Oakland Athletics vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - May 16, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for May 16, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Detroit leads 2-0 (as of 5/16)

Game 1: Friday, May 15
Oakland	1	Final
Detroit	14	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, May 16
Oakland	1	Final
Detroit	9	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, May 17
Oakland	7	Final
Detroit	11	Final
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Athletics 1

(13-20, 5-10 away)

Tigers 9

(19-16, 10-5 home)

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7:05 PM ET, May 16, 2009

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
DET	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	2	-	9	14	0

W: R. Porcello (4-3)

L: D. Braden (3-5)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
O Cabrera SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	18	.223	.272	.252
K Suzuki C	3	0	0	0	1	0	17	.323	.370	.468
J Cust DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	18	.271	.374	.441
M Holliday LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	.244	.314	.394
J Giambi 1B	3	0	0	0	1	2	14	.202	.333	.339
A Kennedy 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	.273	.333	.318
R Sweeney CF	4	1	2	0	0	0	19	.248	.307	.343
B Crosby 3B	3	0	1	0	0	2	14	.250	.373	.353
T Buck RF	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	.209	.284	.269
a-A Cunningham PH-RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000
Totals	31	1	4	1	2	6	135
a-grounded into fielder's choice to third for T Buck in the 7th
BATTING 2B: R Sweeney (7, R Porcello) RBI: T Buck (6) Athletics RISP: 1-5 (O Cabrera 0-1, J Cust 0-1, B Crosby 0-2, T Buck 1-1) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING E: D Braden (1, throw)

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Braden (L, 4-5)	5.0	9	6	6	2	5	1	107-63	3.64
M Wuertz	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	23-13	1.83
R Springer	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	13-9	2.25
K Cameron	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	16-9	3.00
Totals	8.0	14	9	9	4	8	1	159-94
PITCHING WP: M Wuertz First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Braden 10/26; M Wuertz 3/6; R Springer 2/4; K Cameron 2/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Braden 17-11-16-19; M Wuertz 3-4-2-4; R Springer 4-1-1-3; K Cameron 1-3-1-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Braden 8-2; M Wuertz 1-1; R Springer 0-2; K Cameron 1-1 Game Scores: D Braden 28

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Granderson CF	5	1	1	0	0	3	25	.255	.331	.483
P Polanco 2B	5	2	3	0	0	0	17	.264	.311	.371
R Santiago 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.340	.480
C Thomas RF	3	1	0	0	2	2	21	.341	.413	.463
M Cabrera 1B	4	0	3	4	1	0	18	.389	.459	.626
J Larish 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.375	.667
M Ordonez DH	5	1	1	1	0	0	21	.256	.338	.333
B Inge 3B	4	1	0	0	1	2	22	.281	.392	.562
R Raburn LF	4	2	2	3	0	1	13	.167	.265	.400
G Laird C	4	0	3	1	0	0	10	.220	.321	.319
A Everett SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	12	.280	.310	.378
Totals	38	9	14	9	4	8	159
BATTING 2B: R Raburn (1, D Braden); G Laird 2 (4, R Springer, D Braden); C Granderson (4, D Braden); M Ordonez (4, D Braden); M Cabrera 2 (7, K Cameron, M Wuertz) HR: R Raburn (2, 5th inning off D Braden 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: G Laird (8), M Cabrera 4 (30), M Ordonez (17), R Raburn 3 (9) 2-out RBI: M Ordonez, R Raburn 3, M Cabrera Tigers RISP: 6-16 (P Polanco 1-2, A Everett 0-2, M Ordonez 1-4, C Granderson 0-1, B Inge 0-1, R Raburn 1-1, M Cabrera 2-3, G Laird 1-1, C Thomas 0-1) Team LOB: 9

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Porcello (W, 6-4)	6.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	86-51	3.86
B Seay	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8-5	5.40
J Zumaya	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23-17	1.74
F Rodney	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18-10	4.50
Totals	9.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	135-83
PITCHING HBP: M Holliday (By R Porcello) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Porcello 13/24; B Seay 0/2; J Zumaya 3/5; F Rodney 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Porcello 13-12-10-16; B Seay 1-0-2-2; J Zumaya 4-3-5-5; F Rodney 2-1-5-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Porcello 7-6; B Seay 1-0; J Zumaya 2-3; F Rodney 1-1 Game Scores: R Porcello 65

Scoring Summary

			OAK	DET
	2nd	G Laird doubled to left, R Raburn scored.	0	1
	3rd	T Buck singled to right, R Sweeney scored, T Buck to second advancing on throw.	1	1
	5th	M Cabrera grounded out to pitcher, C Granderson scored, P Polanco to third on throwing error by pitcher D Braden.	1	2
	5th	M Ordonez hit a ground rule double to deep center, P Polanco scored.	1	3
	5th	R Raburn homered to right, M Ordonez and B Inge scored.	1	6
	6th	M Cabrera hit a ground rule double to deep left center, A Everett scored, C Thomas to third.	1	7
	8th	M Cabrera doubled to deep center, P Polanco and C Thomas scored.	1	9
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Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	31,554 (76.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:39
Weather	60 degrees, clear
Wind	18 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Phil Cuzzi, First Base - Todd Tichenor, Second Base - Tom Hallion, Third Base - Jerry Crawford