Oakland Athletics vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
September 6, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 2003 at Tropicana Field. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 4, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 4 2 2 0
Durazo dh 3 0 0 1
Tejada ss 5 1 1 0
Chavez 3b 5 0 1 1
Guillen rf 3 1 2 2
Hatteberg 1b 4 0 0 0
Long lf 4 0 2 0
Melhuse c 4 0 1 0
Singleton cf 3 0 0 0
Harden p 0 0 0 0
  Sparks p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Harville p 0 0 0 0
  Neu p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 5 1 3 2
Baldelli cf 3 1 1 0
Huff rf 4 1 1 1
Lee 1b 4 1 1 0
Martin dh 3 0 1 1
  Shumpert ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Lugo ss 4 1 1 0
Anderson 2b 3 2 2 0
LaForest c 3 0 1 2
  Perez pr 0 0 0 0
  Hall c 0 0 0 0
Rolls 3b 3 0 0 0
Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Harper p 0 0 0 0
  Carter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 11 6
Oakland 100 110 100490
Tampa Bay 022 101 10x7110
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Harden  L (4-4) 3.2 8 5 5 1 2
  Sparks   2.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Rincon   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Harville   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Neu   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
5
3
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  W (4-3) 6.0 6 3 3 2 1
  Harper   2.0 2 1 1 1 3
  Carter  SV (23) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 3.  2B–Tampa Bay LaForest (1,off Harden); Martin (11,off Harden); Anderson (23,off Harden); Huff (46,off Rincon).  3B–Oakland Ellis (5,off Bell).  HR–Oakland Guillen (6,4th inning off Bell 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Durazo (5,off Bell).  HBP–Guillen (4,by Bell).  SB–Ellis (5,2nd base off Harper/LaForest); Crawford (47,2nd base off Harden/Melhuse); Lugo (10,2nd base off Sparks/Melhuse); Huff (2,Home off Rincon/Melhuse).  WP–Harden (6).  HBP–Bell (5,Guillen).  U-HP–Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:45.  A–10,738.
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