September 17, 1999 · 8:05 PM EDT
Biggest lead TB by 4 · TEX by 1 · 2 lead changes
| 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 |
| MCMiguel Cairo2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DMDave MartinezCF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
JC José CansecoDH | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
FM Fred McGriff1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| HPHerbert Perry Jr.3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JFJohn FlahertyC | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TLTerrell LoweryLF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| BTBubba TrammellRF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ALAaron LedesmaSS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PSPaul Sorrento1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BSBobby Smith3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2B: Canseco
HR: Canseco, Flaherty 2
RBI: Canseco 3, Flaherty 4
CS: Trammell
LOB: 13
| ANAlan NewmanW | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ALAlbie LopezH | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| DWDan Wheeler | 5.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 75 |
| DEDave EilandBS | 0.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
NC Norm CharltonH | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
RH Roberto HernandezS | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 159 |
| MMMark McLemore2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
IR Ivan RodriguezC | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RP Rafael PalmeiroDH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JG Juan GonzalezRF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TZTodd Zeile3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| LSLee Stevens1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
RK Roberto KellyLF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
RC Royce ClaytonSS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TGTom GoodwinCF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
2B: Kelly, Clayton
RBI: Rodriguez 2, Clayton
LOB: 26
DK Dan Kolb | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| DPDanny Patterson | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| JZJeff Zimmerman | 2.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| MMMike Munoz | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| RHRick HellingL | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 95 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 143 |
The Rays beat the Rangers 7-5 at The Ballpark at Arlington.
Alan Newman got the win, Rick Helling took the loss and Roberto Hernandez earned the save. John Flaherty went 3-for-4 for the Rays, while Ivan Rodriguez went 4-for-5 for the Rangers.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
