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Tigers
@ Devil Rays
Tropicana Field
April 2, 1998
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Detroit Tigers, played on April 2, 1998 at Tropicana Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 2, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Home Team |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 2, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tim Worrell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tony Saunders |
| Ballpark | Tropicana Field |
| City | St. Petersburg |
| State | FL |
| Attendance | 28,261 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 48 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tim McClelland 1B: John Hirschbeck 2B: Rich Garcia 3B: Mike Reilly |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Brian Hunter | Center Fielder |
| Bip Roberts | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Higginson | Right Fielder |
| Tony Clark | First Baseman |
| Damion Easley | Second Baseman |
| Pete Incaviglia | DH |
| Joe Randa | Third Baseman |
| Joe Oliver | Catcher |
| Billy Ripken | Shortstop |
| Buddy Bell | Manager |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Quinton McCracken | Center Fielder |
| Miguel Cairo | Second Baseman |
| Wade Boggs | Third Baseman |
| Fred McGriff | First Baseman |
| Paul Sorrento | DH |
| Dave Martinez | Right Fielder |
| Rich Butler | Left Fielder |
| Mike Difelice | Catcher |
| Kevin Stocker | Shortstop |
| Larry Rothschild | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Devil Rays
Tropicana Field
April 2, 1998
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Saunders
Hunter hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Saunders
Roberts strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Saunders
Higginson hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff fields the ball and throws to Saunders covering. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Saunders
Clark strikes out. There goes Higginson. The throw from Difelice to Stocker, and Higginson is out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Worrell
McCracken hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cairo vs. Worrell
Cairo strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Worrell
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McCracken moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McGriff vs. Worrell
McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Worrell covering, for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Saunders
Easley hits a fly ball into left field. Butler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Incaviglia vs. Saunders
Incaviglia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stocker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Saunders
Randa hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGriff settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sorrento vs. Worrell
Sorrento hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Worrell
Martinez strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Worrell
Butler strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Saunders
Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripken vs. Saunders
Ripken hits a popup towards first. McGriff settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Saunders
Hunter strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Difelice vs. Worrell
Difelice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stocker vs. Worrell
Stocker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Easley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Worrell
McCracken hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Saunders
Roberts takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Higginson vs. Saunders
Higginson strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Saunders
Clark strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Easley vs. Saunders
There goes Roberts. The throw from Difelice and he is out, Stocker applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cairo vs. Worrell
Cairo hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Easley reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Worrell
Boggs hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Higginson. Boggs reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McGriff vs. Worrell
McGriff hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Oliver settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sorrento vs. Worrell
Sorrento hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Sorrento reaches second base with a double. Boggs scores. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Martinez vs. Worrell
Martinez strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Saunders
Easley hits a line drive beyond short. Stocker can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Incaviglia vs. Saunders
Incaviglia strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randa vs. Saunders
The umpire calls a balk on Saunders Easley moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randa vs. Saunders
Randa strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliver vs. Saunders
Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Worrell
Butler hits a fly ball into right field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Difelice vs. Worrell
Difelice hits a line drive beyond second. Easley can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stocker vs. Worrell
Stocker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripken vs. Saunders
Ripken hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Cairo reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Saunders
Hunter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Saunders
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cairo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hunter moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Higginson vs. Saunders
Higginson takes first base on ball four. Roberts moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Clark vs. Saunders
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cairo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Worrell
McCracken hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Worrell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cairo vs. Worrell
Cairo hits a fly ball into right field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Worrell
Boggs strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Yan
Esteban Yan now pitching.
Easley strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Incaviglia vs. Yan
Incaviglia strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Yan
Randa hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Difelice settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Worrell
McGriff takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sorrento vs. Worrell
Sorrento hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Runyan
Sean Runyan now pitching.
Martinez takes first base on ball four. McGriff moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Butler vs. Runyan
Butler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McGriff moves to third. Martinez moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Difelice vs. Bochtler
Doug Bochtler now pitching.
Difelice hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hunter who is chasing the ball. Difelice reaches third base with a triple. McGriff scores. Martinez scores. Butler goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stocker vs. Bochtler
Stocker hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Easley reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McCracken vs. Bochtler
McCracken hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark fields the ball and throws to Bochtler covering. Safe. Difelice scores. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cairo vs. Bochtler
Cairo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCracken moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boggs vs. Bochtler
Boggs hits a line drive beyond first. Clark can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. McCracken scores. Cairo moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McGriff vs. Bochtler
McGriff hits a line drive beyond second. Easley can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Cairo scores. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sorrento vs. Bochtler
Sorrento takes first base on ball four. Boggs moves to third. McGriff moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Martinez vs. Brocail
Doug Brocail now pitching.
Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Yan
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oliver for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripken vs. Yan
Ripken hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Yan
Hunter strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Jones
Todd Jones now pitching.
Butler hits a line drive towards first. Clark reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Difelice vs. Jones
Difelice strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stocker vs. Jones
Stocker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCracken vs. Jones
McCracken hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stocker moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cairo vs. Jones
Cairo strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Yan
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cairo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Yan
Higginson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Yan
Clark takes first base on ball four. Higginson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Easley vs. Yan
Easley strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Devil Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Incaviglia vs. Yan
Incaviglia strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/2/1998 -- Detroit at Tampa Bay (N)
Detroit AB R H RBI Tampa Bay AB R H RBI
Hunter B, cf 4 1 2 1 McCracken Q, cf 5 1 3 1
Roberts B, lf 3 0 1 0 Cairo M, 2b 5 1 1 0
Higginson B, rf 2 0 1 0 Boggs W, 3b 4 1 2 1
Clark T, 1b 3 0 0 0 McGriff F, 1b 3 1 1 1
Easley D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Sorrento P, dh 3 0 1 1
Incaviglia P, dh 4 0 0 0 Martinez D, rf 3 1 0 0
Randa J, 3b 3 0 0 0 Butler R, lf 4 1 1 0
Oliver J, c 3 0 0 0 Difelice M, c 4 1 2 3
Ripken B, ss 3 0 0 0 Stocker K, ss 4 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
29 1 5 1 35 7 12 7
Detroit 100 000 000 -- 1
Tampa Bay 000 100 60x -- 7
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Worrell T (L) 6.1 4 2 2 1 5
Runyan S* 0.0 1 2 2 1 0
Bochtler D 0.1 5 3 3 1 0
Brocail D 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Jones T 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO
Saunders T 6.0 5 1 1 2 7
Yan E (W) 3.0 0 0 0 2 5
* Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
DP -- Detroit 1, Tampa Bay 2
LOB -- Detroit 5, Tampa Bay 7
2B -- Boggs W, Sorrento P
3B -- Difelice M
HR -- Hunter B
CS -- Higginson B, Roberts B
Balk -- Saunders T
T -- 2:48
A -- 28261
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