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Athletics
@ Devil Rays
Tropicana Field
April 28, 1998
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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 April 28, 1998 at Tropicana Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 28, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 28, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Telgheder |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jason Johnson |
| Ballpark | Tropicana Field |
| City | St. Petersburg |
| State | FL |
| Attendance | 25,138 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 1 minute |
| Umpires | HP: Brian O'Nora 1B: Terry Craft 2B: Jim McKean 3B: Al Clark |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Dave Magadan | Third Baseman |
| Ben Grieve | Right Fielder |
| Matt Stairs | DH |
| Jason Giambi | First Baseman |
| A.J. Hinch | Catcher |
| Scott Spiezio | Second Baseman |
| Rafael Bournigal | Shortstop |
| Ryan Christenson | Center Fielder |
| Art Howe | Manager |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Quinton McCracken | Center Fielder |
| Miguel Cairo | Second Baseman |
| Dave Martinez | Right Fielder |
| Fred McGriff | DH |
| Mike Kelly | Left Fielder |
| Paul Sorrento | First Baseman |
| Bob Smith | Third Baseman |
| John Flaherty | Catcher |
| Kevin Stocker | Shortstop |
| Larry Rothschild | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Devil Rays
Tropicana Field
April 28, 1998
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Johnson
Henderson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Magadan vs. Johnson
Magadan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Grieve vs. Johnson
Grieve hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Magadan moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Stairs vs. Johnson
Stairs hits a fly ball into left field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Giambi vs. Johnson
Giambi takes first base on ball four. Grieve moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Hinch vs. Johnson
Hinch strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Telgheder
McCracken hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCracken for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cairo vs. Telgheder
Cairo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan juggles the ball. That's an error on Magadan. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Telgheder
There's a wild pitch. Cairo moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Martinez vs. Telgheder
Martinez hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cairo moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
McGriff vs. Telgheder
McGriff takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Kelly vs. Telgheder
Kelly hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Kelly reaches second base with a double. Cairo scores. McGriff moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Sorrento vs. Telgheder
Sorrento hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Johnson
Spiezio hits a line drive towards first. Sorrento reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bournigal vs. Johnson
Bournigal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cairo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Christenson vs. Johnson
Christenson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Telgheder
Smith hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Flaherty vs. Telgheder
Flaherty hits a line drive into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stocker vs. Telgheder
Stocker hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Johnson
Henderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Magadan vs. Johnson
There goes Henderson. The throw from Flaherty and he is safe. Henderson steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Magadan vs. Johnson
Magadan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Grieve vs. Johnson
Grieve strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stairs vs. Johnson
Stairs hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Kelly. Stairs reaches second base with a double. Henderson scores. Magadan moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Giambi vs. Johnson
Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stocker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Magadan scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Hinch vs. Johnson
Hinch takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Spiezio vs. Johnson
Spiezio hits a popup, foul, towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 2 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Telgheder
McCracken strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cairo vs. Telgheder
Cairo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Telgheder
Martinez 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
Top 4
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Athletics, 2 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bournigal vs. Johnson
Bournigal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cairo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Christenson vs. Johnson
Christenson hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Johnson
Henderson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Magadan vs. Johnson
Magadan hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Johnson
Grieve hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Stairs vs. Johnson
Stairs strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Telgheder
McGriff hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Telgheder
Kelly hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Kelly reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Sorrento vs. Telgheder
Sorrento hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kelly moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Telgheder
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Flaherty vs. Small
Aaron Small now pitching.
Small fires to first and has Smith trapped. There's the throw to Spiezio who tags Smith for the out. Kelly scores. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Flaherty vs. Small
Flaherty hits a popup towards short. Bournigal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Johnson
Giambi hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hinch vs. Johnson
Hinch hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kelly. Hinch reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Spiezio vs. Gaillard
Eddie Gaillard now pitching.
Spiezio hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hinch moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Bournigal vs. Gaillard
Bournigal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Stocker vs. Small
Stocker hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Small
McCracken hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCracken for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cairo vs. Small
Cairo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Christenson vs. Gaillard
Christenson hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Gaillard
Henderson hits a line drive towards third. Smith reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Magadan vs. Gaillard
Magadan hits a fly ball into left field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Small
Martinez 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 -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Small
McGriff strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Small
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Sorrento vs. Small
Sorrento 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
Top 7
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Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Tatis
Ramon Tatis now pitching.
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 -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Tatis
Stairs strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Tatis
Giambi hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Mathews
T.J. Mathews now pitching.
Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flaherty vs. Mathews
Flaherty bunts towards the mound. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Stocker vs. Mathews
Stocker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
McCracken vs. Mathews
McCracken takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to third. Stocker moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Cairo vs. Mathews
Cairo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Giambi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Walton vs. Groom
Jerome Walton pinch hits for Dave Martinez. Buddy Groom now pitching.
Walton hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hinch vs. Yan
Esteban Yan now pitching. Jerome Walton now playing right field.
Hinch strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Yan
Spiezio hits a fly ball into left field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bournigal vs. Yan
Bournigal strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Groom
McGriff hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Taylor
Billy Taylor now pitching.
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sorrento vs. Taylor
Sorrento hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christenson vs. Yan
Christenson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Yan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Yan
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Magadan vs. Yan
Magadan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Grieve vs. Yan
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
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Taylor
Mike Blowers now playing third base.
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Taylor
Rich Butler pinch hits for John Flaherty.
Butler hits a popup into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Stocker vs. Taylor
Stocker strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/28/1998 -- Oakland at Tampa Bay (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Tampa Bay AB R H RBI
Henderson R, lf 4 2 1 1 McCracken Q, cf 3 0 0 0
Magadan D, 3b 5 1 3 0 Cairo M, 2b 4 1 0 0
Blowers M, 3b 0 0 0 0 Martinez D, rf 3 0 0 0
Grieve B, rf 5 0 2 0 Walton J, ph-rf 1 0 0 0
Stairs M, dh 4 0 1 1 McGriff F, dh 3 1 2 1
Giambi J, 1b 3 0 0 1 Kelly M, lf 4 1 3 1
Hinch A, c 3 0 1 0 Sorrento P, 1b 4 0 0 0
Spiezio S, 2b 4 0 0 0 Smith B, 3b 3 0 1 0
Bournigal R, ss 4 0 0 0 Flaherty J, c 2 0 0 0
Christenson R, cf 4 1 1 1 Butler R, ph 1 0 0 0
Stocker K, ss 3 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 4 9 4 31 3 6 2
Oakland 002 200 000 -- 4
Tampa Bay 100 200 000 -- 3
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Telgheder D 3.1 3 3 2 2 1
Small A (W) 2.2 1 0 0 0 1
Mathews T 0.2 1 0 0 2 0
Groom B* 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Taylor B (S) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson J (L) 4.1 8 4 4 3 5
Gaillard E 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Tatis R 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Yan E 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
E -- Magadan D
DP -- Oakland 1
LOB -- Oakland 8, Tampa Bay 6
2B -- Kelly M 2, Stairs M, Hinch A
HR -- Christenson R, Henderson R, McGriff F
SB -- Henderson R
CS -- Smith B
SH -- Flaherty J
WP -- Telgheder D
T -- 3:01
A -- 25138
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