Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Oakland Athletics
May 31, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1999 at Network Associates 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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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7, Oakland Athletics 10

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 5 1 1 0
Martinez rf 4 2 3 2
Canseco dh 4 1 1 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 1 2
Flaherty c 4 0 1 2
Boggs 3b 5 1 1 0
Sorrento lf 5 0 1 1
Cairo 2b 3 1 1 0
Stocker ss 4 1 1 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Duvall p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 11 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips cf 4 1 0 0
Tejada ss 3 3 3 1
Giambi dh 2 3 0 0
Stairs rf 3 1 1 3
Saenz 1b 3 0 0 1
Grieve lf 4 1 2 2
Chavez 3b 4 1 1 1
Spiezio 2b 3 0 0 1
Hinch c 3 0 0 0
  Jaha ph 1 0 0 0
  Macfarlane c 0 0 0 0
Haynes p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 10 7 9
Tampa Bay 130 200 1007111
Oakland 122 020 0031070
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Witt   4.0 5 7 6 4 2
  Duvall   2.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Yan  L (1-1) 1.2 2 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.1
7
10
9
6
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Haynes   4.0 8 6 6 4 2
  Jones   3.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Groom  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
5
6

  E–Stocker (8).  2B–Tampa Bay Martinez (10,off Haynes); Boggs (5,off Jones).  3B–Oakland Chavez (2,off Witt).  HR–Oakland Tejada (4,1st inning off Witt 0 on, 1 out); Stairs (12,9th inning off Yan 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Tejada (1,off Yan).  SF–Spiezio (2,off Witt).  HBP–Saenz (7,by Witt); Phillips (5,by Yan).  IBB–Giambi (3,by Yan).  SB–Chavez (1,2nd base off Yan/Flaherty).  WP–Witt (2).  HBP–Witt (3,Saenz); Yan (4,Phillips).  IBB–Yan (2,Giambi).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:04.  A–10,444.
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