Oakland Athletics vs. Atlanta Braves - Play By Play - May 16, 2008

Scores for May 16, 2008

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Atlanta leads 1-0 (as of 5/16)

Game 1: Friday, May 16
Oakland	2	Final
Atlanta	3	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, May 17
Oakland	5	Final
Atlanta	4	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, May 18
Oakland	2	Final
Atlanta	5	Final
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Athletics 2

(23-20, 11-11 away)

Braves 3

(21-20, 15-4 home)

Alerts

7:35 PM ET, May 16, 2008

Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia

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

W: M. Acosta (2-1)

L: A. Embree (1-2)

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Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Oakland - Top of 1st	SCORE
Jair Jurrjens pitching for Atlanta	OAK	ATL
J Hannahan singled to center.	0	0
B Crosby singled to left, J Hannahan to second.	0	0
J Cust flied out to left.	0	0
E Brown flied out to right.	0	0
D Barton grounded into fielder's choice to second, B Crosby out at second.	0	0
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Atlanta - Bottom of 1st	SCORE
Dana Eveland pitching for Oakland	OAK	ATL
Y Escobar grounded out to third.	0	0
O Infante grounded out to shortstop.	0	0
C Jones flied out to right.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Top of 2nd	SCORE
Jair Jurrjens pitching for Atlanta	OAK	ATL
K Suzuki singled to center.	0	0
R Sweeney doubled to deep right, K Suzuki thrown out at home, R Sweeney to third advancing on throw.	0	0
D Murphy walked.	0	0
D Eveland sacrificed. R Sweeney scored, D Murphy to third, D Eveland safe at first on throwing error by pitcher J Jurrjens.	1	0
J Hannahan grounded out to first, D Eveland to second.	1	0
B Crosby singled to right, D Murphy scored, D Eveland thrown out at home.	2	0
2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors
Atlanta - Bottom of 2nd	SCORE
Dana Eveland pitching for Oakland	OAK	ATL
M Teixeira grounded out to shortstop.	2	0
J Francoeur grounded out to third.	2	0
B McCann doubled to left.	2	0
M Diaz walked.	2	0
G Blanco struck out looking.	2	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Top of 3rd	SCORE
Jair Jurrjens pitching for Atlanta	OAK	ATL
J Cust walked.	2	0
E Brown struck out swinging.	2	0
D Barton singled to center, J Cust to second.	2	0
K Suzuki struck out swinging.	2	0
R Sweeney grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Barton out at second, J Cust to third.	2	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Atlanta - Bottom of 3rd	SCORE
Dana Eveland pitching for Oakland	OAK	ATL
J Jurrjens struck out looking.	2	0
Y Escobar grounded out to shortstop.	2	0
O Infante grounded out to shortstop.	2	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Top of 4th	SCORE
Jair Jurrjens pitching for Atlanta	OAK	ATL
D Murphy struck out swinging.	2	0
D Eveland singled to left.	2	0
J Hannahan flied out to center.	2	0
B Crosby doubled to right, D Eveland to third.	2	0
J Cust intentionally walked.	2	0
E Brown grounded out to shortstop.	2	0
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Atlanta - Bottom of 4th	SCORE
Dana Eveland pitching for Oakland	OAK	ATL
C Jones walked.	2	0
M Teixeira popped out to shortstop.	2	0
J Francoeur lined out to left.	2	0
B McCann struck out looking.	2	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Top of 5th	SCORE
Jair Jurrjens pitching for Atlanta	OAK	ATL
D Barton flied out to right.	2	0
K Suzuki flied out to right.	2	0
R Sweeney popped out to third.	2	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Atlanta - Bottom of 5th	SCORE
Dana Eveland pitching for Oakland	OAK	ATL
M Diaz singled to center.	2	0
G Blanco struck out swinging. M Diaz caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop to first.	2	0
R Gotay hit for J Jurrjens.	2	0
R Gotay walked.	2	0
Y Escobar grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Gotay out at second.	2	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Top of 6th	SCORE
Will Ohman pitching for Atlanta	OAK	ATL
W Ohman relieved J Jurrjens.	2	0
D Murphy lined out to shortstop.	2	0
D Eveland walked.	2	0
J Hannahan struck out looking.	2	0
B Crosby walked, D Eveland to second.	2	0
J Cust struck out looking.	2	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Atlanta - Bottom of 6th	SCORE
Dana Eveland pitching for Oakland	OAK	ATL
O Infante singled to left.	2	0
C Jones singled to right, O Infante to second.	2	0
M Teixeira grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, C Jones out at second, O Infante to third.	2	0
J Francoeur singled to left, O Infante scored.	2	1
B McCann doubled to deep right center, J Francoeur scored.	2	2
J Devine relieved D Eveland.	2	2
M Kotsay hit for M Diaz.	2	2
M Kotsay struck out swinging.	2	2
2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Top of 7th	SCORE
Jeff Bennett pitching for Atlanta	OAK	ATL
M Kotsay in center field.	2	2
G Blanco in left field.	2	2
J Bennett relieved W Ohman.	2	2
E Brown grounded out to shortstop.	2	2
D Barton flied out to center.	2	2
K Suzuki struck out swinging.	2	2
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Atlanta - Bottom of 7th	SCORE
Joey Devine pitching for Oakland	OAK	ATL
G Blanco walked.	2	2
T Glavine hit for J Bennett.	2	2
T Glavine bunt popped out to third.	2	2
G Blanco stole second.	2	2
Y Escobar grounded out to third, G Blanco to third.	2	2
O Infante struck out swinging.	2	2
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Top of 8th	SCORE
Manny Acosta pitching for Atlanta	OAK	ATL
M Acosta relieved J Bennett.	2	2
R Sweeney singled to right center.	2	2
D Murphy grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, R Sweeney out at second.	2	2
M Sweeney hit for J Devine.	2	2
M Sweeney grounded into double play, third to second to first, D Murphy out at second.	2	2
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Atlanta - Bottom of 8th	SCORE
Alan Embree pitching for Oakland	OAK	ATL
A Embree relieved J Devine.	2	2
C Jones singled to center.	2	2
M Teixeira flied out to center.	2	2
J Francoeur struck out swinging.	2	2
B McCann singled to right, C Jones to third.	2	2
M Kotsay doubled to right center, C Jones scored, B McCann to third.	2	3
G Blanco grounded out to second.	2	3
1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Top of 9th	SCORE
Manny Acosta pitching for Atlanta	OAK	ATL
J Hannahan struck out swinging.	2	3
B Crosby fouled out to first.	2	3
J Cust grounded out to pitcher.	2	3
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

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