July 24, 1999 · 6:35 PM EDT
Biggest lead TEX by 2 · TB by 3 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1NY Yankees | 98 | 64 | .605 | — |
2CL Guardians | 97 | 65 | .599 | 1.0 |
3TE Rangers | 95 | 67 | .586 | 3.0 |
4BO Red Sox | 94 | 68 | .580 | 4.0 |
5OA Athletics | 87 | 75 | .537 | 11.0 |
6TO Blue Jays | 84 | 78 | .519 | 14.0 |
7SE Mariners | 79 | 83 | .488 | 19.0 |
8BA Orioles | 78 | 84 | .481 | 20.0 |
9CW White Sox | 75 | 86 | .466 | 22.5 |
10LA Angels | 70 | 92 | .432 | 28.0 |
11DE Tigers | 69 | 92 | .429 | 28.5 |
12TB Rays | 69 | 93 | .426 | 29.0 |
13KC Royals | 64 | 97 | .398 | 33.5 |
14MI Twins | 63 | 97 | .394 | 34.0 |
| MMMark McLemore2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
IR Ivan RodriguezC | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| RGRusty GreerLF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
RP Rafael PalmeiroDH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TZTodd Zeile3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| LSLee Stevens1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
RK Roberto KellyRF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RMRuben MateoCF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RC Royce ClaytonSS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
2B: Rodriguez, Palmeiro 2
HR: Rodriguez, Stevens
RBI: Rodriguez, Zeile, Stevens 3
SB: Kelly
CS: McLemore, Rodriguez
LOB: 12
EL Esteban LoaizaW | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 81 |
| JZJeff ZimmermanH | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
JW John WettelandS | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| MVMike VenafroH | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 132 |
| DMDave MartinezCF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| WBWade Boggs3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BTBubba TrammellLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FM Fred McGriff1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| JFJohn FlahertyC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSPaul SorrentoDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ALAaron Ledesma2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RBRich ButlerRF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DLDavid LambSS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MCMiguel CairoPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
2B: Flaherty
RBI: Martinez, Boggs, Flaherty
LOB: 14
| ANAlan NewmanL | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| ALAlbie Lopez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| DEDave Eiland | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 71 |
| EYEsteban Yan | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
RH Roberto Hernandez | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 128 |
The Rangers beat the Rays 5-3 at Tropicana Field.
Esteban Loaiza got the win, Alan Newman took the loss and John Wetteland earned the save. Ivan Rodriguez went 3-for-5 for the Rangers, while Dave Martinez went 1-for-3 for the Rays.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
