Oakland 3, Tampa Bay 2

Preview - Box Score - Recap

(12-19)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 1 Oakland 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 9 0 WP: J. Kennedy (2-0) LP: C. Orvella (1-3)	(16-14)

Scoring Summary

Bot 4th: Oakland

- J. Payton hit sacrifice fly to center, B. Crosby scored

Top 5th: Tampa Bay

- R. Branyan homered to deep left center

Bot 5th: Oakland

- M. Kotsay singled to right, J. Kendall scored

Top 8th: Tampa Bay

- G. Norton homered to deep right

Bot 9th: Oakland

- J. Kendall safe at first on third baseman A. Huff's fielding error, J. Payton scored

Tampa Bay
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
J. Lugo ss	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.273
C. Crawford lf	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.267
J. Gomes dh	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	.294
A. Huff 3b	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167
T. Wigginton 2b	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.268
T. Lee 1b	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	.202
R. Branyan rf	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.174
T. Hall c	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.326
J. Paul c	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250
G. Norton ph	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.200
D. Hollins rf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262
J. Gathright cf	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.193
Totals	31	2	7	2	3	5	11

Batting 2B - C Crawford (4, J Kennedy). HR - R Branyan (2, 5th inning off B Zito 0 on, 2 Out), G Norton (2, 8th inning off J Duchscherer 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - R Branyan (8), G Norton (2). 2-out RBI - R Branyan. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Hall 2. GIDP - J Gomes, J Lugo, A Huff. Team LOB - 5.

Fielding E - A Huff (1, ground ball). Outfield assists - R Branyan (M Kotsay at 3rd base). DP - 1 (T Wigginton-J Lugo-T Lee).

Oakland
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
J. Kendall c	4	1	1	0	1	0	4	.253
N. Swisher lf	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.327
M. Kotsay cf	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	.266
E. Chavez 3b	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.314
B. Crosby ss	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.220
A. Melhuse dh	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.280
J. Payton rf	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	.217
D. Johnson 1b	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	.173
M. Scutaro 2b	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.200
Totals	32	3	9	2	4	4	15

Batting 2B - N Swisher (9, S McClung); A Melhuse (2, S McClung); J Kendall (4, S McClung). SF - J Payton. RBI - J Payton (3), M Kotsay (12). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Scutaro 1, J Kendall 2, E Chavez 1. GIDP - E Chavez. Team LOB - 8.

Base Running SB - J Payton (1, 2nd base off S McClung/J Paul).    Fielding DP - 3 (E Chavez-M Scutaro-D Johnson 2, B Zito-M Scutaro-D Johnson).

Tampa Bay
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
S. McClung	6.1	8	2	2	3	2	0	6.81
B. Meadows	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.91
C. Orvella (L, 1-3)	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.86
T. Walker	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.46
Oakland
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
B. Zito	7.0	5	1	1	1	3	1	4.07
J. Duchscherer (BS, 2)	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2.20
J. Kennedy (W, 2-0)	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2.38

IBB - J Gomes (by J Kennedy), T Wigginton (by J Kennedy).

Pitches-strikes - S McClung 108-67; B Meadows 7-6; C Orvella 27-17; T Walker 4-4; B Zito 112-67; J Duchscherer 13-7; J Kennedy 20-9.

Ground balls-fly balls - S McClung 11-5; B Meadows 1-0; C Orvella 2-0; T Walker 1-0; B Zito 11-7; J Duchscherer 1-1; J Kennedy 1-1.

Batters faced - S McClung 28; B Meadows 2; C Orvella 5; T Walker 2; B Zito 24; J Duchscherer 4; J Kennedy 6.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Brian Onora. 1B--Phil Cuzzi. 2B--Jerry Crawford. 3B--Chuck Meriwether. Time: 2:42. Attendance: 25,080. Weather: 59 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 14 mph, out to right.

Updated on Sunday, May 7, 2006 4:27 am ET