Oakland Athletics vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
September 15, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 2000 at Tropicana Field. 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

Oakland Athletics 17, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Long cf 4 3 3 3
  Byrnes ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Velarde 2b 2 1 0 0
  Ortiz ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Giambi J. 1b 4 2 3 7
  Piatt ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Grieve lf 4 1 2 2
  Christenson ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Stairs rf 3 0 1 2
  Porter rf,cf 3 1 2 2
Tejada ss 3 1 2 0
  Menechino ss 2 0 1 0
Chavez 3b 3 1 2 0
  Bellhorn ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Giambi J. dh 4 4 2 1
Hernandez c 2 2 1 0
  Fasano ph,c 3 0 0 0
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Belitz p 0 0 0 0
  Ratliff p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 17 20 17
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf 4 0 1 0
Winn lf 2 0 0 0
  Hall c 2 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 3 0 0 0
  Huff 3b 1 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 2 0 0 0
  Cox 1b 0 1 0 0
Vaughn dh 1 1 1 0
  Kelly ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Flaherty c 3 1 1 2
  Timmons lf 1 0 1 1
Guillen rf 4 0 0 0
Martinez ss 3 0 0 0
  Rolls ph 1 0 0 0
Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Enders p 0 0 0 0
  Fiore p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 4 3
Oakland 004 541 21017201
Tampa Bay 000 200 010341
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  W (5-3) 6.0 3 2 2 5 4
  Mathews   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Belitz   1.0 1 1 0 1 0
  Ratliff   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
3
2
6
4
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Lopez  L (11-12) 3.1 8 8 8 5 1
  Enders   1.0 4 5 4 2 0
  Fiore   2.2 5 3 3 0 2
  Wheeler   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Hernandez   1.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
20
17
16
8
7

  E–Ortiz (1), McGriff (10).  DP–Tampa Bay 2.  2B–Oakland Chavez (22,off Lopez); Grieve (35,off Enders); Long (32,off Enders); Jason Giambi (27,off Enders), Tampa Bay Timmons (1,off Belitz).  HR–Oakland Jason Giambi (37,3rd inning off Lopez 3 on, 1 out); Porter (1,7th inning off Fiore 1 on, 1 out); Jeremy Giambi (9,8th inning off Wheeler 0 on, 0 out), Tampa Bay Flaherty (8,4th inning off Zito 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Vaughn (3,by Zito).  WP–Wheeler (2).  IBB–Zito (2,Vaughn).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Lazaro Diaz, 2B–Eric Cooper, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–3:08.  A–14,087.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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