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

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

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 5, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 1 0
Christenson cf 5 0 1 0
Grieve rf 4 1 1 0
Stairs dh 4 1 1 0
Giambi 1b 4 2 3 4
Blowers 3b 2 0 0 0
  Roberts ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Bournigal 2b 3 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 1 1
  Voigt pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Tejada ss 2 0 1 0
Hinch c 3 0 0 0
  Macfarlane ph 1 0 1 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 4 2 2 0
Boggs dh 4 0 0 0
Smith 3b 4 0 1 2
McGriff 1b 4 0 1 0
  McCracken pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Trammell lf 4 0 0 0
  Sorrento 1b 0 0 0 0
Ledesma ss 4 2 2 1
Kelly rf 3 1 1 2
Flaherty c 4 0 1 0
Cairo 2b 2 1 0 0
Santana p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 8 5
Oakland 100 002 0205114
Tampa Bay 002 200 12x780
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  L (10-4) 7.1 8 7 4 2 4
  Worrell   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
7
4
2
5
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Santana   6.0 6 3 3 3 0
  Lopez   1.2 1 1 1 1 2
  Hernandez  W (1-4) 1.1 4 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
5
3

  E–Christenson (2), Blowers (13), Tejada (14), Hinch (6).  DP–Oakland 1, Tampa Bay 3.  PB–Hinch (5).  2B–Oakland Stairs (24,off Santana); Grieve (28,off Lopez), Tampa Bay Smith (9,off Rogers); Ledesma (7,off Rogers); Winn (2,off Rogers).  HR–Oakland Giambi (15,6th inning off Santana 1 on, 2 out), Tampa Bay Kelly (5,4th inning off Rogers 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Tejada (3,by Santana).  SB–Henderson (42,2nd base off Santana/Flaherty); Ledesma (7,2nd base off Worrell/Hinch).  WP–Santana (3).  HBP–Santana (3,Tejada).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–3:11.  A–30,179.
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