Tampa Bay Rays 2 – 9 Athletics
6 September 1998 · OAK01
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Bip Roberts | 1 in 107 games |
| 27 | final score 9–2 | 1 in 122 games | |
| 10 | 2 doubles | Fred McGriff | 1 in 99 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Rays | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Athletics | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 7 | 0 |
Box score
Tampa Bay Rays batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Winn | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Wade Boggs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Smith | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fred McGriff | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Aaron Ledesma | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Silvestri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Sorrento | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Flaherty | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rich Butler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Miguel Cairo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Tampa Bay Rays pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Santana | 3.1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Esteban Yan | 1.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Mecir | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Albie Lopez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Roberto Hernandez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Athletics batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bip Roberts | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jason Giambi | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Matt Stairs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ben Grieve | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Christenson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ed Sprague | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | HR |
| Miguel Tejada | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| A.J. Hinch | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Athletics pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Candiotti | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| T.J. Mathews | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Billy Taylor | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |