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Oakland Athletics @ Tampa Bay Rays

2002-07-16 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 10592 · 72°F, dome, dry · Wind from CF · 2:52

Oakland Athletics defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2–1. Mark Mulder earned the win and Billy Koch picked up the save. Jermaine Dye went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mark Mulder L: Jorge Sosa SV: Billy Koch

Umpires — HP: Larry Vanover · 1B: Angel Hernandez · 2B: Laz Diaz · 3B: Randy Marsh · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mark Ellis	5	0	0	0	0	2
Scott Hatteberg	3	0	2	0	1	0
Miguel Tejada	4	0	1	0	0	1
David Justice	3	1	0	0	1	1
Eric Chavez	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jermaine Dye	4	1	3	1	0	0
John Mabry	3	0	2	1	0	0
Eric Byrnes	4	0	0	0	0	2
Greg Myers	4	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

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

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Mulder	7.1	6	2	6
Chad Bradford	0.2	1	0	2
Billy Koch	1.0	2	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jorge Sosa	6.0	6	3	3
Travis Harper	3.0	2	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mark Ellis: K
Scott Hatteberg: 8/F89S
Miguel Tejada: K

Bot 1

Randy Winn: 9/F9M
Brent Abernathy: 6/P8LS
Steve Cox: W
Aubrey Huff: S9/L89S.1-2
Dave McCarty: 63/G6

Top 2

David Justice: 53/G5
Eric Chavez: 9/L9M
Jermaine Dye: HR/F78D
John Mabry: S8/L8LS
Eric Byrnes: K/C

Bot 2

Ben Grieve: K
John Flaherty: 9/F89D
Chris Gomez: 53/G5

Top 3

Greg Myers: 8/F8RM
Mark Ellis: 63/G6
Scott Hatteberg: W
Miguel Tejada: 3/FL

Bot 3

Felix Escalona: S7/G56
Randy Winn: S3/G34S.1-2
Brent Abernathy: 14/SH/BG56S.2-3;1-2
Steve Cox: 63/G6.3-H
Aubrey Huff: K

Top 4

David Justice: W
Eric Chavez: W.1-2
Jermaine Dye: S8/L6MD.2-3;1-2
John Mabry: 7/SF/F7LM.3-H
Eric Byrnes: 64(1)/FO/G6.2-3
Greg Myers: 43/G4

Bot 4

Dave McCarty: E6/TH1/G6
Ben Grieve: 46(1)/FO/G34
John Flaherty: K
Chris Gomez: 64(1)/FO/G6MD

Top 5

Mark Ellis: 5/P5
Scott Hatteberg: S8/G6M
Miguel Tejada: S8/G4.1-2
David Justice: 4(B)3(1)/LDP/L4

Bot 5

Felix Escalona: HP
Randy Winn: D8/F78D.1-3
Brent Abernathy: 53/G5S
Steve Cox: 3/P3
Aubrey Huff: K

Top 6

Eric Chavez: 7/F7M
Jermaine Dye: D7/L7LM
John Mabry: 8/F8RXD.2-3
Eric Byrnes: 8/F89XD

Bot 6

Dave McCarty: 53/G5
Ben Grieve: K/C
John Flaherty: S6/G56
Chris Gomez: 63/G6MS

Top 7

Greg Myers: 4/L4
Mark Ellis: 4/P34
Scott Hatteberg: S9/G34
Miguel Tejada: 2/P2

Bot 7

Jared Sandberg: 53/G5
Randy Winn: S6/G6S
Brent Abernathy: 4/FL/P3DF
Steve Cox: POCS2(1E3).1-2
Steve Cox: HP
Aubrey Huff: 9/F9D

Top 8

David Justice: K
Eric Chavez: K/C
Jermaine Dye: 53/G56

Bot 8

Dave McCarty: K
Ben Grieve: W
John Flaherty: K
Chris Gomez: S8/G4M.1-2
Jared Sandberg: K

Top 9

John Mabry: S5/G5
Eric Byrnes: K
Greg Myers: 7/F7M
Mark Ellis: K/C

Bot 9

Randy Winn: S8/G6M
Brent Abernathy: 13/SH.1-2
Steve Cox: 4/P34
Aubrey Huff: S6/G13.2-3
Dave McCarty: SB2
Dave McCarty: K

Notes & reviews

originally scored E6

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