Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Oakland Athletics
May 25, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1998 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2, Oakland Athletics 8

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Martinez rf 4 0 0 0
McCracken cf 3 1 2 1
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 2 0 1 1
Kelly lf 4 0 1 0
Sorrento dh 3 0 0 0
Flaherty c 1 0 0 0
  DiFelice c 2 0 0 0
Ledesma ss 3 1 1 0
Cairo 2b 3 0 0 0
Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
  Santana p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 0 3 1
Abbott ss 4 0 0 0
  Bournigal ss 1 0 1 0
Grieve rf 4 1 0 0
Blowers 3b 2 1 0 0
  Bellhorn 3b 0 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 2 2 3
Stairs dh 4 1 3 1
Spiezio 2b 3 2 2 1
Voigt 1b 3 0 1 0
Christenson cf 3 1 0 1
Oquist p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 12 7
Tampa Bay 000 001 001251
Oakland 001 213 10x8120
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Ruebel  L (0-1) 4.1 6 4 3 3 2
  Santana   1.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Yan   1.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Mecir   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
7
4
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Oquist  W (1-3) 8.0 4 1 1 1 6
  Groom   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
7

  E–Cairo (6).  DP–Tampa Bay 2, Oakland 2.  2B–Tampa Bay McCracken (15,off Groom).  HR–Oakland Spiezio (6,3rd inning off Ruebel 0 on, 0 out); Macfarlane 2 (3,4th inning off Ruebel 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off Santana 0 on, 0 out).  SF–McCracken (3,off Oquist); McGriff (2,off Groom).  SH–Voigt (1,off Santana).  HBP–Grieve (7,by Yan).  SB–Henderson (17,2nd base off Yan/Difelice).  WP–Oquist (2).  HBP–Yan (1,Grieve).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:49.  A–13,199.
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