Oakland 9, Tampa Bay 5

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	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Oakland 1 2 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 9 14 1 Tampa Bay 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 8 0 WP: R. Harden (8-5) S: O. Dotel (27) LP: J. Sosa (3-3)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Oakland

-S. Hatteberg singled to center, M. McLemore scored

Bot 1st: Tampa Bay

-C. Crawford homered to deep right

Top 2nd: Oakland

-A. Melhuse homered to deep right

-M. Kotsay hit sacrifice fly to center, B. McMillon scored

Top 4th: Oakland

-E. Chavez homered to deep right

Bot 5th: Tampa Bay

-G. Blum grounded into double play second to shortstop to first, J. Cantu scored, T. Hall out at second

Top 6th: Oakland

-B. Crosby homered to deep left

Oakland
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
M. Kotsay cf	4	1	0	1	1	0	3	.309
M. McLemore 2b	5	1	1	0	1	1	3	.251
E. Chavez 3b	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	.277
S. Hatteberg 1b	4	1	2	1	0	1	3	.305
E. Durazo dh	4	0	1	2	1	0	2	.325
A. Melhuse c	5	1	2	1	0	2	3	.252
E. Byrnes rf-lf	5	0	2	1	0	1	2	.284
B. McMillon lf	4	1	0	0	1	1	6	.200
B. Kielty rf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205
B. Crosby ss	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	.257
Totals	40	9	14	9	5	7	25

Batting 2B - M McLemore (8, J Sosa); B Crosby 2 (27, L Carter, J Sosa). HR - A Melhuse (8, 2nd inning off J Sosa 0 on, 0 Out), E Chavez 2 (23, 4th inning off J Sosa 0 on, 2 Out, 8th inning off L Carter 0 on, 0 Out), B Crosby (16, 6th inning off J Sosa 0 on, 0 Out). SF - M Kotsay. RBI - S Hatteberg (70), A Melhuse (23), M Kotsay (51), E Chavez 2 (55), B Crosby (47), E Durazo 2 (66), E Byrnes (63). 2-out RBI - S Hatteberg, E Chavez, E Byrnes. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - S Hatteberg 2, M McLemore 2, B McMillon 2, B Crosby 1. GIDP - A Melhuse. Team LOB - 11.

Fielding E - S Hatteberg (6, ground ball). DP - 1 (M McLemore-B Crosby-S Hatteberg).

Tampa Bay
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
C. Crawford cf	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	.296
B.J. Upton dh	5	1	1	1	0	2	2	.309
A. Huff lf	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	.288
T. Martinez 1b	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	.272
J. Cruz rf	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234
J. Lugo ss	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.273
J. Cantu 2b	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	.281
T. Hall c	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.266
G. Blum 3b	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.217
Totals	35	5	8	4	3	9	10

Batting HR - C Crawford (8, 1st inning off R Harden 0 on, 0 Out), B Upton (2, 6th inning off R Harden 0 on, 0 Out), T Martinez (19, 6th inning off R Harden 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - C Crawford (46), B Upton (5), T Martinez 2 (59). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Blum 1, A Huff 1, B Upton 1. GIDP - G Blum. Team LOB - 6.

Fielding DP - 1 (T Martinez-J Lugo-T Martinez).

Oakland
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
R. Harden (W, 8-5)	5.1	7	5	5	2	6	3	4.01
J. Duchscherer	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.28
A. Rhodes	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.04
J. Mecir	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	3.86
O. Dotel (S, 27)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.88
Tampa Bay
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Sosa (L, 3-3)	5.1	7	6	6	5	5	3	5.72
T. Miller	0.2	3	2	2	0	2	0	3.47
L. Carter	3.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	2.95

WP - J Sosa.

HBP - S Hatteberg (by T Miller).

Pitches-strikes - R Harden 90-59; J Duchscherer 13-8; A Rhodes 21-13; J Mecir 17-10; O Dotel 5-3; J Sosa 112-65; T Miller 21-15; L Carter 36-26.

Ground balls-fly balls - R Harden 6-4; J Duchscherer 2-1; A Rhodes 1-3; J Mecir 1-0; O Dotel 0-0; J Sosa 2-10; T Miller 0-0; L Carter 6-3.

Batters faced - R Harden 24; J Duchscherer 5; A Rhodes 4; J Mecir 4; O Dotel 1; J Sosa 29; T Miller 6; L Carter 12.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Mike Winters. 1B--Tim Timmons. 2B--Kevin Kelley. 3B--Bruce Froemming. Time: 3:01. Attendance: 10,643. Weather: INDOORS

Game Notes

THE HOME RUN BY TAMPA BAY'S CENTER FIELDER CARL CRAWFORD LED OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING.

Updated on Saturday, Aug 21, 2004 2:51 am ET