April 16, 1999 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Boston Red Sox Box Score and Play by Play

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ANA 9
SEA 5 TBD 6
@BOS 2 DET 8
NYY 1 KCR 7
CHW 2 OAK 8
TEX 2 TOR 7
BAL 6 ARI 10
SFG 4 CIN 6
PIT 5 STL 5
@HOU 3 CHC 9
@MIL 4 MON 6
@NYM 4 PHI 17
FLA 3 SDP 3
LAD 0

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 18,809

Friday, April 16, 1999, 6:05PM
Time of Game: 3:05

Devil Rays

5-6

Won 1

4th, 2½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Devil Rays      0  1  2   0  0  0   1  2  0    6 13  0
Red Sox         0  0  0   0  0  0   0  2  0    2  7  1

W: B Rekar (1-0), L: T Wakefield (1-1)

Red Sox

6-3

Lost 2

2nd, ½ GB

BATTING

Tampa Bay Devil Rays         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Winn CF                     5   1   1   1    0   3  .273  .637   18    1   0   CS
D Martinez RF                 5   1   2   0    0   0  .282  .792   15    3   0   2B
J Canseco DH                  5   2   2   3    0   1  .195  .877   19    0   0   HR,2B
F McGriff 1B                  2   1   0   0    3   0  .250  .817   24   10   0   IW
D Clyburn LF                  5   0   3   0    0   1  .222  .744   20    2   0   2B
W Boggs 3B                    5   0   2   1    0   1  .242  .589   20    0   2   GDP
J Flaherty C                  4   0   1   1    0   1  .222  .626   11    8   0   HBP
M Cairo 2B                    3   0   1   0    1   0  .351  .886   14    2   5   
K Stocker SS                  4   1   1   0    0   1  .441 1.118   12    1   4   2B,GDP

B Rekar P                                                                0   0
  R White P                                                              0   0
  S Aldred P                                                             0   0
  R Hernandez P                                                          0   0
Totals                       38   6  13   6    4   8              153   27  11

BATTING

2B: D Clyburn (1, off T Wakefield); J Canseco (2, off K Gross); D Martinez (3, off T Wakefield); K Stocker (4, off T Wakefield).

HR: J Canseco (4, off M Guthrie; 8th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF).

IBB: F McGriff (1, by K Gross).

HBP: J Flaherty (3, by K Gross).

TB: J Canseco 6; D Clyburn 4; D Martinez 3; W Boggs 2; K Stocker 2; R Winn; J Flaherty; M Cairo.

GIDP: K Stocker (2); W Boggs (3).

RBI: J Canseco 3 (7); R Winn (3); J Flaherty (5); W Boggs (3).

2-out RBI: J Canseco 2; W Boggs.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 2 for 15.

BASERUNNING

CS: R Winn (1, Pickoff (CS) 2nd base by M Guthrie).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Offerman DH                 3   0   0   0    2   0  .421 1.251   24    0   0   
D Lewis CF                    4   0   1   0    1   0  .189  .475   20    2   0   
J Valentin 3B                 5   1   1   0    0   1  .194  .661   16    2   2   2B
M Stanley 1B                  3   0   0   0    1   0  .423 1.059   18    8   1   
T O'Leary LF                  4   1   2   2    0   1  .314 1.042   13    0   0   HR
L Merloni 2B                  4   0   3   0    0   1  .625 1.500   14    2   3   2B
J Varitek C                   3   0   0   0    0   2  .176  .476   13    7   0   
  R Jefferson PH              1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    4    0   0   
  C Gubanich C                0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   0   
D Sadler SS                   3   0   0   0    1   1  .174  .544   17    4   3   
T Nixon RF                    4   0   0   0    0   2  .095  .412   14    1   0   

T Wakefield P                                                            0   0
  R Cormier P                                                            0   1
  K Gross P                                                              0   0
  M Guthrie P                                                            0   1
  D Lowe P                                                               0   0
Totals                       34   2   7   2    5   8              153   27  11

BATTING

2B: L Merloni (2, off B Rekar); J Valentin (2, off R White).

HR: T O'Leary (3, off R White; 8th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep RF).

TB: T O'Leary 5; L Merloni 4; J Valentin 2; D Lewis.

RBI: T O'Leary 2 (8).

2-out RBI: T O'Leary 2.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 1 for 6.

FIELDING

DP: 2. J Valentin-L Merloni-M Stanley; D Sadler-M Stanley.

E: J Valentin (2).

PITCHING

Tampa Bay Devil Rays          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Rekar, W (1-0)               6     4   0   0    3   6   0   0.00   25  100-60   33· 9·18    8· 3· 5· 0     67    -     1.07   0.36
R White                        1.2   3   2   2    0   0   1   2.79    8   24-17   12· 0· 5    5· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.29   0.03
S Aldred                       0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    1    4-3     3· 0· 0    1· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.41   0.01
R Hernandez                    1     0   0   0    2   2   0   1.50    5   25-12    1· 1·10    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.31   0.03
Totals                         9     7   2   2    5   8   1          39  153-92   49·10·33   15· 5· 6· 0          1-0

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
T Wakefield, L (1-1)           3     6   3   3    2   3   0   3.86   17   52-35   21· 6· 8    5· 2· 5· 0     36    -     0.98  -0.21
R Cormier                      2     1   0   0    1   2   0   0.00    8   23-16    9· 3· 4    3· 2· 0· 0          3-0    0.98   0.16
K Gross                        2     3   1   1    1   1   0   2.45   10   37-23   13· 5· 5    4· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.55  -0.00
M Guthrie                      1     2   2   2    0   1   1   3.60    5   27-17    8· 5· 4    1· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.13  -0.03
D Lowe                         1     1   0   0    0   1   0   2.25    3   13-11    5· 4· 2    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.07   0.01
Totals                         9    13   6   6    4   8   1          43  152-102  56·23·23   15· 6· 9· 0          3-0

T Wakefield faced 3 batters in the 4th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: K Gross (1; F McGriff).

PO: M Guthrie (1; R Winn, 2nd base (CS)).

HBP: K Gross (1; J Flaherty).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Rocky Roe, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - John Hirschbeck.

Time of Game: 3:05.

Attendance: 18,809.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 45° F, Wind 13mph in from Rightfield, Overcast, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Tampa Bay Devil Rays          Boston Red Sox                       
1. R Winn               CF    1. J Offerman           DH 
2. D Martinez           RF    2. D Lewis              CF 
3. J Canseco            DH    3. J Valentin           3B 
4. F McGriff            1B    4. M Stanley            1B 
5. D Clyburn            LF    5. T O'Leary            LF 
6. W Boggs              3B    6. L Merloni            2B 
7. J Flaherty           C     7. J Varitek            C  
8. M Cairo              2B    8. D Sadler             SS 
9. K Stocker            SS    9. T Nixon              RF 

   B Rekar              P        T Wakefield          P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 2   0  0-0  1--  2   10%  63% D Clyburn       T Wakefield     Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); McGriff to 3B
   b 2   1  1-0  1--  7   -9%  45% L Merloni       B Rekar         Double to LF (Ground Ball); O'Leary to 3B
   b 2   2  1-0  123  1    8%  60% T Nixon         B Rekar         Lineout: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   b 2   1  1-0  -23  5    8%  53% J Varitek       B Rekar         Strikeout Swinging
   t 3   0  0-2  1--  3    8%  80% D Martinez      T Wakefield     Double to LF (Pop Fly to Deep SS-3B Hole); Winn to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Tim Wakefield facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   48%  R Winn          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   46%  D Martinez      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  1   45%  J Canseco       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 0, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Bryan Rekar facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   47%  J Offerman      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   49%  D Lewis         Lineout: 2B
   O      ---  2   50%  J Valentin      Popfly: LF (Short LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 0, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 2nd, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Tim Wakefield facing 4-5-6
          ---  5   54%  F McGriff       Walk
          1--  2   63%  D Clyburn       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); McGriff to 3B
   O      -23  6   58%  W Boggs         Strikeout Swinging
   RO     -23  1   58%  J Flaherty      Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B); McGriff Scores; Clyburn to 3B
   O      --3  1   54%  M Cairo         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Devil Rays 1, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-1, Bryan Rekar facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   57%  M Stanley       Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
          ---  3   54%  T O'Leary       Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B)
          1--  7   45%  L Merloni       Double to LF (Ground Ball); O'Leary to 3B
   O      -23  5   53%  J Varitek       Strikeout Swinging
          -23  5   52%  D Sadler        Walk
   O      123  1   60%  T Nixon         Lineout: LF (Deep LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Devil Rays 1, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 3rd, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 1-0, Tim Wakefield facing 9-1-2
          ---  3   66%  K Stocker       Double to LF (Line Drive)
   R      -2-  2   72%  R Winn          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Stocker Scores
          1--  3   80%  D Martinez      Double to LF (Pop Fly to Deep SS-3B Hole); Winn to 3B
   RO     -23  5   80%  J Canseco       Groundout: SS-1B; Winn Scores; Martinez to 3B
   O      --3  2   76%  F McGriff       Lineout: SS
   O      --3  6   73%  D Clyburn       Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Devil Rays 3, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Bryan Rekar facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  8   76%  J Offerman      Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  5   78%  D Lewis         Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B)
   O      ---  2   79%  J Valentin      Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 3, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 4th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 3-0, Tim Wakefield facing 6-7-8
          ---  1   81%  W Boggs         Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole)
          1--  2   84%  J Flaherty      Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Boggs to 2B
          12-  5   88%  M Cairo         Walk; Boggs to 3B; Flaherty to 2B
                  Rheal Cormier replaces Tim Wakefield pitching
   O      123  2   85%  K Stocker       Popfly: 2B
   O      123  3   80%  R Winn          Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  3   75%  D Martinez      Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Devil Rays 3, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Bryan Rekar facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   71%  M Stanley       Walk
   O      1--  3   75%  T O'Leary       Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      1--  4   79%  L Merloni       Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  4   81%  J Varitek       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Devil Rays 3, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 5th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 3-0, Rheal Cormier facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  3   80%  J Canseco       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   81%  F McGriff       Walk
          1--  3   83%  D Clyburn       Single to LF (Ground Ball); McGriff to 2B
   O      12-  2   82%  W Boggs         Groundout: P-1B (P's Right); McGriff to 3B; Clyburn to 2B
   O      -23  2   78%  J Flaherty      Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 3, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Bryan Rekar facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5   81%  D Sadler        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   83%  T Nixon         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   81%  J Offerman      Walk
          1--  3   79%  D Lewis         Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B); Offerman to 2B
   O      12-  2   84%  J Valentin      Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 3, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 6th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 3-0, Kip Gross facing 8-9-1
                  Kip Gross replaces Rheal Cormier pitching
          ---  2   86%  M Cairo         Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
   OO     1--  1   81%  K Stocker       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   81%  R Winn          Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 3, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Bryan Rekar facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   84%  M Stanley       Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  6   86%  T O'Leary       Strikeout Looking
          ---  1   84%  L Merloni       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   O      1--  4   87%  J Varitek       Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Devil Rays 3, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 7th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 3-0, Kip Gross facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  2   86%  D Martinez      Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B)
          ---  6   88%  J Canseco       Double to CF (Line Drive)
          -2-  4   89%  F McGriff       Intentional Walk
   O      12-  5   87%  D Clyburn       Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
   R      12-  7   92%  W Boggs         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Canseco Scores; McGriff to 3B
          1-3  1   93%  J Flaherty      Hit By Pitch; Boggs to 2B
   O      123  6   91%  M Cairo         Lineout: 3B (SS-3B Hole)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-4, Rick White facing 8-9-1
                  Rick White replaces Bryan Rekar pitching
   O      ---  2   93%  D Sadler        Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  5   95%  T Nixon         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   95%  J Offerman      Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 8th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 4-0, Mark Guthrie facing 9-1-2
                  Mark Guthrie replaces Kip Gross pitching
   O      ---  6   95%  K Stocker       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   95%  R Winn          Reached on E5 (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--      94%  D Martinez      Winn Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (P-1B-SS)
          ---  4   95%  " "             Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS)
   RR     1--  4   99%  J Canseco       Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Martinez Scores
   O      ---  8   98%  F McGriff       Flyball: RF
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 6, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-6, Rick White facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  2   99%  D Lewis         Flyball: RF
          ---  4   98%  J Valentin      Double to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  3   99%  M Stanley       Groundout: SS-1B
   RR     -2-  1   97%  T O'Leary       Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Valentin Scores
          ---  2   97%  L Merloni       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
                  Scott Aldred replaces Rick White pitching; Reggie Jefferson pinch hits for Jason Varitek batting 7th
   O      1--  4   98%  R Jefferson     Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Devil Rays 6, Red Sox 2.

Top of the 9th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 6-2, Derek Lowe facing 5-6-7
                  Derek Lowe replaces Mark Guthrie pitching; Creighton Gubanich replaces Reggie Jefferson playing C batting 7th
          ---  4   98%  D Clyburn       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   OO     1--  4   98%  W Boggs         Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  5   97%  J Flaherty      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 6, Red Sox 2.

Bottom of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 2-6, Roberto Hernandez facing 8-9-1
                  Roberto Hernandez replaces Scott Aldred pitching
   O      ---  5   99%  D Sadler        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3  100%  T Nixon         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   99%  J Offerman      Walk
          1--  6   98%  D Lewis         Walk; Offerman to 2B
   O      12-  6  100%  J Valentin      Strikeout Looking
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 6, Red Sox 2.

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