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Devil Rays
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 25, 1998
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, played on May 25, 1998 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 25, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 25, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Matt Ruebel |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Oquist |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 13,199 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 49 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tim Welke 1B: Gary Cederstrom 2B: Joe Brinkman 3B: Derryl Cousins |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dave Martinez | Right Fielder |
| Quinton McCracken | Center Fielder |
| Wade Boggs | Third Baseman |
| Fred McGriff | First Baseman |
| Mike Kelly | Left Fielder |
| Paul Sorrento | DH |
| John Flaherty | Catcher |
| Aaron Ledesma | Shortstop |
| Miguel Cairo | Second Baseman |
| Larry Rothschild | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Kurt Abbott | Shortstop |
| Ben Grieve | Right Fielder |
| Mike Blowers | Third Baseman |
| Mike Macfarlane | Catcher |
| Matt Stairs | DH |
| Scott Spiezio | Second Baseman |
| Jack Voigt | First Baseman |
| Ryan Christenson | Center Fielder |
| Art Howe | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Devil Rays
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 25, 1998
Top 1
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Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Oquist
Martinez strikes out. Macfarlane drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Martinez out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Oquist
McCracken hits a line drive towards short. Abbott reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Oquist
Boggs hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Ruebel
Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Abbott vs. Ruebel
Abbott hits a line drive into left field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Grieve vs. Ruebel
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ledesma scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 2
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Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Oquist
McGriff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Oquist
Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Sorrento vs. Oquist
Sorrento hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Flaherty vs. Oquist
There's a wild pitch. McGriff moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Flaherty vs. Oquist
Flaherty strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Blowers vs. Ruebel
Mike Difelice now catching.
Blowers hits a line drive into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Ruebel
Macfarlane hits a line drive into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Ruebel
Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stairs for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ledesma vs. Oquist
Ledesma hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cairo vs. Oquist
Cairo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Abbott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Oquist
Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Ruebel
Spiezio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Voigt vs. Ruebel
Voigt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ledesma scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Christenson vs. Ruebel
Christenson hits a fly ball into left field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Ruebel
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ledesma scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Oquist
McCracken hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Oquist
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Oquist
McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Abbott vs. Ruebel
Abbott strikes out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Ruebel
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cairo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Blowers vs. Ruebel
Blowers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Macfarlane vs. Ruebel
Macfarlane hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Ruebel
Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Spiezio vs. Ruebel
Spiezio takes first base on ball four. Stairs moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Voigt vs. Ruebel
Voigt hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. There goes Stairs trying to get to home. McCracken throws the ball in to Difelice who tags Stairs who's trying to score from second, for the out. Spiezio moves to second. View Play
Top 5
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Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Oquist
Kelly strikes out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Sorrento vs. Oquist
Sorrento strikes out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Difelice vs. Oquist
Difelice strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Christenson vs. Ruebel
Christenson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Ruebel
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ledesma fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Christenson moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Abbott vs. Ruebel
Abbott strikes out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Grieve vs. Ruebel
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cairo misplays the ball. That's an error on Cairo. Christenson scores. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Blowers vs. Santana
Julio Santana now pitching.
Blowers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ledesma fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ledesma vs. Oquist
Ledesma hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Cairo vs. Oquist
Cairo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ledesma moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Martinez vs. Oquist
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Abbott fields it and throws to third to get the runner. Ledesma is safe. Ledesma moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Devil Rays, 0 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
McCracken vs. Oquist
McCracken hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ledesma tags and scores. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Oquist
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Santana
Macfarlane hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Santana
Stairs hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Spiezio vs. Santana
Spiezio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stairs moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Voigt vs. Santana
Voigt bunts towards the mound. Santana fields it and throws to first for the out. Stairs moves to third. Spiezio moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Christenson vs. Santana
Christenson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. Stairs scores. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Santana
Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spiezio scores. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Abbott vs. Yan
Esteban Yan now pitching.
There goes Henderson. The throw from Difelice and he is safe. Henderson steals second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Abbott vs. Yan
Abbott strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Oquist
Rafael Bournigal now playing shortstop.
McGriff takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Oquist
Kelly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McGriff moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Sorrento vs. Oquist
Sorrento strikes out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Difelice vs. Oquist
Difelice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Yan
Grieve is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Blowers vs. Yan
Blowers takes first base on ball four. Grieve moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Macfarlane vs. Yan
Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to second for the out. Grieve moves to third. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Stairs vs. Yan
Stairs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grieve scores. Macfarlane moves to second. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Spiezio vs. Yan
Spiezio hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Difelice settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Voigt vs. Yan
Voigt hits a popup towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Ledesma vs. Oquist
Mark Bellhorn now playing third base.
Ledesma hits a line drive into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cairo vs. Oquist
Cairo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Oquist
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Voigt scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martinez for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Christenson vs. Mecir
Jim Mecir now pitching.
Christenson strikes out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Mecir
Henderson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cairo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bournigal vs. Mecir
Bournigal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Grieve vs. Mecir
Grieve hits a line drive into left field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Groom
Buddy Groom now pitching.
McCracken hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. McCracken reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Boggs vs. Groom
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McCracken moves to third. View Play -
Devil Rays, 1 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McGriff vs. Groom
McGriff hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McCracken tags and scores. View Play -
Devil Rays, 2 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Groom
Kelly strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/25/1998 -- Tampa Bay at Oakland (D)
Tampa Bay AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Martinez D, rf 4 0 0 0 Henderson R, lf 5 0 3 1
McCracken Q, cf 3 1 2 1 Abbott K, ss 4 0 0 0
Boggs W, 3b 4 0 0 0 Bournigal R, ss 1 0 1 0
McGriff F, 1b 2 0 1 1 Grieve B, rf 4 1 0 0
Kelly M, lf 4 0 1 0 Blowers M, 3b 2 1 0 0
Sorrento P, dh 3 0 0 0 Bellhorn M, 3b 0 0 0 0
Flaherty J, c 1 0 0 0 Macfarlane M, c 4 2 2 3
Difelice M, c 2 0 0 0 Stairs M, dh 4 1 3 1
Ledesma A, ss 3 1 1 0 Spiezio S, 2b 3 2 2 1
Cairo M, 2b 3 0 0 0 Voigt J, 1b 3 0 1 0
Christenson R, cf 3 1 0 1
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29 2 5 2 33 8 12 7
Tampa Bay 000 001 001 -- 2
Oakland 001 213 10x -- 8
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO
Ruebel M (L) 4.1 6 4 3 3 2
Santana J 1.1 4 3 3 0 0
Yan E 1.1 1 1 1 1 1
Mecir J 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Oquist M (W) 8.0 4 1 1 1 6
Groom B 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
E -- Cairo M
DP -- Tampa Bay 2, Oakland 2
LOB -- Tampa Bay 3, Oakland 7
2B -- McCracken Q
HR -- Spiezio S, Macfarlane M 2
SB -- Henderson R
SH -- Voigt J
SF -- McCracken Q, McGriff F
HBP -- by Yan E (Grieve B)
WP -- Oquist M
T -- 2:49
A -- 13199
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