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Oakland Athletics @ Tampa Bay Rays

2001-09-02 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 14634 · 72°F, dome, dry · Wind R to L · 2:38

Oakland Athletics defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3–1. Mark Mulder earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Mark Mulder L: Doug Creek SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Miller · 1B: Tim Timmons · 2B: Jim Joyce · 3B: Dale Scott · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	4	2	1	0	1	0
Frank Menechino	4	0	1	0	1	2
Jason Giambi	3	1	1	0	2	0
Jermaine Dye	5	0	1	0	0	1
Olmedo Saenz	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ron Gant	2	0	2	0	1	0
Eric Chavez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Miguel Tejada	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ramon Hernandez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jeremy Giambi	2	0	2	2	0	0
Terrence Long	2	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Damian Rolls	4	0	0	0	1
Brent Abernathy	4	0	0	0	1
Randy Winn	4	0	0	0	0
Steve Cox	3	0	0	0	2
Russ Johnson	3	0	1	0	1
John Flaherty	3	1	1	0	0
Ben Grieve	3	0	1	1	1
Jared Sandberg	3	0	1	0	1
Felix Martinez	2	0	0	0	1
Toby Hall	1	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Mulder	9.0	4	0	8

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Kennedy	6.0	6	3	4
Doug Creek	0.1	0	2	1
Travis Phelps	1.1	2	0	1
Jeff Wallace	1.1	1	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Damon: S8/P8RS-
Frank Menechino: S9/L9LS-.1-3;BX2(936)
Jason Giambi: WP.3-H
Jason Giambi: 31/G34
Jermaine Dye: S8/L8RS+
Olmedo Saenz: WP.1-2
Olmedo Saenz: 43/G34+

Bot 1

Damian Rolls: K
Brent Abernathy: K
Randy Winn: 53/G5

Top 2

Ron Gant: W
Eric Chavez: W.1-2
Miguel Tejada: K/C
Ramon Hernandez: K/C
Johnny Damon: 3/L34+

Bot 2

Steve Cox: K
Russ Johnson: K/C
John Flaherty: 63/G6

Top 3

Frank Menechino: 2/FL/P2RF
Jason Giambi: 63/G56
Jermaine Dye: 43/G4

Bot 3

Ben Grieve: K
Jared Sandberg: K/C
Felix Martinez: 3/G

Top 4

Olmedo Saenz: K/C
Ron Gant: D7/L5+
Eric Chavez: 43/G4.2-3
Miguel Tejada: HP
Ramon Hernandez: 53/G5

Bot 4

Damian Rolls: 8/F8RD+
Brent Abernathy: 4/P4MD
Randy Winn: 13/G15+

Top 5

Johnny Damon: 6/P6M
Frank Menechino: W
Jason Giambi: S8/L4MD.1-2
Jermaine Dye: 53/G5S-.2-3;1-2
Olmedo Saenz: K

Bot 5

Steve Cox: K
Russ Johnson: 9/F89M
John Flaherty: D7/G5+
Ben Grieve: S7.2-H
Jared Sandberg: S9/L9S+.1-2
Felix Martinez: K

Top 6

Ron Gant: S/G56
Eric Chavez: SB2
Eric Chavez: 43/G4+.2-3
Miguel Tejada: 5/FL
Ramon Hernandez: 53/BG56S-

Bot 6

Damian Rolls: 63/G6+
Brent Abernathy: 7/L7S+
Randy Winn: 63/G56

Top 7

Johnny Damon: W
Frank Menechino: K
Jason Giambi: WP.1-2
Jason Giambi: W
Jermaine Dye: 4/P4D
Jeremy Giambi: S8/G4M+.2-H;1-3
Terrence Long: 6/P6D

Bot 7

Steve Cox: 53/G5
Russ Johnson: S/G4
John Flaherty: 16(1)3/GDP/G15

Top 8

Eric Chavez: 7/F7D
Miguel Tejada: D/L8LM+
Ramon Hernandez: K/C
Johnny Damon: SB3
Johnny Damon: 43/G4

Bot 8

Ben Grieve: 63/G6M
Jared Sandberg: 53/G5
Toby Hall: 63/G56

Top 9

Frank Menechino: K/C
Jason Giambi: W
Jermaine Dye: K
Jeremy Giambi: SB2
Jeremy Giambi: S8/L4MD+.2-H
Terrence Long: 43/G34

Bot 9

Damian Rolls: 8/F8RM
Brent Abernathy: 63/G56
Randy Winn: 9/F9D