Rookie Olmedo Saenz hits a 2-run homer, Jimmy Haynes continues his strong pitching and Billy Taylor bounces back from taking a batted ball off his head a few days earlier as the hot Oakland Athletics defeat the Colorado Rockies, 3 – 2. A’s vet Tim Raines is 0 for 1 before leaving the game for the hospital because of dizziness. He first felt a pain two days ago and tests will show he has Lupus. Raines will sit out a year and make a remarkable comeback in 2001 with the Expos.

This Day In Baseball

On July 18, 1999 — Rookie Olmedo Saenz hits a 2-run homer, Jimmy Haynes continues his strong pitching and Billy Taylor bounces back from taking a batted ball off his head a few days earlier as the hot Oakland Athletics defeat the Colorado Rockies, 3 – 2. A’s vet Tim Raines is 0 for 1 before leaving the game for the hospital because of dizziness. He first felt a pain two days ago and tests will show he has Lupus. Raines will sit out a year and make a remarkable comeback in 2001 with the Expos.

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Baseball Reference July 18