September 12, 1998 Texas Rangers at Tampa Bay Devil Rays Play by Play and Box Score

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BAL 3
ANA 2 DET 3
@BOS 2 CHW 6
@CLE 4 KCR 5
SEA 2 OAK 6
@MIN 5 TOR 5
@NYY 3 TEX 8
@TBD 2 ATL 4
FLA 2 CHC 15
MIL 12 CIN 3
ARI 0 HOU 3
STL 2 MON 5
NYM 3 PHI 13
PIT 4 SDP 8
LAD 7 COL 1
@SFG 0

Standings at end of play this day

Tropicana Field, Attendance: 31,278

Saturday, September 12, 1998, 6:35
Time of Game: 3:19

Rangers

79-68

Won 1

2nd, 1 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Rangers         0  1  0   0  3  2   0  0  2    8 15  0
Devil Rays      0  0  1   0  1  0   0  0  0    2  9  2

W: R Helling (19-7), L: J Santana (5-4)

Devil Rays

57-89

Lost 1

5th, 46 GB

BATTING

Texas Rangers                AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Goodwin CF                  5   1   3   1    0   1  .294  .714   15    6   0   
M McLemore 2B                 5   0   1   2    0   1  .261  .719   20    1   1   2B
R Greer LF                    5   0   0   0    0   0  .303  .833   20    2   0   SB
J Gonzalez RF                 5   2   2   0    0   0  .316  .985   23    3   0   
W Clark 1B                    1   0   1   0    0   0  .305  .893   10    3   0   HBP
  M Simms 1B                  3   1   1   2    0   2  .297  .993   11    3   0   HR
  J Wetteland P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
I Rodriguez C                 4   2   2   1    1   0  .328  .883   20    5   0   HR,2·GDP
L Stevens DH-1B               3   1   1   0    2   1  .258  .808   29    1   0   
T Zeile 3B                    4   0   1   2    1   0  .271  .770   25    2   1   2B,GDP
R Clayton SS                  4   1   3   0    1   0  .246  .666   20    1   5   2B,CS

R Helling P                                                              0   1
Totals                       39   8  15   8    5   5              193   27   8

BATTING

2B: M McLemore (15, off E Yan); R Clayton (26, off J Santana); T Zeile (29, off A Lopez).

HR: I Rodriguez (18, off J Santana; 5th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF); M Simms (15, off J Santana; 5th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep RF).

HBP: W Clark (3, by J Santana).

TB: I Rodriguez 5; R Clayton 4; M Simms 4; T Goodwin 3; J Gonzalez 2; M McLemore 2; T Zeile 2; L Stevens; W Clark.

GIDP: I Rodriguez 2 (15); T Zeile (11).

RBI: T Zeile 2 (85); M McLemore 2 (52); M Simms 2 (39); I Rodriguez (82); T Goodwin (29).

2-out RBI: M Simms 2; T Zeile 2; T Goodwin; I Rodriguez.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 3 for 13.

FIELDING

DP: 1. R Clayton-M Simms.

BASERUNNING

SB: R Greer (2, 2nd base off E Yan/J Flaherty).

CS: R Clayton (10, 2nd base by S Aldred/J Flaherty).

PO: I Rodriguez (1st base by E Yan).

Tampa Bay Devil Rays         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
Q McCracken CF                4   2   3   0    1   0  .293  .757   18    1   0   2·2B
W Boggs 3B                    5   0   1   0    0   0  .278  .739   10    0   2   
B Smith SS                    5   0   1   1    0   3  .291  .806   15    3   6   
F McGriff 1B                  4   0   2   1    0   0  .273  .792   13   11   1   2B
B Trammell LF                 3   0   1   0    1   0  .278  .891   17    1   0   
P Sorrento DH                 4   0   0   0    0   2  .223  .716   22    0   0   
R Butler RF                   3   0   0   0    1   0  .221  .635   23    3   0   
J Flaherty C                  4   0   1   0    0   0  .216  .558    9    5   0   
M Cairo 2B                    3   0   0   0    1   0  .273  .685   18    3   5   GDP

J Santana P                                                              0   0
  E Yan P                                                                0   1
  S Aldred P                                                             0   2
  A Lopez P                                                              0   0
  R White P                                                              0   0
Totals                       35   2   9   2    4   5              145   27  17

BATTING

2B: Q McCracken 2 (35, 2 off R Helling); F McGriff (31, off R Helling).

TB: Q McCracken 5; F McGriff 3; B Smith; W Boggs; B Trammell; J Flaherty.

GIDP: M Cairo (8).

RBI: F McGriff (74); B Smith (53).

2-out RBI: F McGriff.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 2 for 15.

FIELDING

DP: 3. W Boggs-M Cairo-F McGriff; B Smith-M Cairo-F McGriff; M Cairo-F McGriff.

E: B Smith (13); E Yan ().

PITCHING

Texas Rangers                 IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
R Helling, W (19-7)            8     8   2   2    3   4   0   4.30   34  128-79   48· 8·23    6·13· 8· 0     59    -     1.16   0.21
J Wetteland                    1     1   0   0    1   1   0   1.77    5   17-12    7· 2· 3    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.11   0.00
Totals                         9     9   2   2    4   5   0          39  145-91   55·10·26    8·13· 9· 0           -

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
J Santana, L (5-4)             5.1  11   6   6    3   1   2   4.03   28  109-58   37· 2·19    8· 8· 7· 0     20    -     1.11  -0.22
E Yan                          1.2   3   0   0    0   2   0   3.96    8   37-24   14· 6· 4    5· 0· 1· 0          2-2    0.41  -0.06
S Aldred                       1.1   0   0   0    0   1   0   3.68    3   13-8     7· 1· 0    1· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.17   0.02
A Lopez                        0.1   1   2   0    2   1   0   2.13    5   24-13    8· 2· 3    1· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.12  -0.02
R White                        0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   4.21    1    2-2     1· 0· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    0.03   0.00
Totals                         9    15   8   6    5   5   2          45  185-105  67·11·27   16· 9· 9· 0          5-2

E Yan faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

PO: E Yan (0; I Rodriguez, 1st base).

HBP: J Santana (5; W Clark).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Mark Johnson, 2B - Chuck Meriwether, 3B - Jim Evans.

Time of Game: 3:19.

Attendance: 31,278.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Texas Rangers                 Tampa Bay Devil Rays                 
1. T Goodwin            CF    1. Q McCracken          CF 
2. M McLemore           2B    2. W Boggs              3B 
3. R Greer              LF    3. B Smith              SS 
4. J Gonzalez           RF    4. F McGriff            1B 
5. W Clark              1B    5. B Trammell           LF 
6. I Rodriguez          C     6. P Sorrento           DH 
7. L Stevens            DH    7. R Butler             RF 
8. T Zeile              3B    8. J Flaherty           C  
9. R Clayton            SS    9. M Cairo              2B 

   R Helling            P        J Santana            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 5   2  1-1  1--  4   24%  70% M Simms         J Santana       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Gonzalez Scores
   b 3   1  1-0  1-3  2  -11%  37% B Smith         R Helling       Single to CF (Line Drive); McCracken Scores; Boggs to 3B
   t 6   1  2-4  1-3  5   10%  91% M McLemore      E Yan           Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Clayton Scores; Goodwin Scores
   t 5   2  1-3  ---  5    9%  80% I Rodriguez     J Santana       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   t 2   2  0-0  123  2    9%  62% T Goodwin       J Santana       Single to LF (Line Drive); Stevens Scores; Zeile to 3B; Clayton to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Rangers Batting, Tied 0-0, Julio Santana facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  2   53%  T Goodwin       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  6   52%  M McLemore      Groundout: 2B-SS-1B (Weak SS-2B); Goodwin to 2B
   O      -2-  2   48%  R Greer         Popfly: SS
   O      -2-  4   45%  J Gonzalez      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Rick Helling facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   47%  Q McCracken     Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
   O      ---  3   49%  W Boggs         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   50%  B Smith         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 2nd, Rangers Batting, Tied 0-0, Julio Santana facing 5-6-7
          ---  5   54%  W Clark         Single to CF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  3   46%  I Rodriguez     Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B (Weak SS-2B)
          ---  4   47%  L Stevens       Walk
          1--  4   49%  T Zeile         Walk; Stevens to 2B
          12-  5   52%  R Clayton       Walk; Stevens to 3B; Zeile to 2B
   R      123  2   62%  T Goodwin       Single to LF (Line Drive); Stevens Scores; Zeile to 3B; Clayton to 2B
   O      123  2   55%  M McLemore      Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Rangers 1, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 0-1, Rick Helling facing 4-5-6
          ---  2   48%  F McGriff       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  4   53%  B Trammell      Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      -2-  7   57%  P Sorrento      Strikeout Looking
          -2-  6   56%  R Butler        Walk
   O      12-  4   60%  J Flaherty      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 3rd, Rangers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Julio Santana facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   58%  R Greer         Flyball: RF
          ---  1   61%  J Gonzalez      Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
          1--  5   64%  W Clark         Hit By Pitch; Gonzalez to 2B
   OO     12-  2   55%  I Rodriguez     Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 0-1, Rick Helling facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   58%  M Cairo         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  6   55%  Q McCracken     Walk
          1--  2   48%  W Boggs         Single to RF (Line Drive); McCracken to 3B
   R      1-3  2   37%  B Smith         Single to CF (Line Drive); McCracken Scores; Boggs to 3B
   O      1-3  5   44%  F McGriff       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
          1-3  5   42%  B Trammell      Walk; Smith to 2B
   O      123  5   50%  P Sorrento      Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Rangers 1, Devil Rays 1.

Top of the 4th, Rangers Batting, Tied 1-1, Julio Santana facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   54%  L Stevens       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  6   45%  T Zeile         Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
          ---  3   48%  R Clayton       Double to CF (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  1   44%  T Goodwin       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Devil Rays 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 1-1, Rick Helling facing 7-8-9
                  Mike Simms replaces Will Clark playing 1B batting 5th
   O      ---  7   47%  R Butler        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  1   49%  J Flaherty      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   50%  M Cairo         Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Devil Rays 1.

Top of the 5th, Rangers Batting, Tied 1-1, Julio Santana facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   47%  M McLemore      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  6   45%  R Greer         Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          ---  5   46%  J Gonzalez      Single to LF (Fly Ball)
   RR     1--  4   70%  M Simms         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Gonzalez Scores
   R      ---  5   80%  I Rodriguez     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      ---  3   79%  L Stevens       Flyball: CF
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Devil Rays 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 1-4, Rick Helling facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   72%  Q McCracken     Double to CF (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  1   75%  W Boggs         Groundout: 2B-1B; McCracken to 3B
   O      --3  4   81%  B Smith         Strikeout Swinging
   R      --3  5   73%  F McGriff       Single to CF (Line Drive); McCracken Scores
          1--  5   70%  B Trammell      Single to RF (Line Drive); McGriff to 2B
   O      12-  4   76%  P Sorrento      Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Devil Rays 2.

Top of the 6th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 4-2, Julio Santana facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   75%  T Zeile         Flyball: LF
          ---  6   77%  R Clayton       Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  5   82%  T Goodwin       Single to CF (Line Drive); Clayton to 3B
                  Esteban Yan replaces Julio Santana pitching
   RR     1-3  5   91%  M McLemore      Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Clayton Scores; Goodwin Scores
   O      -2-  1   90%  R Greer         Fielder's Choice P; McLemore out at 2B/P-SS
          1--      90%  J Gonzalez      Greer Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   89%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Devil Rays 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 2-6, Rick Helling facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  6   91%  R Butler        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
          ---  2   89%  J Flaherty      Single to RF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  4   93%  M Cairo         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Devil Rays 2.

Top of the 7th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 6-2, Esteban Yan facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   93%  M Simms         Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   93%  I Rodriguez     Single to P (Ground Ball)
          1--      94%  L Stevens       Rodriguez Picked off 1B, safe on E1; Rodriguez to 2B
   O      -2-  8   93%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  8   92%  T Zeile         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Devil Rays 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 2-6, Rick Helling facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   87%  Q McCracken     Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  1   91%  W Boggs         Flyball: CF
   O      -2-  1   93%  B Smith         Flyball: RF (Deep RF); McCracken to 3B
   O      --3  1   96%  F McGriff       Popfly: 3B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Devil Rays 2.

Top of the 8th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 6-2, Esteban Yan facing 9-1-2
          ---  4   96%  R Clayton       Single to P (Ground Ball to P's Right)
                  Scott Aldred replaces Esteban Yan pitching
   O      1--  5   96%  T Goodwin       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   95%  M McLemore      Flyball: RF
   O      1--      95%  R Greer         Clayton Caught Stealing 2B (P-1B-SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Devil Rays 2.

Bottom of the 8th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 2-6, Rick Helling facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   97%  B Trammell      Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6   98%  P Sorrento      Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   98%  R Butler        Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Devil Rays 2.

Top of the 9th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 6-2, Scott Aldred facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   98%  R Greer         Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
                  Albie Lopez replaces Scott Aldred pitching
          ---  2   98%  J Gonzalez      Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  4   98%  M Simms         Strikeout Swinging
          1--  8   98%  I Rodriguez     Walk; Gonzalez to 2B
          12-  6   98%  L Stevens       Walk; Gonzalez to 3B; Rodriguez to 2B
   RR     123  4  100%  T Zeile         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Gonzalez Scores/unER; Rodriguez Scores/unER; Stevens to 3B
                  Rick White replaces Albie Lopez pitching
   O      -23  2  100%  R Clayton       Groundout: SS-1B
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Rangers 8, Devil Rays 2.

Bottom of the 9th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 2-8, John Wetteland facing 8-9-1
                  John Wetteland replaces Mike Simms pitching and batting 5th; Lee Stevens moves to 1B (team loses DH)
   O      ---  2  100%  J Flaherty      Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  7  100%  M Cairo         Walk
          1--  2   99%  Q McCracken     Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Cairo to 2B
   O      12-  3  100%  W Boggs         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS-2B); Cairo to 3B
   O      1-3  3  100%  B Smith         Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rangers 8, Devil Rays 2.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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