Oakland Athletics vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Box Score - August 07, 2011 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 7, 2011

Final in 10

Series: Game 3 of 3

Oakland won 2-1

Game 1: Friday, August 5
Oakland	4	Final
Tampa Bay	8	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, August 6
Oakland	8	Final
Tampa Bay	0	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, August 7
Oakland	5	Final in 10
Tampa Bay	4	Final in 10
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Athletics 5

(51-63, 20-39 away)

Rays 4

(59-54, 27-28 home)

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1:40 PM ET, August 7, 2011

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	5	10	0
TB	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	10	0

W: F. De Los Santos (1-0)

L: J. McGee (0-1)

S: A. Bailey (13)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Weeks 2B	4	1	2	0	1	0	24	.293	.323	.405
E Sogard SS	5	0	0	0	0	2	11	.217	.308	.348
H Matsui DH	5	1	1	2	0	0	19	.267	.338	.420
J Willingham LF	5	1	2	1	0	1	24	.248	.329	.460
D DeJesus RF	5	2	3	0	0	0	21	.234	.314	.368
S Sizemore 3B	2	0	0	0	3	2	27	.236	.345	.355
R Sweeney CF	2	0	1	1	2	0	28	.294	.364	.371
L Powell C	4	0	1	0	0	3	18	.191	.276	.255
A Rosales 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	18	.093	.167	.233
Totals	36	5	10	4	6	9	190
BATTING 2B: D DeJesus (15, D Price) 3B: J Weeks (6, D Price) HR: H Matsui (11, 5th inning off D Price 1 on, 1 Out); J Willingham (17, 10th inning off J McGee 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: R Sweeney (17), H Matsui 2 (56), J Willingham (63) S: R Sweeney GIDP: D DeJesus, A Rosales, R Sweeney Athletics RISP: 2-9 (J Willingham 0-1, L Powell 0-2, S Sizemore 0-1, A Rosales 0-2, R Sweeney 1-1, H Matsui 1-1, E Sogard 0-1) Team LOB: 8

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
T Cahill	6.0	6	3	3	2	5	1	112-65	3.93
B Fuentes (H, 4)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-5	4.08
G Balfour (B, 3)	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	29-20	2.20
F De Los Santos (W, 1-0)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	22-13	2.04
A Bailey (S, 13)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	16-13	1.93
Totals	10.0	10	4	4	2	7	2	185-116
PITCHING HBP: S Rodriguez (By T Cahill) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: T Cahill 12/27; B Fuentes 2/2; G Balfour 2/5; F De Los Santos 1/4; A Bailey 4/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: T Cahill 16-13-17-19; B Fuentes 1-0-2-2; G Balfour 2-3-12-3; F De Los Santos 1-3-6-3; A Bailey 1-3-4-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Cahill 7-6; B Fuentes 0-2; G Balfour 0-3; F De Los Santos 0-2; A Bailey 0-3 Game Scores: T Cahill 51

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jennings LF	5	0	3	1	0	0	20	.344	.429	.623
J Damon DH	4	0	0	1	1	0	20	.261	.316	.391
E Longoria 3B	5	1	1	1	0	0	16	.225	.330	.443
B Zobrist 2B	5	0	1	0	0	1	21	.278	.369	.493
C Kotchman 1B	5	1	3	1	0	0	26	.336	.396	.467
E Johnson PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.252	.328
B Upton CF	5	0	0	0	0	2	18	.227	.309	.399
M Joyce RF	4	1	1	0	1	1	28	.280	.342	.494
K Shoppach C	2	0	0	0	0	2	7	.182	.273	.303
a-R Chirinos PH-C	2	0	0	0	0	1	12	.286	.362	.405
S Rodriguez SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	17	.217	.304	.362
Totals	40	4	10	4	2	7	185
a-grounded to shortstop for K Shoppach in the 6th
BATTING HR: C Kotchman (6, 4th inning off T Cahill 0 on, 0 Out); E Longoria (16, 7th inning off G Balfour 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Damon (50), C Kotchman (34), D Jennings (11), E Longoria (58) 2-out RBI: D Jennings, E Longoria Rays RISP: 2-9 (B Zobrist 0-1, M Joyce 0-1, E Longoria 0-2, D Jennings 2-2, K Shoppach 0-1, J Damon 0-1, B Upton 0-1) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: S Rodriguez (9, 2nd base off T Cahill/L Powell); J Damon (10, 2nd base off T Cahill/L Powell)
FIELDING DP: 3 (B Zobrist-S Rodriguez-C Kotchman, E Longoria-B Zobrist-C Kotchman, B Zobrist-C Kotchman).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Price	4.2	7	4	4	3	7	1	110-65	3.89
J Howell	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	24-14	7.71
J Peralta	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	23-13	3.73
K Farnsworth	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10-6	2.05
J McGee (L, 0-1)	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	23-12	3.86
Totals	10.0	10	5	5	6	9	2	190-110
PITCHING WP: J Howell First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Price 12/24; J Howell 1/5; J Peralta 4/7; K Farnsworth 1/3; J McGee 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Price 18-11-22-14; J Howell 4-0-7-3; J Peralta 4-2-2-5; K Farnsworth 2-0-1-3; J McGee 5-1-3-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Price 4-3; J Howell 2-1; J Peralta 5-0; K Farnsworth 0-3; J McGee 2-1 Game Scores: D Price 38

Scoring Summary

			OAK	TB
	3rd	J Damon grounded into fielder's choice to first, S Rodriguez scored, D Jennings out at second.	0	1
	4th	R Sweeney singled to left, D DeJesus scored.	1	1
	4th	C Kotchman homered to right (350 feet).	1	2
	4th	D Jennings singled to left, M Joyce scored, S Rodriguez to third, D Jennings to second advancing on throw.	1	3
	5th	H Matsui homered to right (374 feet), J Weeks scored.	3	3
	5th	D DeJesus scored, S Sizemore to third, R Sweeney to second on wild pitch by J Howell.	4	3
	7th	E Longoria homered to left (389 feet).	4	4
	10th	J Willingham homered to left (380 feet).	5	4
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Game Notes

ATHLETICS DESIGNATED HITTER HIDEKI MATSUI HOMERED IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 15 GAMES.

Game Information

Stadium	Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
Attendance	21,425 (62.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:39
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Mike Dimuro, First Base - Tim Welke, Second Base - Andy Fletcher, Third Base - Jim Reynolds