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Oakland Athletics @ Tampa Bay Rays

1999-09-12 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 22338 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:48

Oakland Athletics defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4–3. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 1st. Gil Heredia earned the win and Jason Isringhausen picked up the save. Herbert Perry went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
TBA	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	6

W: Gil Heredia L: Dan Wheeler SV: Jason Isringhausen

Umpires — HP: Larry Young · 1B: Marty Foster · 2B: Dan Morrison · 3B: Fieldin Culbreth · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rich Becker	4	1	2	0	1	1
Randy Velarde	4	0	1	0	1	2
Jason Giambi	2	2	1	2	2	0
Matt Stairs	4	1	1	2	0	3
John Jaha	4	0	0	0	0	4
Ben Grieve	3	0	0	0	1	1
Scott Spiezio	4	0	1	0	0	1
Miguel Tejada	4	0	0	0	0	3
Mike Macfarlane	4	0	0	0	0	2

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Miguel Cairo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Terrell Lowery	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jose Canseco	4	0	0	0	0	2
Herbert Perry	4	2	2	2	0	1
Paul Sorrento	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bubba Trammell	3	0	1	0	1	1
Aaron Ledesma	4	1	1	0	0	2
Mike Difelice	3	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0
John Flaherty	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gil Heredia	7.0	5	0	6
T. J. Mathews	0.1	0	0	0
Jason Isringhausen	1.2	1	1	2

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dan Wheeler	6.0	5	3	12
Jeff Sparks	2.0	0	2	4
Albie Lopez	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rich Becker: S8/F8LS
Randy Velarde: K
Jason Giambi: HR/F8RXD.1-H
Matt Stairs: K
John Jaha: K

Bot 1

Miguel Cairo: 63/G6
Terrell Lowery: S7/G56
Jose Canseco: 54(1)/FO/G5L
Herbert Perry: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 2

Ben Grieve: K
Scott Spiezio: S8/G4
Miguel Tejada: K
Mike Macfarlane: K

Bot 2

Paul Sorrento: K
Bubba Trammell: K
Aaron Ledesma: 4/P4D

Top 3

Rich Becker: 7/F7M
Randy Velarde: K
Jason Giambi: W
Matt Stairs: HR/F89XD.1-H
John Jaha: K

Bot 3

Mike Difelice: 53/G5
Bob Smith: 43/G4
Miguel Cairo: 7/F78S

Top 4

Ben Grieve: 9/F9M
Scott Spiezio: 6/P6D
Miguel Tejada: 9/F89XD

Bot 4

Terrell Lowery: 63/G6
Jose Canseco: K
Herbert Perry: K

Top 5

Mike Macfarlane: K
Rich Becker: W
Randy Velarde: S8/L8RS.1-3;B-2
Jason Giambi: IW
Matt Stairs: K
John Jaha: K

Bot 5

Paul Sorrento: 6/L6D
Bubba Trammell: S8/G6M
Aaron Ledesma: K
Mike Difelice: 63/G6MS

Top 6

Ben Grieve: 9/L9M
Scott Spiezio: 43/G4
Miguel Tejada: K

Bot 6

Bob Smith: 53/G5
Miguel Cairo: 13/BG15S
Terrell Lowery: K

Top 7

Mike Macfarlane: 8/F8LXD
Rich Becker: K
Randy Velarde: W
Jason Giambi: WP.1-2
Jason Giambi: 7/F78M

Bot 7

Jose Canseco: 3/P4
Herbert Perry: HR/F7D
Paul Sorrento: 4/P4D
Bubba Trammell: 9/F89M

Top 8

Matt Stairs: K
John Jaha: K
Ben Grieve: W
Scott Spiezio: K

Bot 8

Aaron Ledesma: D7/G5
Mike Difelice: S9/L89S.2-H
Bob Smith: HP.1-2
Miguel Cairo: 14/SH/BG13S.2-3;1-2
Terrell Lowery: 13/G15S
Jose Canseco: K

Top 9

Miguel Tejada: K
Mike Macfarlane: 63/G56
Rich Becker: D8/F8LXD
Randy Velarde: 43/G4

Bot 9

Herbert Perry: HR/F7D
Paul Sorrento: 3/G3
Bubba Trammell: W
Aaron Ledesma: K
John Flaherty: 64(1)/FO/G6

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Jeff Sparks

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