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Athletics
@ Devil Rays
Tropicana Field
May 25, 2000
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Oakland Athletics, played on May 25, 2000 at Tropicana Field.
Game Summary
Date | May 25, 2000 |
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Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Home Team |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 25, 2000 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
Home Team | Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gil Heredia |
Home Starting Pitcher | Esteban Yan |
Ballpark | Tropicana Field |
City | St. Petersburg |
State | FL |
Attendance | 13,251 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 53 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Rob Cook 1B: Charlie Williams 2B: Jim Reynolds 3B: Mark Wegner |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Terrence Long | Center Fielder |
Randy Velarde | Second Baseman |
Jason Giambi | DH |
Ben Grieve | Left Fielder |
Olmedo Saenz | First Baseman |
Matt Stairs | Right Fielder |
Miguel Tejada | Shortstop |
Eric Chavez | Third Baseman |
Ramon Hernandez | Catcher |
Art Howe | Manager |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Lineup
Name | Position |
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Gerald Williams | Center Fielder |
Quinton McCracken | Left Fielder |
Greg Vaughn | DH |
Fred McGriff | First Baseman |
Jose Guillen | Right Fielder |
Vinny Castilla | Third Baseman |
Mike Difelice | Catcher |
Ozzie Guillen | Shortstop |
Miguel Cairo | Second Baseman |
Larry Rothschild | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ Devil Rays
Tropicana Field
May 25, 2000
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Long vs. Yan
Long hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guillen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Velarde vs. Yan
Velarde takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Giambi vs. Yan
Giambi hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Grieve vs. Yan
Grieve hits a fly ball into left field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Heredia
Williams is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Heredia
McCracken takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Vaughn vs. Heredia
Vaughn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCracken moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1-3
McGriff vs. Heredia
McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Saenz fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Vaughn for the double play. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Saenz vs. Yan
Saenz hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Yan
Stairs hits a popup towards third. Castilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Yan
Tejada strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Chavez vs. Yan
Chavez hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Heredia
Guillen hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Heredia
Castilla hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Difelice vs. Heredia
Difelice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Yan
Hernandez strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Long vs. Yan
Long hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Velarde vs. Yan
Velarde hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cairo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Heredia
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cairo vs. Heredia
Cairo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Heredia
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
McCracken vs. Heredia
There goes Williams. The throw from Hernandez and he is out, Tejada applying the tag. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Yan
Giambi is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Grieve vs. Yan
Grieve hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McCracken. Grieve reaches second base with a double. Giambi moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Saenz vs. Yan
Saenz hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Williams, who is chasing the ball. Saenz reaches third base with a triple. Giambi scores. Grieve scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Stairs vs. Yan
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 -
Athletics, 3 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Tejada vs. Yan
Tejada hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Saenz scores. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chavez vs. Yan
Chavez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Guillen. Chavez reaches second base with a double. Tejada moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Hernandez vs. Yan
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Yan, and towards Guillen, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Tejada scores. Chavez moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Long vs. Yan
Long hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 5 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Heredia
McCracken strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Heredia
Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Heredia
McGriff takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Heredia
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 5 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Velarde vs. Yan
Velarde hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Giambi vs. Yan
Giambi strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grieve vs. Yan
There goes Velarde. The throw from Difelice and he is safe. Velarde steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Grieve vs. Yan
There's a wild pitch. Velarde scores. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Yan
Grieve hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Saenz vs. White
Rick White now pitching.
Saenz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cairo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Stairs vs. White
Stairs hits a fly ball into left field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Heredia
Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Difelice vs. Heredia
Difelice hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Heredia
Guillen hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. White
Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guillen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Chavez vs. White
Chavez hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. White
Hernandez hits a popup towards third. Castilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cairo vs. Heredia
Cairo strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Heredia
Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Williams reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
McCracken vs. Heredia
McCracken hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heredia fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Vaughn vs. Heredia
Vaughn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Vaughn reaches second base with a double. Williams scores. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
McGriff vs. Heredia
McGriff hits a line drive towards short. Tejada reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Long vs. White
Long hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Velarde vs. White
Velarde hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. White
Giambi hits a fly ball into left field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Heredia
Guillen hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Heredia
Castilla hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Difelice vs. Heredia
Difelice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Heredia
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Saenz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Guillen for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Guthrie
Mark Guthrie now pitching.
Grieve strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Saenz vs. Guthrie
Saenz hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Guthrie
Stairs strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cairo vs. Mathews
T.J. Mathews now pitching. Ryan Christenson now playing left field.
Cairo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Mathews
Williams strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
McCracken vs. Mathews
McCracken hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mathews fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vaughn vs. Mathews
Vaughn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Magnante
Mike Magnante now pitching.
McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Saenz scoops it up and throws to first, with Magnante covering, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Taylor
Billy Taylor now pitching.
Tejada strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chavez vs. Taylor
Chavez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Taylor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Taylor
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guillen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Isringhausen
Jason Isringhausen now pitching.
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Velarde scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Isringhausen
Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Isringhausen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Difelice vs. Isringhausen
Difelice hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Christenson. Difelice reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Cox vs. Isringhausen
Steve Cox pinch hits for Ozzie Guillen.
Cox strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/25/2000 -- Oakland at Tampa Bay (N) Oakland AB R H RBI Tampa Bay AB R H RBI Long T, cf 4 0 1 0 Williams G, cf 4 1 2 0 Velarde R, 2b 3 1 1 0 McCracken Q, lf 3 1 0 0 Giambi J, dh 3 1 0 0 Vaughn G, dh 4 1 3 3 Grieve B, lf 4 1 2 0 McGriff F, 1b 3 0 0 0 Christenson R, lf 0 0 0 0 Guillen J, rf 4 0 0 0 Saenz O, 1b 4 2 2 3 Castilla V, 3b 4 0 0 0 Stairs M, rf 4 0 0 0 Difelice M, c 4 0 2 0 Tejada M, ss 4 1 1 1 Guillen O, ss 3 0 0 0 Chavez E, 3b 4 0 1 0 Cox S, ph 1 0 0 0 Hernandez R, c 4 0 0 1 Cairo M, 2b 3 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 6 8 5 33 3 8 3 Oakland 010 410 000 -- 6 Tampa Bay 000 001 020 -- 3 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Heredia G (W) 7.0 5 1 1 2 3 Mathews T 0.2 2 2 2 0 1 Magnante M 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Isringhausen J (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO Yan E (L) 4.1 8 6 6 1 3 White R 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 Guthrie M 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Taylor B 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 E -- Difelice M DP -- Oakland 1, Tampa Bay 1 LOB -- Oakland 3, Tampa Bay 5 2B -- Grieve B, Chavez E, Williams G, Vaughn G, Difelice M 3B -- Saenz O HR -- Saenz O, Vaughn G SB -- Velarde R CS -- Williams G HBP -- by Yan E (Giambi J) WP -- Yan E T -- 2:53 A -- 13251
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