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Royals 6 @ Devil Rays 5
Tropicana Field
August 21, 1998

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Kansas City Royals, played on August 21, 1998 at Tropicana Field. The home team Devil Rays were bested by the visiting Royals with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 21, 1998 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 6 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
R: 5 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherMatt Whisenant  
Losing PitcherEsteban Yan  
SaveJeff Montgomery  
Game Winning RBIJohnny Damon 

Game Info

DateAugust 21, 1998 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamTampa Bay Devil Rays 
Visiting Starting PitcherTim Belcher  
Home Starting PitcherJulio Santana  
BallparkTropicana Field 
CitySt. Petersburg 
StateFL 
Attendance25,368 
Time of Game3 hours 27 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jim Joyce
1B: Doug Eddings
2B: Marty Foster
3B: Jim McKean

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Damon  Center Fielder 
Hal Morris  First Baseman 
Jose Offerman  Second Baseman 
Dean Palmer  DH 
Terry Pendleton  Third Baseman 
Jeff Conine  Left Fielder 
Mike Sweeney  Catcher 
Jermaine Dye  Right Fielder 
Mendy Lopez  Shortstop 
Tony Muser  Manager 

Tampa Bay Devil Rays Lineup 

Name  Position 
Quinton McCracken  Center Fielder 
Wade Boggs  DH 
Bob Smith  Third Baseman 
Fred McGriff  First Baseman 
Bubba Trammell  Left Fielder 
Paul Sorrento  Right Fielder 
Aaron Ledesma  Shortstop 
John Flaherty  Catcher 
Miguel Cairo  Second Baseman 
Larry Rothschild  Manager 

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Royals 6 @ Devil Rays 5
Tropicana Field
August 21, 1998

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         Game of 8/21/1998 -- Kansas City at Tampa Bay (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Tampa Bay          AB  R  H RBI
Damon J, cf           6  0  2  2   McCracken Q, cf-lf    6  0  2  0   
Morris H, 1b          4  0  1  1   Boggs W, dh           4  0  0  0   
Offerman J, 2b        5  1  0  0   Smith B, 3b           5  1  3  0   
Palmer D, dh          5  2  2  1   McGriff F, 1b         5  1  2  2   
Pendleton T, 3b       5  0  0  0   Trammell B, lf        4  1  1  0   
Rivera L, 3b          0  0  0  0   Stocker K, ss         1  0  0  0   
Conine J, lf          4  1  2  1   Sorrento P, rf        3  1  2  2   
Sweeney M, c          3  1  2  0   Kelly M, rf           2  0  0  0   
Dye J, rf             5  1  0  1   Ledesma A, ss         3  0  1  0   
Lopez M, ss           2  0  0  0   Winn R, cf            2  1  1  0   
Sutton L, ph          1  0  0  0   Flaherty J, c         5  0  1  0   
Halter S, ss          2  0  0  0   Cairo M, 2b           5  0  1  1   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42  6  9  6                        45  5 14  5

Kansas City      000 010 012 02 --  6
Tampa Bay        300 100 000 01 --  5

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Belcher T             8.0 11  4  4  0  5
Service S             1.0  0  0  0  0  1
Whisenant M (W)       1.0  1  0  0  1  1
Montgomery J (S)      1.0  2  1  1  0  1

  Tampa Bay            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Santana J*            7.0  2  2  1  2  4
Mecir J               1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Hernandez R           1.0  2  2  2  2  1
Aldred S+             0.0  1  0  0  1  0
Yan E (L)             2.0  3  2  2  0  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 10th

E -- Cairo M, Winn R
DP -- Kansas City 1, Tampa Bay 1
LOB -- Kansas City 9, Tampa Bay 8
2B -- McCracken Q, Conine J, Winn R, Cairo M
3B -- Trammell B
HR -- McGriff F, Sorrento P, Palmer D
SB -- Damon J
CS -- Flaherty J
SF -- Morris H
WP -- Yan E
T -- 3:27
A -- 25368

    

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