A'S, HALOS SPLIT SERIES

OAKLAND -- Troy Glaus had 6 RBI's, including a big grand slam, as Oakland and Anaheim played to a 2-2 split in the weekday series.  The A's relievers, including Mike Venafro, Jim Mecir, and Ricardo Rincon were off their games tonight. The three pitchers combined to allow four earned runs.  Miguel Tejada booted a ball in the first inning which led to 2 runs.

Anaheim's magic number now stands at just 6 games after Seattle was spanked by Texas, 7-0.  Meanwhile, the Yankees won against Tampa Bay, 4-2.

In the NL Wildcard battle, both the Phillies and the Giants lost.  They are deadlocked at 90-63 each.

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BOXSCORE: 2002 Anaheim Angels At 2002 Oakland Athletics             9/19/2002

  Angels             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Eckstein SS       4  1  0  0 .296     R.Durham DH         3  0  0  0 .258 
  D.Erstad CF         5  2  3  0 .297     S.Hatteberg 1B      4  0  1  0 .285 
  T.Salmon RF         4  2  1  1 .313     M.Tejada SS         4  0  0  0 .275 
  G.Anderson LF       5  1  2  1 .314     J.Dye RF            4  1  2  0 .294 
  T.Glaus 3B          4  1  3  6 .239     D.Justice LF        3  1  1  0 .236 
  B.Fullmer DH        5  0  1  0 .313     E.Chavez 3B         4  0  2  0 .262 
  S.Spiezio 1B        4  0  0  0 .309     M.Ellis 2B          2  0  0  1 .260 
  B.Molina C          4  0  1  0 .214     T.Long CF           2  0  0  0 .256 
  A.Kennedy 2B        3  1  1  0 .305   A-O.Saenz PH          1  0  0  0 .280 
                                        B-E.Byrnes CF         0  0  0  0 .257 
                                        C-J.Mabry PH          1  0  0  0 .219 
                                          R.Hernandez C       4  0  0  0 .251 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
         Totals      38  8 12  8                 Totals      32  2  6  1

A-Pinch Hit For Long In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Saenz In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Byrnes In 9th Inning

Angels.......... 2 0 0  0 2 0  4 0 0  -  8 12  0
Athletics....... 0 2 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  6  1

Angels (94-59)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
K.Appier WIN(8-6)         5 2/3   6   2   2   2   5   0  86   4.24  A1 C6
B.Weber SAVE(3rd)         3 1/3   0   0   0   2   3   0  49   2.51  C7
Totals                    9       6   2   2   4   8   0

Athletics (86-67)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Lidle LOSS(10-7)        6       6   4   2   2   1   0  94   4.02  A1 C9
M.Venafro                 0       1   2   2   0   0   0   7   4.73  D1 D2
J.Mecir                   0       0   1   1   1   0   0   5   3.84  D3 D3
R.Rincon                  1       1   1   1   0   1   1  15   3.64  D4 D7
J.Tam                     2       4   0   0   0   1   0  26   6.44  D8
Totals                    9      12   8   6   3   3   1

ATTENDANCE- 40,907 DATE- Thursday, September 19th 2002 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bill Miller, Jerry Meals, Larry Young, Rob Drake
T- 3:02
LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 8  Athletics: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 1  Athletics: 2
ERRORS- M.Tejada
TRIPLES- G.Anderson(8th), E.Chavez(4th)
HOME RUNS- T.Glaus(28th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Eckstein(29th), D.Erstad(15th)
WALKS- T.Salmon, T.Glaus, S.Spiezio, R.Durham, D.Justice, M.Ellis-2
HIT BY PITCH- D.Eckstein, A.Kennedy
STRIKE OUTS- T.Salmon, G.Anderson, A.Kennedy, R.Durham, M.Tejada, J.Dye,
             M.Ellis-2, T.Long, R.Hernandez-2
GIDP- D.Eckstein, T.Long
BALKS- C.Lidle
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Mark Ellis robbed David Eckstein of a base hit.