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4/5/1998
Devil Rays 10 Red Sox 9 (11)
WP R Hernandez (1-0)
LP Corsi (0-1)
HR
Stocker TB (1)
B Trammell TB (2)
Game Highlights
Bubba Trammell's solo HR in the Top of the 11th give the Ray's their 2nd victory in a row and 1st ever extra innings win.
The Rays hit SP Steve Avery and RP Rich Garces hard to open game, scoring 9 runs off of 13 hits off the duo in 4.2 innings.
Darren Lewis's 2nd 2B of the game plated 2 to tie the game in the bottom of the 8th.
Troy O'Leary had 3 hits for the Sox, while Kevin Stocker had the same for the Rays.
Rays Transactions
None
League News and Highlights (A flurry of trade activity)
SD trades SS Andy Sheets to COL for OF John Vanderwal
COL trades OF Dante Bichette to CHN for OF Henry Rodriguez
CLE trades OF Kenny Lofton to OAK for SS Miguel Tejeda, P Steve Connelly and CF Jack Voight (I have a feeling we'll be talking about this one in future years)
MIL claimed OF Brady Anderson off waivers from BAL
Several other more minor waiver claims were processed.
35 year old TOR SS Tony Fernandez leads all ML hitters with a .538 AVG.
TEX CF Mike Simms has already clubbed 5 HR's!!!
Next Up for Rays
A match-up with Pedro Martinez.
Last edited by Terpripken; 12-01-2006 at 05:39 PM.
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