Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Oakland Athletics
May 24, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 2002 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8, Oakland Athletics 9

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Abernathy 2b 5 0 1 0
Winn cf 4 2 2 0
Cox 1b 5 2 2 2
Vaughn lf 5 1 1 2
Hall c 5 1 1 1
Conti rf 2 2 1 0
Gomez ss 3 0 1 0
Johnson dh 2 0 1 2
Sandberg 3b 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph,3b 2 0 0 1
Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Zambrano p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 10 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
German 2b 4 1 1 0
Hatteberg dh 4 2 3 2
  Byrnes pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 1 1 0
Dye rf 3 2 1 1
Chavez 3b 3 0 1 0
Saenz 1b 4 0 1 0
  Sutton pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Long cf 4 0 2 2
Piatt lf 4 1 1 2
Hernandez c 4 1 1 1
Hudson p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 12 8
Tampa Bay 000 411 0028100
Oakland 100 230 03x9120
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   5.0 6 6 6 4 4
  Gardner   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Zambrano  L (1-4) 1.0 4 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
4
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hudson   5.1 7 6 6 4 4
  Bradford   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Venafro   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mecir  W (2-1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Koch  SV (9) 1.0 2 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
5
9

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Tampa Bay Johnson (2,off Hudson), Oakland Saenz (4,off Zambrano).  3B–Tampa Bay Winn (2,off Hudson); Cox (1,off Hudson), Oakland Hatteberg (3,off Wilson).  HR–Tampa Bay Cox (7,5th inning off Hudson 0 on, 1 out); Vaughn (5,9th inning off Koch 1 on, 1 out), Oakland Hatteberg (5,1st inning off Wilson 0 on, 1 out); Piatt (1,8th inning off Zambrano 1 on, 1 out); Hernandez (3,8th inning off Zambrano 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Gomez (3,by Hudson); Winn (3,by Bradford).  SB–Conti (1,2nd base off Mecir/Hernandez).  WP–Wilson (2).  HBP–Hudson (3,Gomez); Bradford (1,Winn).  U-HP–Ron Kulpa, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–3:01.  A–25,458.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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