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Tampa Bay Rays @ Oakland Athletics

2003-08-31 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 27541 · 64°F, sunny · Wind 12 mph · 2:14

Oakland Athletics defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4–3. Oakland Athletics put up 3 in the 5th. Rich Harden earned the win and Chad Bradford picked up the save. Aubrey Huff went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rich Harden L: Geremi Gonzalez SV: Chad Bradford

Umpires — HP: Andy Fletcher · 1B: Joe Brinkman · 2B: Mike DiMuro · 3B: Derryl Cousins · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carl Crawford	4	1	2	0	0	1
Rocco Baldelli	4	1	1	0	0	2
Aubrey Huff	4	1	2	3	0	0
Travis Lee	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Martin	3	0	0	0	0	3
Julio Lugo	3	0	0	0	1	1
Marlon Anderson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Javier Valentin	3	0	1	0	0	0
Damian Rolls	3	0	0	0	0	2
Adam Piatt	1	0	0	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Scott Hatteberg	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Guillen	4	0	1	1	0	0
Eric Chavez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Miguel Tejada	3	1	1	1	0	0
Erubiel Durazo	2	1	0	0	1	0
Ramon Hernandez	2	1	0	0	1	0
Terrence Long	3	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Menechino	3	0	1	1	0	1
Chris Singleton	2	0	0	1	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Geremi Gonzalez	8.0	4	2	3

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rich Harden	7.0	5	1	10
Ricardo Rincon	1.1	1	0	0
Chad Bradford	0.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carl Crawford: S8/F8RS
Rocco Baldelli: SB2
Rocco Baldelli: K23
Aubrey Huff: S9/L9M.2-H;B-2(TH)
Travis Lee: K
Al Martin: K

Bot 1

Scott Hatteberg: 5/P5F/FL
Jose Guillen: 63/G6
Eric Chavez: K

Top 2

Julio Lugo: K
Marlon Anderson: 2/P2LF-
Javier Valentin: S7/L7LM
Damian Rolls: K

Bot 2

Miguel Tejada: HR/F7D+
Erubiel Durazo: 31/G3
Ramon Hernandez: 63/G6MS
Terrence Long: 3/G3

Top 3

Carl Crawford: 3/G3
Rocco Baldelli: S8/G6M+
Aubrey Huff: HR/F8RXD+.1-H
Travis Lee: 31/G3
Al Martin: K

Bot 3

Frank Menechino: K
Chris Singleton: 9/F89M
Scott Hatteberg: 3/G3

Top 4

Julio Lugo: W
Marlon Anderson: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Javier Valentin: 7/F7LSF/FL

Bot 4

Jose Guillen: 5/P56S-
Eric Chavez: 8/F8LXD+
Miguel Tejada: 63/G6S

Top 5

Damian Rolls: K
Carl Crawford: K
Rocco Baldelli: K+WP.B-1
Aubrey Huff: 43/G4

Bot 5

Erubiel Durazo: W
Ramon Hernandez: W.1-2
Terrence Long: S8/L8RS.2-3;1-2
Frank Menechino: S6/G6S-.3-H;2-3;1-2
Chris Singleton: 9/SF/F9D+.3-H;2-3
Scott Hatteberg: 6/P6M
Jose Guillen: D7/L7LD.3-H;1-3
Eric Chavez: K

Top 6

Travis Lee: 5/P6
Al Martin: K
Julio Lugo: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 6

Miguel Tejada: 53/G5
Erubiel Durazo: 43/G34
Ramon Hernandez: 9/F9S

Top 7

Marlon Anderson: 4/P8RS
Javier Valentin: 43/G4
Damian Rolls: 6/L6

Bot 7

Terrence Long: 9/F9D
Frank Menechino: 9/F89D+
Chris Singleton: 9/F9S

Top 8

Carl Crawford: S9/L9S
Rocco Baldelli: 53/G5.1-2
Aubrey Huff: SB3
Aubrey Huff: OA.3XH(21)
Aubrey Huff: 8/F8RM

Bot 8

Scott Hatteberg: 7/F7D
Jose Guillen: 4/P4D
Eric Chavez: 3/P23F-/FL

Top 9

Travis Lee: 7/F7M
Adam Piatt: K
Julio Lugo: 53/G5

Notes & reviews

Tampa Bay coaches McLaren and Elia were ejected by 1B umpire Brinkman and 3B umpire Cousins, respectively, for arguing check swing on ball 4; tray of gum and candy thrown onto field
Devil Rays pitcher Gonzalez ejected by 1B umpire Brinkman for continuing argument about check swing from 5th inning; he threw a bucket of sunflower seeds onto the field

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