Oakland Athletics vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
July 16, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 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 2, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 5 0 0 0
Hatteberg 1b 3 0 2 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Justice dh 3 1 0 0
Chavez 3b 3 0 0 0
Dye rf 4 1 3 1
Mabry lf 3 0 2 1
  Long pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Byrnes cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Myers c 4 0 0 0
Mulder p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 5 0 4 0
Abernathy 2b 3 0 0 0
Cox dh 3 0 0 1
Huff 1b 5 0 2 0
  Smith pr 0 0 0 0
McCarty lf 5 0 0 0
Grieve rf 3 0 0 0
Flaherty c 4 0 1 0
Gomez ss 4 0 1 0
Escalona 3b 1 1 1 0
  Sandberg ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Harper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1
Oakland 010 100 000282
Tampa Bay 001 000 000190
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Mulder  W (11-5) 7.1 6 1 1 2 6
  Bradford   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Koch  SV (23) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
2
9
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sosa  L (0-2) 6.0 6 2 2 3 3
  Harper   3.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
7

  E–Hatteberg (2), Tejada (12).  DP–Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Oakland Dye (18,off Sosa), Tampa Bay Winn (27,off Mulder).  HR–Oakland Dye (8,2nd inning off Sosa 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Mabry (1,off Sosa).  SH–Abernathy 2 (6,off Mulder,off Koch).  HBP–Escalona (3,by Mulder); Cox (5,by Mulder).  SB–J Smith (3,2nd base off Koch/Myers).  CS–Winn (5,2nd base by Mulder/Myers).  HBP–Mulder 2 (5,Escalona,Cox).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Lazaro Diaz, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:52.  A–10,592.
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