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Baltimore Orioles @ Tampa Bay Rays

2001-05-08 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 9010 · 72°F, dome, dry · Wind to RF · 2:25

Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated Baltimore Orioles 4–3. Tampa Bay Devil Rays put up 3 in the 1st. Rusty Meacham earned the win and Esteban Yan picked up the save. Fred McGriff went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rusty Meacham L: Jose Mercedes SV: Esteban Yan

Umpires — HP: Hunter Wendelstedt · 1B: Dan Morrison · 2B: Randy Marsh · 3B: Angel Hernandez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brady Anderson	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Bordick	4	0	1	1	0	0
Delino DeShields	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Conine	3	0	0	0	1	2
Chris Richard	2	2	1	0	2	0
Cal Ripken	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jay Gibbons	3	0	0	1	1	1
Brook Fordyce	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jerry Hairston	4	0	0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gerald Williams	4	1	2	0	0	0
Russ Johnson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ben Grieve	3	1	0	0	1	2
Greg Vaughn	4	0	1	2	0	2
Fred McGriff	4	1	2	1	0	1
Vinny Castilla	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Guillen	3	0	2	1	0	1
John Flaherty	3	0	0	0	0	0
Felix Martinez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Aubrey Huff	1	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Mercedes	8.0	8	1	7

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tanyon Sturtze	5.0	5	2	3
Doug Creek	0.2	0	1	0
Rusty Meacham	2.1	0	1	1
Esteban Yan	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Brady Anderson: 7/F7M-
Mike Bordick: 8/F8RM-
Delino DeShields: 5/L5-

Bot 1

Gerald Williams: D7/L7LM
Russ Johnson: S9/L9M.2-3
Ben Grieve: W.1-2
Greg Vaughn: S8/L8LM-.3-H;2-H;1-2
Fred McGriff: K
Vinny Castilla: 9/F89S-
Jose Guillen: S9/F9M-.2-H;1-3
John Flaherty: 2/FL/P2LF-

Top 2

Jeff Conine: 53/G56-
Chris Richard: W
Cal Ripken: D7/L7M.1-3
Jay Gibbons: 53/G5S-.3-H
Brook Fordyce: 9/F9M-

Bot 2

Felix Martinez: 43/G4-
Gerald Williams: S8/F8LM-
Russ Johnson: K
Ben Grieve: K/C

Top 3

Jerry Hairston: K
Brady Anderson: 43/G4
Mike Bordick: S8/L8LM-
Delino DeShields: 7/F7D

Bot 3

Greg Vaughn: K
Fred McGriff: 43/G34-
Vinny Castilla: 9/F89D-

Top 4

Jeff Conine: K
Chris Richard: D7/L7LM
Cal Ripken: 5/P25-
Jay Gibbons: W
Brook Fordyce: S9/L3.2-H;1-3
Jerry Hairston: 7/F7D

Bot 4

Jose Guillen: S7/L7S+
John Flaherty: 8/F8RS-
Felix Martinez: 8/F8RM-
Gerald Williams: 13/G23-

Top 5

Brady Anderson: D8/L8LXD+
Mike Bordick: WP.2-3
Mike Bordick: 143/G15.3-H
Delino DeShields: 9/F89D
Jeff Conine: K

Bot 5

Russ Johnson: 9/F9M-
Ben Grieve: 31/G3
Greg Vaughn: 5/FL/P5F-

Top 6

Chris Richard: W
Cal Ripken: 2/FL/P2RF-
Jay Gibbons: 53/G5-.1-2
Brook Fordyce: K

Bot 6

Fred McGriff: D9/L9LS+
Vinny Castilla: 63/G6S-
Jose Guillen: K
John Flaherty: 53/G5

Top 7

Jerry Hairston: 9/F89M-
Brady Anderson: 9/L9D+
Mike Bordick: 8/F8LD

Bot 7

Felix Martinez: 9/F9D
Gerald Williams: 2/FL/P2RF-
Russ Johnson: E3/G34-
Ben Grieve: CS2(26)

Top 8

Delino DeShields: 8/F8RM-
Jeff Conine: W
Chris Richard: 36(1)/FO/G3
Cal Ripken: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 8

Ben Grieve: K
Greg Vaughn: K
Fred McGriff: HR/F7D+
Aubrey Huff: 43/G34-

Top 9

Jay Gibbons: K
Brook Fordyce: 43/G34
Jerry Hairston: 8/F8RM-