Athletics 8, 
Indians 4
| Cleveland Indians | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| M Brantley CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | .314 | .368 |
| J Carroll 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .287 | .361 |
| A Cabrera SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .305 | .360 |
| S Choo RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | .302 | .395 |
| J Peralta 3B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | .266 | .327 |
| T Hafner DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .268 | .350 |
| M LaPorta 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .262 | .304 |
| K Shoppach C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .219 | .341 |
| T Crowe LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .230 | .289 |
| Totals | 37 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 178 | ||
| BATTING 2B: S Choo (35, G Gonzalez) RBI: K Shoppach (37), T Crowe (14), J Carroll (25) 2-out RBI: J Carroll Indians RISP: 1-12 (M Brantley 0-2, S Choo 0-1, M LaPorta 0-1, T Crowe 0-1, J Carroll 1-2, K Shoppach 0-1, T Hafner 0-2, A Cabrera 0-1, J Peralta 0-1) Team LOB: 12 | |||||||||
| FIELDING E: M Brantley (1, bobble) DP: 2 (J Carroll-A Cabrera-M LaPorta, A Cabrera-J Carroll-M LaPorta). | |||||||||
| Cleveland Indians | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| J Sowers (L, 6-10) | 1.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 45-27 | 4.92 |
| T Ohka | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57-36 | 5.45 |
| J Lewis | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27-16 | 4.27 |
| R Perez | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14-11 | 7.33 |
| K Wood | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7-6 | 4.24 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 150-96 | |
| PITCHING J Sowers pitched to 3 batters in the 2nd WP: T Ohka First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Sowers 5/13; T Ohka 11/16; J Lewis 1/5; R Perez 3/4; K Wood 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Sowers 5-7-4-11; T Ohka 9-0-14-13; J Lewis 3-2-9-2; R Perez 2-1-4-4; K Wood 0-1-3-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Sowers 0-2; T Ohka 5-7; J Lewis 0-1; R Perez 3-0; K Wood 0-2 Game Scores: J Sowers 11 | |||||||||
| Oakland Athletics | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| R Davis CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .315 | .376 |
| M Ellis 2B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .274 | .315 |
| K Suzuki C | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .271 | .309 |
| N Garciaparra DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .278 | .308 |
| S Hairston LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .231 | .259 |
| B Crosby 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .227 | .296 |
| D Barton 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | .243 | .358 |
| M Carson RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .286 | .286 |
| C Pennington SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .289 | .358 |
| Totals | 38 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 150 | ||
| BATTING 2B: K Suzuki (34, J Sowers); R Davis (21, R Perez) HR: M Ellis (9, 1st inning off J Sowers 0 on, 1 Out); K Suzuki (14, 4th inning off T Ohka 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Ellis (55), S Hairston (34), B Crosby 2 (29), C Pennington 2 (15), K Suzuki (79) 2-out RBI: C Pennington GIDP: R Davis, C Pennington Athletics RISP: 8-17 (M Carson 1-3, R Davis 0-2, D Barton 1-2, N Garciaparra 2-2, C Pennington 2-2, S Hairston 1-2, M Ellis 0-2, B Crosby 1-2) Team LOB: 9 | |||||||||
| FIELDING E: B Crosby (8, ground ball) | |||||||||
| Oakland Athletics | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| G Gonzalez | 3.2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 83-43 | 6.15 |
| B Kilby (W, 1-0) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24-18 | 0.00 |
| J Gray | 0.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20-12 | 1.71 |
| J Blevins | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-7 | 5.11 |
| B Ziegler | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17-11 | 3.15 |
| M Wuertz (S, 4) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23-13 | 2.80 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 178-104 | |
| PITCHING J Gray pitched to 2 batters in the 7th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: G Gonzalez 5/19; B Kilby 6/6; J Gray 3/5; J Blevins 1/3; B Ziegler 3/5; M Wuertz 2/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: G Gonzalez 15-5-12-11; B Kilby 5-3-7-3; J Gray 2-1-4-5; J Blevins 2-2-1-2; B Ziegler 4-1-1-5; M Wuertz 6-2-4-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Gonzalez 5-3; B Kilby 0-2; J Gray 2-0; J Blevins 1-1; B Ziegler 2-0; M Wuertz 1-1 Game Scores: G Gonzalez 47 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| CLE | OAK | |||
 | 1st | M Ellis homered to left. | 0 | 1 |
| 1st | S Hairston singled to right, K Suzuki scored, N Garciaparra to second. | 0 | 2 |
| 1st | B Crosby singled to left, N Garciaparra scored, S Hairston to second. | 0 | 3 |
| 1st | C Pennington reached on infield single to shortstop, S Hairston scored, B Crosby to third, D Barton to second. | 0 | 4 |
| 2nd | M Ellis scored, K Suzuki to third, N Garciaparra to second on wild pitch by T Ohka. | 0 | 5 |
| 2nd | B Crosby grounded out to shortstop, K Suzuki scored, N Garciaparra to third. | 0 | 6 |
 | 4th | K Shoppach safe at second on error by third baseman B Crosby, S Choo and J Peralta scored, M LaPorta to third. | 2 | 6 |
| 4th | T Crowe grounded out to third, M LaPorta scored. | 3 | 6 |
| 4th | K Suzuki homered to center. | 3 | 7 |
| 5th | C Pennington singled to left, D Barton scored, M Carson to second. | 3 | 8 |
| 8th | J Carroll singled to left, K Shoppach scored, M Brantley to second. | 4 | 8 |
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| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium, Oakland, CA |
| Attendance | 17,209 (49.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:10 |
| Weather | 74 degrees, sunny |
| Wind | 9 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mike Everitt, First Base - Angel Campos, Second Base - Gerry Davis, Third Base - C.B. Bucknor |
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