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Springer
Martinez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Springer
Williams hits a popup towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Strawberry vs. Springer
Strawberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Winn vs. Irabu
Winn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sojo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Irabu
McCracken takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Lloyd
Graeme Lloyd now pitching.
Boggs strikes out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
McGriff vs. Lloyd
McGriff hits a fly ball into left field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Curtis vs. Mecir
Jim Mecir now pitching.
Curtis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Girardi vs. Mecir
Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mecir fields it and throws to first for the out. Curtis moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Sojo vs. Mecir
Sojo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mecir fields it and has Curtis trapped. There's the throw to Smith and over to Boggs, who tags Curtis for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Knoblauch vs. Mecir
Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sorrento vs. Lloyd
Sorrento hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sojo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Lloyd
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sojo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Lloyd
Martinez hits a fly ball into left field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/4/1998 -- Tampa Bay at New York (N)
Tampa Bay AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Winn R, lf 4 0 1 0 Knoblauch C, 2b 4 1 1 1
McCracken Q, cf 1 0 0 1 Brosius S, 3b 3 1 0 0
Boggs W, 3b 4 0 0 0 O'Neill P, rf 4 1 2 1
McGriff F, 1b 3 0 0 0 Martinez T, 1b 2 1 1 0
Sorrento P, dh 3 0 0 0 Williams B, cf 4 1 3 2
Smith B, 2b 4 0 0 0 Strawberry D, dh 4 0 1 1
Martinez D, rf 4 0 2 0 Curtis C, lf 3 0 2 0
Difelice M, c 3 1 1 0 Girardi J, c 4 1 1 0
Stocker K, ss 3 0 2 0 Sojo L, ss 4 0 0 0
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29 1 6 1 32 6 11 5
Tampa Bay 001 000 000 -- 1
New York 022 100 10x -- 6
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO
Springer D (L) 7.0 10 6 6 3 3
Mecir J 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Irabu H (W) 7.1 6 1 1 4 6
Lloyd G 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
DP -- Tampa Bay 1, New York 2
LOB -- Tampa Bay 6, New York 7
2B -- Strawberry D, Winn R
HR -- O'Neill P
SB -- Girardi J, Martinez D
CS -- McCracken Q
SF -- Knoblauch C
HBP -- by Irabu H (Sorrento P), by Springer D (Brosius S)
WP -- Springer D
T -- 2:38
A -- 22759
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