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Oakland Athletics @ Tampa Bay Rays

2002-05-31 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 10227 · 72°F, dome, dry · Wind to LF · 4:15

Oakland Athletics defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 13–9. Oakland Athletics put up 4 in the 4th. Mike Venafro earned the win. Scott Hatteberg went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	1	4	2	1	0	1	4	13	17
TBA	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	9	17

W: Mike Venafro L: Esteban Yan SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Steve Rippley · 1B: Gary Darling · 2B: Paul Emmel · 3B: Tim Timmons · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Esteban German	4	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Hatteberg	4	2	3	4	0	1
Miguel Tejada	6	2	4	1	0	0
Jermaine Dye	3	2	1	1	3	2
Eric Chavez	6	0	3	3	0	0
Adam Piatt	2	2	1	0	2	0
Terrence Long	6	0	1	2	0	1
Olmedo Saenz	5	1	2	2	0	0
Greg Myers	5	1	1	0	0	3
Randy Velarde	2	1	1	0	0	1
Eric Byrnes	1	2	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brent Abernathy	6	1	3	0	0	0
Randy Winn	6	1	3	1	0	1
Steve Cox	5	1	0	0	1	3
Ben Grieve	3	1	2	2	2	0
Greg Vaughn	5	2	2	3	0	0
Aubrey Huff	3	1	1	0	2	0
John Flaherty	4	0	2	1	0	0
Chris Gomez	4	1	3	1	0	0
Jared Sandberg	5	1	1	1	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cory Lidle	3.2	9	2	3
Jeff Tam	0.1	3	1	1
Mike Magnante	2.0	3	0	0
Mike Venafro	2.0	2	2	0
Billy Koch	1.0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilson Alvarez	3.1	7	2	3
Steve Kent	1.2	3	1	1
Lee Gardner	0.2	1	1	0
Doug Creek	2.1	2	1	4
Esteban Yan	1.0	4	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Esteban German: K
Scott Hatteberg: S9/G34
Miguel Tejada: S9/G3.1-2
Jermaine Dye: K/C
Eric Chavez: 7/F78M

Bot 1

Brent Abernathy: S8/F8LS
Randy Winn: 43/G34.1-2
Steve Cox: K
Ben Grieve: W
Greg Vaughn: 5/P5D

Top 2

Adam Piatt: 7/F78D
Terrence Long: 3/G
Olmedo Saenz: T9/F9M
Greg Myers: 6/P5D

Bot 2

Aubrey Huff: S8/G4M
John Flaherty: S7/G56.1-2
Chris Gomez: 53/SH/BG25.2-3;1-2
Jared Sandberg: 13/G23
Brent Abernathy: 13/G15

Top 3

Esteban German: 3/P3D
Scott Hatteberg: K
Miguel Tejada: S8/L4MD
Jermaine Dye: W.1-2
Eric Chavez: S9/G34.2-H;1X3(95)

Bot 3

Randy Winn: K/C
Steve Cox: K
Ben Grieve: D7/L7M
Greg Vaughn: 7/F7M

Top 4

Adam Piatt: W
Terrence Long: 8/L8RD
Olmedo Saenz: SB2
Olmedo Saenz: S8/L8LS.2-H
Greg Myers: S9/L9M.1-2
Esteban German: 9/F9M.2-3
Scott Hatteberg: HR/F78XD.3-H;1-H
Miguel Tejada: 7/L78M

Bot 4

Aubrey Huff: 8/F8LXD
John Flaherty: 9/F9LM
Chris Gomez: DGR/L9LM
Jared Sandberg: S9/L9M.2-H
Brent Abernathy: S8/G6M.1-2
Randy Winn: S8/G4M.2-H;1-3
Steve Cox: W.1-2
Ben Grieve: S8/L8RM.3-H;2-H;1-3
Greg Vaughn: T7/F7LM.3-H;1-H
Aubrey Huff: IW
John Flaherty: S7/L78M.3-H;1-3
Chris Gomez: S6/G56.3-H;1-2
Jared Sandberg: K

Top 5

Jermaine Dye: W
Eric Chavez: 7/L7M
Adam Piatt: S9/F89S.1-2
Terrence Long: D7/L7LM.2-H;1-3
Olmedo Saenz: 9/SF/F89D.3-H;2-3
Greg Myers: K

Bot 5

Brent Abernathy: 9/F9M
Randy Winn: S9/G6M
Steve Cox: 63/G6S.1-2
Ben Grieve: 63/G6M

Top 6

Esteban German: 63/G6
Scott Hatteberg: HR/L89D
Miguel Tejada: E5/TH1/G5
Jermaine Dye: W.1-2
Eric Chavez: 7/L7M
Adam Piatt: HP.2-3;1-2
Terrence Long: 8/F8LD

Bot 6

Greg Vaughn: HR/F78D
Aubrey Huff: 9/F9M
John Flaherty: 4/P34
Chris Gomez: S9/L89S
Jared Sandberg: 9/F89M

Top 7

Olmedo Saenz: 53/G5
Greg Myers: K
Randy Velarde: K

Bot 7

Brent Abernathy: S7/G6
Randy Winn: S7/G5.1-2
Steve Cox: 3.2-3;1-2
Ben Grieve: W
Greg Vaughn: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 8

Scott Hatteberg: HP
Miguel Tejada: S8/G6M.1-2
Jermaine Dye: K/C
Eric Chavez: S5/G56.2-H;1-3
Adam Piatt: W.1-2
Terrence Long: K/C
Olmedo Saenz: 9/F89M

Bot 8

Aubrey Huff: W
John Flaherty: 13/SH.1-2
Chris Gomez: 63/G6M.2-3
Jared Sandberg: 7/L78D

Top 9

Greg Myers: K
Randy Velarde: S9/L8RM
Eric Byrnes: E5/G56.1-2
Miguel Tejada: S7/L78M.2-H;1-2
Jermaine Dye: S8/L8RM.2-H(UR);1-3
Eric Chavez: S9/G4.3-H;1-2
Adam Piatt: HP.2-3;1-2
Terrence Long: 43/G34.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Olmedo Saenz: 53/G5

Bot 9

Brent Abernathy: 4/L4D
Randy Winn: 7/F7D
Steve Cox: K

Notes & reviews

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