Detroit Tigers vs. Oakland Athletics - Box Score - September 15, 2011 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 15, 2011

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

Oakland leads 1-0 (as of 9/15)

Game 1: Thursday, September 15
Detroit	1	Final
Oakland	6	Final
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Game 2: Friday, September 16
Detroit	3	Final
Oakland	1	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, September 17
Detroit	3	Final
Oakland	5	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, September 18
Detroit	3	Final
Oakland	0	Final
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Tigers 1

(87-63, 42-34 away)

Athletics 6

(68-82, 41-34 home)

Alerts

10:05 PM ET, September 15, 2011

O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

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

W: B. McCarthy (9-8)

L: M. Scherzer (14-9)

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Jackson CF	4	0	0	0	0	3	15	.250	.317	.379
M Ordonez RF	4	0	1	0	0	2	17	.245	.296	.323
D Young LF	4	1	1	1	0	0	13	.277	.310	.392
M Cabrera 1B	2	0	1	0	2	0	22	.334	.438	.563
V Martinez DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	9	.323	.372	.458
A Avila C	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	.301	.391	.524
J Peralta SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	11	.303	.351	.481
W Betemit 3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	12	.280	.336	.427
R Santiago 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	.265	.319	.396
Totals	32	1	5	1	2	9	118
BATTING 2B: M Cabrera (44, B McCarthy) HR: D Young (9, 3rd inning off B McCarthy 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: D Young (53) Tigers RISP: 0-7 (A Avila 0-2, A Jackson 0-1, R Santiago 0-1, V Martinez 0-2, J Peralta 0-1) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING E: M Cabrera (11, ground ball) DP: 2 (J Peralta-R Santiago-M Cabrera, R Santiago-J Peralta-M Cabrera).

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
M Scherzer (L, 14-9)	5.0	7	5	5	1	8	3	91-64	4.39
D Below	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	21-8	4.00
D Pauley	2.0	1	1	0	1	2	0	29-19	2.82
Totals	8.0	9	6	5	4	11	3	141-91
PITCHING D Below pitched to 1 batter in the 7th HBP: K Suzuki (By M Scherzer); D DeJesus (By M Scherzer) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: M Scherzer 22/24; D Below 4/6; D Pauley 5/8 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: M Scherzer 23-13-17-11; D Below 2-2-1-3; D Pauley 6-4-4-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Scherzer 4-3; D Below 1-1; D Pauley 2-2 Game Scores: M Scherzer 40

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Crisp CF	5	0	3	1	0	1	18	.271	.326	.389
C Pennington SS	5	2	1	1	0	1	17	.267	.323	.370
H Matsui DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	12	.259	.332	.395
J Willingham LF	3	1	0	0	1	2	17	.253	.337	.483
D DeJesus RF	3	1	1	3	0	1	16	.233	.318	.367
S Sizemore 3B	4	0	1	0	0	2	14	.237	.330	.392
B Allen 1B	4	1	1	0	0	2	14	.231	.289	.419
K Suzuki C	2	1	1	1	1	1	20	.244	.308	.399
E Sogard 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0	13	.216	.273	.392
Totals	32	6	9	6	4	11	141
BATTING 2B: C Crisp (26, D Pauley) HR: D Dejesus (9, 1st inning off M Scherzer 2 on, 2 Out); K Suzuki (14, 2nd inning off M Scherzer 0 on, 0 Out); C Pennington (8, 5th inning off M Scherzer 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: D DeJesus 3 (45), K Suzuki (41), C Pennington (58), C Crisp (48) 2-out RBI: D DeJesus 3, C Crisp GIDP: E Sogard 2 Athletics RISP: 2-9 (J Willingham 0-1, C Pennington 0-3, D DeJesus 1-1, C Crisp 1-2, E Sogard 0-1, H Matsui 0-1) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: C Crisp (41, 2nd base off M Scherzer/A Avila); B Allen (2, 2nd base off D Below/A Avila)

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B McCarthy (W, 9-8)	7.0	5	1	1	2	8	1	104-74	3.35
G Balfour	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-5	2.31
A Bailey	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-4	3.19
Totals	9.0	5	1	1	2	9	1	118-83
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B McCarthy 23/28; G Balfour 2/3; A Bailey 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B McCarthy 17-15-24-18; G Balfour 1-1-1-2; A Bailey 0-1-0-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B McCarthy 7-6; G Balfour 1-1; A Bailey 0-3 Game Scores: B McCarthy 69

Scoring Summary

			DET	OAK
	1st	D DeJesus homered to right center (409 feet), C Pennington and J Willingham scored.	0	3
	2nd	K Suzuki homered to left center (397 feet).	0	4
	3rd	D Young homered to left (410 feet).	1	4
	5th	C Pennington homered to right center (380 feet).	1	5
	8th	C Crisp doubled to deep center, B Allen scored.	1	6
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Game Information

Stadium	O.co Coliseum, Oakland, CA
Attendance	10,925 (31.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:36
Weather	57 degrees, cloudy
Wind	15 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Andy Fletcher, First Base - Eric Cooper, Second Base - Jim Reynolds, Third Base - Mark Ripperger