Oakland Athletics vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
July 15, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 2002 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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Oakland Athletics 4, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 3 2 1 0
Hatteberg 1b 4 1 2 1
Tejada ss 4 0 2 2
Justice dh 3 0 1 0
Chavez 3b 4 0 0 0
Dye rf 3 0 0 0
Mabry lf 4 0 1 0
  Byrnes lf 0 0 0 0
Long cf 3 0 0 0
Hernandez c 4 1 1 0
Lilly p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 3
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 4 0 1 0
Abernathy 2b 3 0 1 0
Cox 1b 4 0 0 0
Huff dh 4 0 0 0
McCarty lf 4 0 1 0
Grieve rf 3 0 0 0
Flaherty c 4 0 1 0
Gomez ss 3 0 0 0
Sandberg 3b 2 0 0 0
Rupe p 0 0 0 0
  Kent p 0 0 0 0
  Colome p 0 0 0 0
  Harper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Oakland 003 010 000481
Tampa Bay 000 000 000041
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Lilly  W (4-6) 6.0 3 0 0 2 4
  Bradford   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Venafro   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Koch   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
6
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rupe  L (5-10) 2.1 4 3 2 3 0
  Kent   3.2 3 1 1 1 3
  Colome   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Harper   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
4
4

  E–Ellis (4), Sandberg (9).  DP–Oakland 1, Tampa Bay 4.  2B–Oakland Hatteberg (9,off Rupe); Ellis (5,off Kent).  HBP–Sandberg (1,by Lilly).  WP–Rupe (6).  HBP–Lilly (6,Sandberg).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Lazaro Diaz.  T–2:55.  A–10,116.
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