Oakland Athletics vs. Cleveland Indians - Box Score - August 29, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 29, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 4

Oakland leads 3-0 (as of 8/29)

Game 1: Monday, August 27
Oakland	3	Final
Cleveland	0	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, August 28
Oakland	7	Final
Cleveland	0	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, August 29
Oakland	8	Final
Cleveland	4	Final
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Game 4: Thursday, August 30
Oakland	12	Final
Cleveland	7	Final
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Athletics 8

(72-57, 33-30 away)

Indians 4

(55-75, 31-34 home)

Alerts

7:05 PM ET, August 29, 2012

Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	2	8	15	1
CLE	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	7	1

W: T. Blackley (5-3)

L: C. Kluber (0-3)

S: R. Cook (13)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Crisp CF	5	1	2	0	0	2	14	.256	.315	.399
S Drew SS	5	1	1	0	0	1	19	.214	.353	.286
Y Cespedes LF	5	2	3	1	0	1	21	.298	.358	.504
S Smith DH	5	1	1	1	0	3	22	.243	.342	.431
C Carter 1B	5	1	2	1	0	0	17	.274	.378	.573
J Reddick RF	5	1	3	1	0	2	20	.257	.324	.491
J Donaldson 3B	5	1	2	3	0	2	24	.226	.253	.355
D Norris C	4	0	1	1	0	0	15	.197	.272	.347
C Pennington 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	14	.194	.258	.279
Totals	43	8	15	8	0	12	166
BATTING 2B: C Carter (11, C Kluber); D Norris (7, C Kluber); Y Cespedes (20, C Kluber); C Crisp (18, C Allen); S Smith (17, C Allen); S Drew (2, V Pestano); J Reddick (24, V Pestano) HR: J Donaldson (3, 4th inning off C Kluber 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Donaldson 3 (17), D Norris (23), S Smith (42), C Carter (30), Y Cespedes (63), J Reddick (66) 2-out RBI: J Donaldson 3, S Smith, C Carter, J Reddick Athletics RISP: 5-17 (Y Cespedes 1-2, D Norris 0-1, C Carter 1-2, J Reddick 1-2, J Donaldson 1-3, C Pennington 0-2, S Smith 1-3, S Drew 0-2) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: C Crisp (29, 2nd base off C Kluber/C Santana)
FIELDING E: J Donaldson (8, ground ball)

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
T Blackley (W, 5-3)	5.2	3	2	2	2	5	1	92-56	3.50
P Neshek (H, 2)	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	12-11	1.08
S Doolittle (H, 10)	1.1	1	2	0	1	0	0	30-17	3.23
J Blevins (H, 10)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-2	2.55
R Cook (S, 13)	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	22-15	2.40
Totals	9.0	7	4	2	3	8	1	160-101
PITCHING P Neshek pitched to 2 batters in the 7th WP: J Blevins HBP: M LaPorta (By T Blackley) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: T Blackley 16/23; P Neshek 2/3; S Doolittle 3/7; J Blevins 0/1; R Cook 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: T Blackley 15-15-11-15; P Neshek 3-3-3-2; S Doolittle 3-1-7-6; J Blevins 1-0-0-1; R Cook 4-4-4-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Blackley 7-5; P Neshek 0-0; S Doolittle 1-3; J Blevins 1-0; R Cook 2-0 Game Scores: T Blackley 58

Cleveland Indians
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Kipnis DH	5	0	0	1	0	3	25	.253	.325	.374
A Cabrera SS	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.274	.337	.429
J Hannahan 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	13	.222	.291	.321
S Choo RF	3	1	0	0	2	1	26	.277	.365	.453
C Santana C	3	0	1	0	0	0	12	.244	.362	.399
L Marson C	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	.235	.337	.314
M Brantley CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	12	.287	.337	.412
B Lillibridge 3B-SS	3	0	0	1	0	1	17	.185	.214	.281
M LaPorta 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	.130	.167	.130
a-C Kotchman PH-1B	2	0	1	1	0	0	8	.235	.295	.351
J Donald 2B	4	1	2	1	0	0	14	.215	.250	.290
E Carrera LF	4	1	2	0	0	1	12	.308	.333	.492
Totals	34	4	7	4	3	8	160
a-singled to left for M Laporta in the 7th
BATTING 2B: E Carrera (3, R Cook) 3B: E Carrera (3, T Blackley) HR: J Donald (2, 3rd inning off T Blackley 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Donald (8), J Kipnis (63), B Lillibridge (8), C Kotchman (45) SF: B Lillibridge Indians RISP: 0-10 (M Brantley 0-1, S Choo 0-1, J Donald 0-1, J Hannahan 0-2, J Kipnis 0-3, E Carrera 0-1, C Kotchman 0-1) Team LOB: 8
FIELDING E: J Donald (5, catch)

Cleveland Indians
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Kluber (L, 0-3)	6.0	8	4	3	0	7	1	98-62	5.16
C Allen	1.0	4	2	2	0	3	0	27-19	2.04
J Gomez	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16-10	5.11
V Pestano	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	25-17	2.08
Totals	9.0	15	8	7	0	12	1	166-108
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Kluber 14/27; C Allen 4/7; J Gomez 1/3; V Pestano 4/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Kluber 16-18-9-19; C Allen 4-5-6-4; J Gomez 6-0-2-2; V Pestano 4-4-4-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Kluber 3-8; C Allen 0-0; J Gomez 2-0; V Pestano 1-1 Game Scores: C Kluber 49

Scoring Summary

			OAK	CLE
	3rd	J Donald homered to center (393 feet).	0	1
	3rd	J Kipnis grounded out to second, E Carrera scored.	0	2
	4th	J Donaldson homered to left (391 feet), Y Cespedes and C Carter scored.	3	2
	6th	D Norris grounded out to first, J Reddick scored, J Donaldson to second.	4	2
	7th	S Smith doubled to deep center, C Crisp scored.	5	2
	7th	C Carter singled to left, S Smith scored.	6	2
	8th	B Lillibridge hit sacrifice fly to center, S Choo scored.	6	3
	8th	C Kotchman grounded out to second, L Marson scored, M Brantley to third.	6	4
	9th	Y Cespedes singled to left, S Drew scored, Y Cespedes to second advancing on throw.	7	4
	9th	J Reddick doubled to deep right, Y Cespedes scored.	8	4
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Game Notes

INDIANS SHORTSTOP ASDRUBAL CABRERA WAS EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE GARY DARLING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES.

Game Information

Stadium	Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH
Attendance	14,412 (34.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:26
Weather	71 degrees, clear
Wind	7 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Gary Darling, First Base - Paul Emmel, Second Base - Scott Barry, Third Base - Jerry Meals