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Oakland Athletics @ Tampa Bay Rays

1999-09-13 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 12278 · 72°F, dome, dry · 3:02

Oakland Athletics defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8–3. Oakland Athletics put up 5 in the 3rd. Kevin Appier earned the win. Randy Velarde went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	13
TBA	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	7

W: Kevin Appier L: Bobby Witt SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Eric Cooper · 1B: Gary Cederstrom · 2B: Ted Barrett · 3B: Tim McClelland · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rich Becker	2	1	0	1	2	1
Randy Velarde	5	1	1	2	0	1
Jason Giambi	5	1	3	1	0	2
Matt Stairs	4	0	0	0	1	1
Olmedo Saenz	5	2	2	1	0	0
Ben Grieve	2	1	0	0	2	1
Scott Spiezio	4	1	2	1	1	0
Miguel Tejada	4	1	1	2	1	1
Mike Macfarlane	5	0	4	0	0	1
Ryan Christenson	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jason McDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Miguel Cairo	5	1	1	0	0	0
Dave Martinez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jose Canseco	4	0	1	0	0	1
Herbert Perry	3	1	0	0	0	1
Bubba Trammell	4	0	2	0	0	1
John Flaherty	4	0	1	2	0	2
Jose Guillen	4	0	0	0	0	1
Aaron Ledesma	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Smith	4	0	1	1	0	2

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kevin Appier	8.0	7	1	7
Tim Worrell	1.0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobby Witt	2.1	6	4	1
Rick White	2.2	3	2	4
Alan Newman	2.0	2	1	2
Mike Duvall	2.0	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rich Becker: W
Randy Velarde: HR/F7D.1-H
Jason Giambi: S9/G34
Matt Stairs: W.1-2
Olmedo Saenz: 16(1)3/GDP/G15.2-3
Ben Grieve: W
Scott Spiezio: 8/F8LD

Bot 1

Miguel Cairo: 8/F8LD
Dave Martinez: 5/P5L
Jose Canseco: S9/L89M
Herbert Perry: 53/G5

Top 2

Miguel Tejada: 3/P3SF
Mike Macfarlane: D7/L78XD
Rich Becker: K
Randy Velarde: 9/F9M

Bot 2

Bubba Trammell: S7/L7S
John Flaherty: K
Jose Guillen: E5/G5L.1-3;B-2
Aaron Ledesma: 13/G13
Bob Smith: 63/G6

Top 3

Jason Giambi: HR/F8LXD
Matt Stairs: 7/F7D
Olmedo Saenz: S9/L89S
Ben Grieve: W.1-2
Scott Spiezio: D8/F8LXD.2-H;1-3
Miguel Tejada: S8/G6M.3-H;2-H
Mike Macfarlane: WP.1-2
Mike Macfarlane: S9/L9M.2-3
Rich Becker: E4/TH/G4.3-H;1-2
Randy Velarde: K
Jason Giambi: K

Bot 3

Miguel Cairo: D8/L8LM
Dave Martinez: 6/L6
Jose Canseco: K
Herbert Perry: HP
Bubba Trammell: S4/G13.2-3;1-2
John Flaherty: S8/G6M.3-H;2-H;1-2
Jose Guillen: K

Top 4

Matt Stairs: K
Olmedo Saenz: HR/F7D
Ben Grieve: 63/G6
Scott Spiezio: 8/F8RD

Bot 4

Aaron Ledesma: S8/L8LM
Bob Smith: D8/L89D.1-H
Miguel Cairo: 6/P6D
Dave Martinez: W
Jose Canseco: 13/G3S.2-3;1-2
Herbert Perry: K

Top 5

Miguel Tejada: W
Mike Macfarlane: SB2
Mike Macfarlane: K
Rich Becker: W
Randy Velarde: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 5

Bubba Trammell: K
John Flaherty: 8/F8RM
Jose Guillen: 43/G34

Top 6

Jason Giambi: K
Matt Stairs: 3/G3
Olmedo Saenz: 53/G5

Bot 6

Aaron Ledesma: 9/F9LMF
Bob Smith: K23
Miguel Cairo: 4/P4MD

Top 7

Ben Grieve: K
Scott Spiezio: S8/G4M
Miguel Tejada: 46(1)/FO/G4
Mike Macfarlane: S7/G56.1-2
Ryan Christenson: W.2-3;1-2
Randy Velarde: 9/F9M

Bot 7

Dave Martinez: 8/F8RM
Jose Canseco: 9/L89D
Herbert Perry: 8/L8RM

Top 8

Jason Giambi: D9/F89M
Matt Stairs: 3/G3.2-3
Olmedo Saenz: 3/DP/P3DF.3XH(32)

Bot 8

Bubba Trammell: 53/G5
John Flaherty: K
Jose Guillen: 53/G5

Top 9

Jason McDonald: 63/G6
Scott Spiezio: W
Miguel Tejada: K
Mike Macfarlane: D7/L7LM.1-3
Ryan Christenson: 9/F9LM

Bot 9

Aaron Ledesma: 9/F9M
Bob Smith: K
Miguel Cairo: 8/L8LD