Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Oakland Athletics
September 8, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 2000 at Network Associates Coliseum. 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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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4, Oakland Athletics 0

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf 4 0 0 0
Cairo 2b 4 1 2 0
Cox rf 4 1 1 0
  Guillen rf 0 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 0 0
Vaughn dh 4 2 1 2
Castilla 3b 4 0 1 1
Flaherty c 3 0 0 0
Tyner lf 3 0 0 0
Martinez ss 3 0 0 0
Lidle p 0 0 0 0
  Creek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 5 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Long cf 4 0 0 0
Velarde 2b 4 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 3 0 2 0
Stairs rf 3 0 0 0
  Stanley ph 1 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Grieve dh 3 0 0 0
Piatt lf 2 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 2 0 0 0
Hernandez c 3 0 0 0
Heredia p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 2 0
Tampa Bay 000 200 002450
Oakland 000 000 000021
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Lidle  W (2-5) 7.0 2 0 0 2 2
  Creek  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
3
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Heredia  L (14-10) 9.0 5 4 2 0 4
Totals
9.0
5
4
2
0
4

  E–Piatt (2).  2B–Tampa Bay Cairo (18,off Heredia); Castilla (9,off Heredia), Oakland Jason Giambi (26,off Lidle).  HR–Tampa Bay Vaughn (26,9th inning off Heredia 1 on, 2 out).  U-HP–Doug Eddings, 1B–Mark Carlson, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Tim Timmons.  T–2:21.  A–12,085.
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