Batting: Tampa Bay, top of 1st. Pitching: John Thomson CF Rocco Baldelli: Grounds out to the shortstop. 3B Jared Sandberg: Grounds out to the third baseman. DH Aubrey Huff: SINGLES to the gap in left-center. 1B Travis Lee: Strikes out swinging. Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors. Score: Texas 0, Tampa Bay 0
Batting: Texas, bottom of 1st. Pitching: Steve Parris 2B Freddy Sanchez: Grounds out to the shortstop. CF Carl Everett: Popped out to the third baseman. SS Alex Rodriguez: Popped out to the shortstop. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: Texas 0, Tampa Bay 0
Batting: Tampa Bay, top of 2nd. Pitching: John Thomson LF Ben Grieve: Flies out to the gap in left-center. C Toby Hall: Flies out to right field. 2B Brent Abernathy: Grounds out to the shortstop. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: Texas 0, Tampa Bay 0
Batting: Texas, bottom of 2nd. Pitching: Steve Parris 1B Rafael Palmeiro: Flies out to left-center. RF Juan Gonzalez: SINGLES to left LF Kevin Mench: Base on balls. Gonzalez to second. DH Ruben Sierra: Grounds into fielders choice to the second baseman, Mench out at 2nd base. Gonzalez to third. 3B Herbert Perry: SINGLES to short left-center. Gonzalez scores. Sierra to second. Sierra tries to advance to third... He reaches third base safely without a throw. C Einar Diaz: SINGLES down the left field line. Sierra scores. Perry to second. 2B Freddy Sanchez: SINGLES to the gap in right-center. Perry to third. Diaz to second. Perry scores. CF Carl Everett: SINGLES to shallow right field. Diaz to third. Sanchez to second. Diaz scores. SS Alex Rodriguez: Strikes out swinging. Inning over... 4 runs, 5 hits, no errors. Score: Texas 4, Tampa Bay 0
Batting: Tampa Bay, top of 3rd. Pitching: John Thomson RF Jason Tyner: Grounds out to the shortstop. SS Rey Ordonez: SINGLES to short center field. CF Rocco Baldelli: Lines out to the first baseman. 3B Jared Sandberg: Flies out to short left field. Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors. Score: Texas 4, Tampa Bay 0
Batting: Texas, bottom of 3rd. Pitching: Steve Parris 1B Rafael Palmeiro: Grounds out to the second baseman. RF Juan Gonzalez: Gonzalez thrown out at second by the leftfielder while trying to stretch a double into a triple. LF Kevin Mench: Lines out to the third baseman. Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors. Score: Texas 4, Tampa Bay 0
Batting: Tampa Bay, top of 4th. Pitching: John Thomson DH Aubrey Huff: Grounds out to the first baseman. 1B Travis Lee: Grounds out to the shortstop. LF Ben Grieve: Grounds out to the shortstop. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: Texas 4, Tampa Bay 0
Batting: Texas, bottom of 4th. Pitching: Steve Parris DH Ruben Sierra: SOLO HOMERUN to deep right field. (366 feet) 3B Herbert Perry: New pitcher: Travis Phelps. Strikes out swinging. C Einar Diaz: Grounds out to the shortstop. 2B Freddy Sanchez: Flies out to shallow left field. Inning over... one run, one hit, no errors. Score: Texas 5, Tampa Bay 0
Batting: Tampa Bay, top of 5th. Pitching: John Thomson C Toby Hall: DOUBLES to the gap in left-center. 2B Brent Abernathy: Flies out to right-center. RF Jason Tyner: DOUBLES down the right field line. Hall scores. SS Rey Ordonez: Grounds out to the third baseman. CF Rocco Baldelli: Flies out to center field. Inning over... one run, 2 hits, no errors. Score: Texas 5, Tampa Bay 1
Batting: Texas, bottom of 5th. Pitching: Travis Phelps CF Carl Everett: Base on balls. SS Alex Rodriguez: Reaches base on an error by the rightfielder. Everett to second. 1B Rafael Palmeiro: Base on balls. Everett to third. Rodriguez to second. RF Juan Gonzalez: New pitcher: Travis Harper. Grounded into double play, 3-6-3. Everett scores. Rodriguez to third. LF Kevin Mench: SINGLES to left Rodriguez scores. DH Ruben Sierra: Grounds out to the pitcher. Inning over... 2 runs, one hit, one error. Score: Texas 7, Tampa Bay 1
Batting: Tampa Bay, top of 6th. Pitching: John Thomson 3B Jared Sandberg: Flies out to right-center. DH Aubrey Huff: Grounds out to the shortstop. 1B Travis Lee: Flies out to left-center. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: Texas 7, Tampa Bay 1
Batting: Texas, bottom of 6th. Pitching: Travis Harper 3B Herbert Perry: SINGLES to left C Einar Diaz: Grounded into double play, 1-6-3. 2B Freddy Sanchez: SINGLES to right CF Carl Everett: Strikes out looking. Inning over... no runs, 2 hits, no errors. Score: Texas 7, Tampa Bay 1
Batting: Tampa Bay, top of 7th. Pitching: John Thomson LF Ben Grieve: SOLO HOMERUN to deep left-center. (425 feet) C Toby Hall: DOUBLES down the left field line. 2B Brent Abernathy: SINGLES to shallow left-center. Hall to third. Hall tries to score... Mench throws home... Hall scores! Abernathy to second. RF Jason Tyner: Grounds out to the third baseman. SS Rey Ordonez: SINGLES to left Abernathy to third. Abernathy tries to score... He scores without a throw. PH Greg Vaughn: Reaches on a fielding error by the second baseman. Ordonez to second. 3B Jared Sandberg: Wild pitch. Ordonez to third. Vaughn to second. Flies out to left-center. Ordonez tags up at third... He scores without a throw. DH Aubrey Huff: Grounds out to the third baseman. Inning over... 4 runs, 4 hits, one error. Score: Texas 7, Tampa Bay 5
Batting: Texas, bottom of 7th. Pitching: Travis Harper SS Alex Rodriguez: Grounds out to the first baseman. 1B Rafael Palmeiro: SOLO HOMERUN to deep center field. (422 feet) RF Juan Gonzalez: SINGLES to center LF Kevin Mench: Reaches on INFIELD-HIT. Gonzalez to second. DH Ruben Sierra: Grounded into double play, 6-4-3. Inning over... one run, 3 hits, no errors. Score: Texas 8, Tampa Bay 5
Batting: Tampa Bay, top of 8th. Pitching: John Thomson 1B Travis Lee: Flies out to right field. LF Ben Grieve: Flies out to right field. C Toby Hall: Grounds out to the second baseman. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: Texas 8, Tampa Bay 5
Batting: Texas, bottom of 8th. Pitching: Travis Harper 3B Herbert Perry: Base on balls. C Einar Diaz: New pitcher: Lance Carter. Grounded into double play, 5-4-3. 2B Freddy Sanchez: TRIPLES down the right field line. CF Carl Everett: Lines out to the shortstop. Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors. Score: Texas 8, Tampa Bay 5
Batting: Tampa Bay, top of 9th. Pitching: John Thomson 2B Brent Abernathy: New pitcher: Ugueth Urbina. PH Marlon Anderson: Grounds out to the shortstop. PH Jason Conti: SINGLES down the right field line. SS Rey Ordonez: Flies out to right field. CF Damian Rolls: Grounds out to the third baseman. Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors. Score: Texas 8, Tampa Bay 5
Game over. Score: Texas 8, Tampa Bay 5