July 1, 1999 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Boston Red Sox Box Score and Play by Play

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TBD 12
@BOS 3 CLE 7
MIN 5 CHW 6
@KCR 2 NYY 6
DET 0 OAK 5
SEA 4 TOR 8
BAL 6 MIL 19
@CHC 12 CIN 2
ARI 1
(10) NYM 12
@FLA 8 STL 10
@HOU 4 ATL 4
@MON 1 PIT 12
PHI 7 SDP 6
LAD 3 SFG 7
COL 1

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 29,270

Thursday, July 1, 1999, 7:05PM
Time of Game: 3:14

Devil Rays

34-44

Won 2

4th, 14 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Devil Rays      0  1  0   3  1  1   1  3  2   12 16  0
Red Sox         1  0  0   0  0  0   2  0  0    3  7  1

W: W Alvarez (4-5), L: J Cho (2-1)

Red Sox

45-33

Lost 2

2nd, 3 GB

BATTING

Tampa Bay Devil Rays         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
M Cairo 2B                    6   3   3   2    0   1  .328  .788   25    3   2   HR
K Stocker SS                  6   0   0   0    0   2  .308  .772   20    0   3   
J Canseco DH                  3   2   2   1    3   1  .289 1.016   32    0   0   2B
F McGriff 1B                  4   0   2   2    1   0  .306  .999   29   11   1   SF
B Trammell RF                 6   1   1   0    0   0  .263  .800   20    1   0   
W Boggs 3B                    4   2   2   0    0   0  .295  .714   17    0   4   2B
  A Ledesma PH-3B             0   1   0   1    0   0  .284  .653    4    0   3   HBP
P Sorrento LF                 4   2   3   1    1   0  .252  .772   22    1   0   HR,2B
M Difelice C                  4   0   3   5    0   0  .265  .727   16    6   0   SF
R Winn CF                     5   1   0   0    0   1  .262  .642   11    4   0   SB

W Alvarez P                                                              0   0
  A Lopez P                                                              1   0
Totals                       42  12  16  12    5   5              196   27  13

BATTING

2B: P Sorrento (7, off J Cho); W Boggs (8, off J Cho); J Canseco (14, off T Wakefield).

HR: P Sorrento (5, off J Wasdin; 5th inn, 0 on, 2 outs); M Cairo (2, off J Cho; 4th inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep LF-CF).

SF: F McGriff (3, off T Wakefield); M Difelice (1, off B Wolcott).

HBP: A Ledesma (1, by B Wolcott).

TB: P Sorrento 7; M Cairo 6; J Canseco 3; M Difelice 3; W Boggs 3; F McGriff 2; B Trammell.

RBI: M Difelice 5 (12); F McGriff 2 (52); M Cairo 2 (26); P Sorrento (16); A Ledesma (8); J Canseco (64).

2-out RBI: M Difelice 2; F McGriff; P Sorrento.

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 6 for 14.

FIELDING

DP: 1. K Stocker-M Cairo-F McGriff.

BASERUNNING

SB: R Winn (9, 2nd base off J Cho/J Varitek).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Lewis RF                    4   0   0   1    0   0  .262  .681   16    0   0   
J Offerman DH-2B              4   0   1   0    0   2  .299  .822   17    0   0   
N Garciaparra SS              4   1   2   0    0   0  .361 1.045   14    2   3   
  T Wakefield P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
M Stanley 1B                  3   0   0   0    1   2  .278  .866   15    6   4   
T O'Leary LF                  3   0   1   1    1   1  .309  .909   14    3   0   
D Buford CF                   4   0   0   0    0   0  .251  .661   10    4   0   
J Varitek C                   2   1   1   0    1   0  .252  .777   14    5   0   
  C Gubanich C                1   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .725    2    1   0   
L Merloni 2B-SS               3   1   1   0    0   1  .321  .783   15    4   2   2B
  R Jefferson PH              1   0   1   0    0   0  .271  .772    3    0   0   
W Veras 3B                    3   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .000   11    1   0   SF,GDP

J Cho P                                                                  1   0
  J Wasdin P                                                             0   0
  R Cormier P                                                            0   0
  B Wolcott P                                                            0   0
  M Guthrie P                                                            0   0
Totals                       32   3   7   3    3   6              131   27   9

BATTING

2B: L Merloni (5, off W Alvarez).

SF: W Veras (1, off W Alvarez).

TB: L Merloni 2; N Garciaparra 2; J Varitek; R Jefferson; T O'Leary; J Offerman.

GIDP: W Veras (1).

RBI: T O'Leary (53); D Lewis (18); W Veras (1).

2-out RBI: T O'Leary.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 1 for 5.

FIELDING

PB: C Gubanich 3 (3).

E: W Veras (1).

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
W Alvarez, W (4-5)             7     6   3   3    3   5   0   4.96   29  113-63   32·12·19   11· 8· 2· 0     55    -     0.83   0.20
A Lopez                        2     1   0   0    0   1   0   7.97    7   18-14    8· 1· 5    5· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.03   0.00
Totals                         9     7   3   3    3   6   0          36  131-77   40·13·24   16· 9· 2· 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
J Cho, L (2-1)                 3.2   8   4   4    2   1   1   4.57   21   65-40   25· 2·13    6· 6· 6· 0     28    -     1.27  -0.19
J Wasdin                       2     1   2   1    1   2   1   3.05    9   36-23   12· 5· 6    4· 2· 0· 0          1-0    0.34  -0.02
R Cormier                      0.1   1   0   0    0   0   0   4.55    2    9-6     5· 0· 1    1· 0· 1· 0          2-1    0.46  -0.03
B Wolcott                      1.1   3   4   4    2   1   0   8.10   10   45-27   17· 3· 7    1· 1· 4· 0          0-0    0.19  -0.04
M Guthrie                      0.2   1   0   0    0   0   0   5.28    3    7-5     3· 0· 2    3· 0· 0· 0          3-2    0.16  -0.01
T Wakefield                    1     2   2   1    0   1   0   5.13    5   24-16   11· 2· 3    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.01  -0.00
Totals                         9    16  12  10    5   5   2          50  186-117  73·12·32   16·11·12· 0          6-3

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: B Wolcott (1; A Ledesma).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Laz Diaz, 3B - Derryl Cousins.

Time of Game: 3:14.

Attendance: 29,270.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 78° F, Wind 12mph out to Leftfield, Overcast, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Tampa Bay Devil Rays          Boston Red Sox                       
1. M Cairo              2B    1. D Lewis              RF 
2. K Stocker            SS    2. J Offerman           DH 
3. J Canseco            DH    3. N Garciaparra        SS 
4. F McGriff            1B    4. M Stanley            1B 
5. B Trammell           RF    5. T O'Leary            LF 
6. W Boggs              3B    6. D Buford             CF 
7. P Sorrento           LF    7. J Varitek            C  
8. M Difelice           C     8. L Merloni            2B 
9. R Winn               CF    9. W Veras              3B 

   W Alvarez            P        J Cho                P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 4   1  1-2  1--  2   16%  77% M Cairo         J Cho           Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Winn Scores
   b 1   2  0-0  12-  4   -9%  37% T O'Leary       W Alvarez       Single to LF (Pop Fly to Deep 3B); Garciaparra Scores; Stanley to 2B
   t 2   0  1-0  12-  2    9%  59% M Difelice      J Cho           Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Boggs Scores; Sorrento to 2B
   t 4   0  1-1  -2-  3    8%  64% M Difelice      J Cho           Single to CF (Line Drive); Sorrento Scores
   t 2   1  1-1  -23  7   -8%  51% M Cairo         J Cho           Popfly: 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Jin Ho Cho facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  3   53%  M Cairo         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  1   50%  K Stocker       Flyball: CF
   O      1--  4   47%  J Canseco       Strikeout Looking
          1--  3   50%  F McGriff       Single to CF (Line Drive); Cairo to 3B
   O      1-3  3   45%  B Trammell      Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 0, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Wilson Alvarez facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   47%  D Lewis         Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
   O      ---  4   49%  J Offerman      Strikeout Looking
          ---  4   48%  N Garciaparra   Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
          1--  4   46%  M Stanley       Walk; Garciaparra to 2B
   R      12-  4   37%  T O'Leary       Single to LF (Pop Fly to Deep 3B); Garciaparra Scores; Stanley to 2B
   O      12-  2   41%  D Buford        Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 0, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 2nd, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 0-1, Jin Ho Cho facing 6-7-8
          ---  6   47%  W Boggs         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF)
          -2-  6   50%  P Sorrento      Walk
   R      12-  2   59%  M Difelice      Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Boggs Scores; Sorrento to 2B
   O      12-  2   56%  R Winn          Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B (Weak 2B-1B); Sorrento to 3B
          1-3      58%  M Cairo         Winn Steals 2B
   O      -23  7   51%  " "             Popfly: 2B
   O      -23  2   44%  K Stocker       Popfly: 2B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 1, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 1-1, Wilson Alvarez facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   41%  J Varitek       Walk
   O      1--  7   44%  L Merloni       Flyball: CF
   OO     1--  1   50%  W Veras         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 1, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 3rd, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 1-1, Jin Ho Cho facing 3-4-5
          ---  1   54%  J Canseco       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  2   50%  F McGriff       Flyball: LF
   O      1--  3   47%  B Trammell      Lineout: LF
   O      1--  2   44%  W Boggs         Lineout: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Devil Rays 1, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 1-1, Wilson Alvarez facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   47%  D Lewis         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  5   44%  J Offerman      Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  6   38%  N Garciaparra   Single to CF (Line Drive); Offerman to 3B
   O      1-3  5   44%  M Stanley       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  4   50%  T O'Leary       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 1, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 4th, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 1-1, Jin Ho Cho facing 7-8-9
          ---  4   57%  P Sorrento      Double to CF (Fly Ball)
   R      -2-  3   64%  M Difelice      Single to CF (Line Drive); Sorrento Scores
   O      1--  1   61%  R Winn          Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B (Weak 2B-1B)
   RR     1--  2   77%  M Cairo         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Winn Scores
   O      ---  4   76%  K Stocker       Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
          ---  4   77%  J Canseco       Walk
                  John Wasdin replaces Jin Ho Cho pitching
   O      1--  6   75%  F McGriff       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-4, Wilson Alvarez facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   78%  D Buford        Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      ---  5   80%  J Varitek       Popfly: 1B (Weak 1B)
   O      ---  5   81%  L Merloni       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 5th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 4-1, John Wasdin facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   80%  B Trammell      Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      ---  3   79%  W Boggs         Groundout: SS-1B
   R      ---  3   86%  P Sorrento      Home Run (Fly Ball)
   O      ---  8   85%  M Difelice      Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 5, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-5, Wilson Alvarez facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   87%  W Veras         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  3   89%  D Lewis         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  1   90%  J Offerman      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 5, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 6th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 5-1, John Wasdin facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   89%  R Winn          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   90%  M Cairo         Reached on E5 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  4   89%  K Stocker       Strikeout Swinging
          1--  4   89%  J Canseco       Walk; Cairo to 2B
                  Rheal Cormier replaces John Wasdin pitching
   R      12-  5   94%  F McGriff       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Cairo Scores/unER; Canseco to 2B
   O      12-  4   92%  B Trammell      Lineout: CF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 6, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-6, Wilson Alvarez facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  1   94%  N Garciaparra   Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   95%  M Stanley       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  5   94%  T O'Leary       Walk
   O      1--  2   96%  D Buford        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Devil Rays 6, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 7th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 6-1, Bob Wolcott facing 6-7-8
                  Bob Wolcott replaces Rheal Cormier pitching
          ---  6   96%  W Boggs         Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  8   98%  P Sorrento      Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Boggs to 3B
   RO     1-3  1   98%  M Difelice      Lineout: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Boggs Scores
   O      1--  1   97%  R Winn          Groundout: 2B-1B; Sorrento to 2B
   O      -2-  4   97%  M Cairo         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Devil Rays 7, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-7, Wilson Alvarez facing 7-8-9
          ---  4   96%  J Varitek       Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   92%  L Merloni       Double to LF (Ground Ball); Varitek to 3B
   RO     -23  6   94%  W Veras         Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Varitek Scores; Merloni to 3B
   RO     --3  4   95%  D Lewis         Groundout: SS-1B; Merloni Scores
   O      ---  7   95%  J Offerman      Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 7, Red Sox 3.

Top of the 8th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 7-3, Bob Wolcott facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   95%  K Stocker       Popfly: 3B (SS-3B Hole)
          ---  7   95%  J Canseco       Walk
          1--  7   96%  F McGriff       Walk; Canseco to 2B
          12-  3   97%  B Trammell      Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Canseco to 3B; McGriff to 2B
                  Aaron Ledesma pinch hits for Wade Boggs batting 6th
   R      123  4   98%  A Ledesma       Hit By Pitch; Canseco Scores; McGriff to 3B; Trammell to 2B
                  Mark Guthrie replaces Bob Wolcott pitching
   O      123  1   98%  P Sorrento      Groundout: 1B-C/Forceout at Hm (Weak 2B-1B); Trammell to 3B; Ledesma to 2B
   RR     123  2   99%  M Difelice      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Trammell Scores; Ledesma Scores; Sorrento to 2B
   O      12-  4   99%  R Winn          Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 2B-1B)
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 10, Red Sox 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 3-10, Albie Lopez facing 3-4-5
                  Albie Lopez replaces Wilson Alvarez pitching; Aaron Ledesma moves to 3B
   O      ---  3  100%  N Garciaparra   Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  4  100%  M Stanley       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1  100%  T O'Leary       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 10, Red Sox 3.

Top of the 9th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 10-3, Tim Wakefield facing 1-2-3
                  Tim Wakefield replaces Nomar Garciaparra pitching and batting 3rd; Creighton Gubanich replaces Jason Varitek playing C batting 7th; Jose Offerman moves to 2B (team loses DH); Lou Merloni moves to SS
          ---  5  100%  M Cairo         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  5  100%  K Stocker       Strikeout Swinging
          1--     100%  J Canseco       Passed Ball; Cairo to 2B
          -2-     100%  " "             Passed Ball; Cairo to 3B
   R      --3  5  100%  " "             Double to CF (Line Drive); Cairo Scores
          -2-     100%  F McGriff       Passed Ball; Canseco to 3B
   RO     --3  4  100%  " "             Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Canseco Scores/unER
   O      ---  5  100%  B Trammell      Popfly: SS
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 12, Red Sox 3.

Bottom of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 3-12, Albie Lopez facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3  100%  D Buford        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2  100%  C Gubanich      Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  Reggie Jefferson pinch hits for Lou Merloni batting 8th
          ---  3  100%  R Jefferson     Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  2  100%  W Veras         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Devil Rays 12, Red Sox 3.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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