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By Times staff reports
© St. Petersburg Times
published May 25, 2002

TODAY: RAYS AT ATHLETICS

• WHEN/WHERE: 4:05; Network Associates Coliseum, Oakland, Calif.
• PITCHERS: Rays -- Travis Harper (1-1, 2.81); Athletics -- Aaron Harang (0-0, 0.00).
• TV/RADIO: Ch. 32; WFLA-AM 970.

WORTH NOTING: Harper hasn't faced the A's since Sept. 11, 2000. ... Harang, a 6-foot-7, 240-pounder, is likely to be promoted from Triple A to fill a spot in the Oakland rotation. He is 3-2 with a 1.77 ERA for Sacramento. ... The Rays are 2-5 on Saturdays.

RAYS TICKETS: Available at Tropicana Field box office, through all Ticketmaster outlets, online at devilrays.com or ticketmaster.com, and the Rays Dugout Store at WestShore Plaza. Beach tickets ($5 for adults, $2 for children and seniors) go on sale two hours before home games.

INFORMATION: Call toll-free 1-888-FAN-RAYS.

RAYS BY THE NUMBERS

(through Thursday)

HOME/ROAD: 9-13/7-16

DAY/NIGHT: 6-7/10-22

GRASS/TURF: 7-12/9-17

VS. EAST: 8-21

VS. CENTRAL: 6-7

VS. WEST: 2-1

VS. NL: 0-0

VS. RH/LH STARTERS: 14-24/2-5

AHEAD AFTER 6/7/8: 9-6/10-5/12-4

BEHIND AFTER 6/7/8: 3-19/2-23/1-23

TIED AFTER 6/7/8: 4-4/4-1/3-2

ONE-RUN/TWO-RUN GAMES: 7-7/3-7

EXTRA INNINGS: 2-2

LAST AT-BAT WINS: 6

COME-FROM-BEHIND WINS: 9

COME-FROM-AHEAD LOSSES: 16

MAKING ERROR: 8-18

HITTING HOMER: 8-14

HITTING HOMERS: 4-2

SCORING FIRST: 9-8

SCORING 4 OR MORE: 11-7

SCORING FEWER THAN 4: 6-21

OUTHITTING OPPONENTS: 9-2

BEING OUTHIT: 1-22

GETTING 10 OR MORE HITS: 10-6

GIVING UP 10 OR MORE HITS: 7-19

TEAM LEADERS

(through Thursday)

TYING/GO-AHEAD RBIs: Grieve, Winn 7; Cox 6; Abernathy, Gomez, Johnson, Tyner, Vaughn 5.

INFIELD HITS: Tyner, Winn 9.

BUNT HITS: Tyner 5; Winn 2

OUTFIELD ASSISTS: Winn 6; Grieve 4.

CATCHERS EFFICIENCY: Hall 8-23, .348; Flaherty 0-12, .000.

ATTENDANCE REPORT

HOME DATES: 22

HOME TOTAL: 304,614

HOME AVERAGE: 13,846

2001 AVERAGE: 16,029

LARGEST: 38,142 vs. Tigers, April 2

SMALLEST: 10,264 vs. Orioles, May 12

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