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Article: Devil Rays 11, Tigers 8
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- April 2, 1998
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ALAN ROBINSON AP Sports Writer
AP Online
04-02-1998
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) _ The Tampa Bay Devil Rays got most of the franchise's historic firsts out of the way on opening night _ first game, first hit, first run, first homer, first sellout.
They saved the best for Wednesday _ first victory.
The Devil Rays rallied from three runs down in the first inning behind Fred McGriff's three hits and four RBIs to top Detroit 11-8 Wednesday. They also topped Arizona by becoming the first of the 1998 expansion teams to win.
``I'm excited. Everybody is excited. How could you not be excited?'' John Flaherty said. ``It's the first victory for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and everybody's ...