BATTING - 2B: Blowers (16,off Rekar); Roberts (12,off White).
HR: Blowers (8,6th inning off Rekar 1 on 1 out); Tejada (4,7th inning off White
0 on 0 out).
Team LOB: 7.
Starting Lineups:
Oakland Athletics Tampa Bay Devil Rays
1. Roberts 2b McCracken cf
2. Neill lf Boggs 3b
3. Grieve rf Ledesma 2b
4. Stairs dh McGriff 1b
5. Giambi 1b Trammell rf
6. Blowers 3b Sorrento dh
7. Macfarlane c Butler lf
8. Voigt cf Difelice c
9. Tejada ss Stocker ss
Stein p Rekar p
ATHLETICS 1ST: Roberts flied to right; Neill grounded out (first
to pitcher); Debut game for Mike Neill; Grieve singled to
left; Stairs singled to right [Grieve to second]; Giambi singled
to left [Grieve scored, Stairs to second]; Blowers forced Giambi
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Devil
Rays 0.
DEVIL RAYS 1ST: McCracken flied to left; Boggs grounded out
(pitcher to first); Ledesma flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Athletics 1, Devil Rays 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Macfarlane grounded out (second to first); Voigt
flied to left; Tejada lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Devil Rays 0.
DEVIL RAYS 2ND: McGriff grounded out (shortstop to first);
Trammell walked; Sorrento flied to left; Butler walked [Trammell
to second]; Difelice doubled to right [Trammell scored, Butler
scored (error by Roberts) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Stocker grounded
out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics
1, Devil Rays 2.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Neill
struck out; Grieve walked; Stairs was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Devil Rays 2.
DEVIL RAYS 3RD: McCracken grounded out (pitcher to first); Boggs
singled to center; Ledesma flied to left; McGriff popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Devil Rays 2.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Giambi flied to center; Blowers doubled to right;
Macfarlane flied to left; Voigt was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Devil Rays 2.
DEVIL RAYS 4TH: Trammell was called out on strikes; Sorrento
walked; Butler was called out on strikes; Difelice struck out
but Sorrento advanced to second and Difelice advanced to first
on a wild pitch; Stocker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 1, Devil Rays 2.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Tejada flied to left; Roberts singled to center;
Neill flied to left; Roberts safe on a pick-off error by Rekar
[Roberts to third]; Grieve was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Devil Rays 2.
DEVIL RAYS 5TH: McCracken walked; Boggs homered to left
[McCracken scored]; Ledesma grounded out (second to first);
McGriff walked; Trammell singled to third [McGriff to second];
GROOM REPLACED STEIN (PITCHING); Sorrento flied to left; KELLY
BATTED FOR BUTLER; Kelly singled to center [McGriff scored,
Trammell to second]; Difelice walked [Trammell to third, Kelly
to second]; Stocker singled to center [Trammell scored, Kelly
scored, Difelice out at third (center to third)]; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Athletics 1, Devil Rays 7.
ATHLETICS 6TH: TRAMMELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); KELLY
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Stairs lined to third; Giambi
singled to right; Blowers homered to right [Giambi scored];
Macfarlane flied to center; Voigt grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Devil Rays 7.
DEVIL RAYS 6TH: McCracken singled to left; Boggs forced
McCracken (shortstop to second); Ledesma forced Boggs (right to
shortstop); McGriff struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics
3, Devil Rays 7.
ATHLETICS 7TH: WHITE REPLACED REKAR (PITCHING); Tejada homered
to left; Roberts doubled to left; ALDRED REPLACED WHITE
(PITCHING); Neill grounded out (second to first) [Roberts to
third]; Grieve reached on an error by Stocker [Roberts scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Stairs lined to left; Giambi grounded out
(second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5,
Devil Rays 7.
DEVIL RAYS 7TH: FETTERS REPLACED GROOM (PITCHING); Trammell
struck out; Sorrento flied to left; Kelly tripled to right;
Difelice grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Devil Rays 7.
ATHLETICS 8TH: MECIR REPLACED ALDRED (PITCHING); MCCRACKEN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); WINN REPLACED TRAMMELL (PLAYING
CF); Blowers grounded out (shortstop to first); Macfarlane
grounded out (first unassisted); HENDERSON BATTED FOR VOIGT;
Henderson flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5,
Devil Rays 7.
DEVIL RAYS 8TH: HENDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Stocker
walked; MOHLER REPLACED FETTERS (PITCHING); McCracken reached on
an error by Blowers on a sacrifice bunt [Stocker to second,
McCracken to first]; Boggs singled to center [Stocker scored,
McCracken to third]; SMITH RAN FOR BOGGS; Ledesma popped to
first; McGriff singled to center [McCracken scored (unearned),
Smith to second]; Winn tripled to right [Smith scored, McGriff
scored]; Sorrento reached on a fielder's choice [Winn out at
home (first to catcher)]; Kelly was called out on strikes; 4 R
(3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Devil Rays 11.
ATHLETICS 9TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED MECIR (PITCHING); SMITH STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Tejada walked; Roberts struck out; Neill
popped to third; Grieve grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Devil Rays 11.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Athletics 5 9 2 7
Devil Rays 11 11 2 8
