Final in 12
Tampa Bay won 2-1
| Game 1: Tuesday, August 12 | ||
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| Tampa Bay | 1 | Final |
| Oakland | 2 | |
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| Game 2: Wednesday, August 13 | ||
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| Tampa Bay | 3 | Final |
| Oakland | 2 | |
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| Game 3: Thursday, August 14 | ||
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| Tampa Bay | 7 | Final in 12 |
| Oakland | 6 | |
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3:35 PM ET, August 14, 2008
O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Tampa Bay - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Gallagher pitching for Oakland | TB | OAK |
| A Iwamura struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| B Upton singled to shallow center. | 0 | 0 |
| C Pena flied into double play, right to pitcher to shortstop, B Upton doubled off first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | OAK |
| M Ellis tripled to deep left. | 0 | 0 |
| C Gonzalez homered to center, M Ellis scored. | 0 | 2 |
| F Thomas popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| J Cust struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| E Brown struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Sean Gallagher pitching for Oakland | TB | OAK |
| C Floyd walked. | 0 | 2 |
| W Aybar doubled to deep right center, C Floyd scored. | 1 | 2 |
| E Hinske flied out to right, W Aybar to third. | 1 | 2 |
| D Navarro hit sacrifice fly to center, W Aybar scored. | 2 | 2 |
| G Gross walked. | 2 | 2 |
| B Zobrist walked, G Gross to second. | 2 | 2 |
| A Iwamura flied out to left. | 2 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | OAK |
| B Crosby walked. | 2 | 2 |
| K Suzuki walked, B Crosby to second. | 2 | 2 |
| D Barton doubled to deep left, B Crosby and K Suzuki scored. | 2 | 4 |
| J Hannahan walked. | 2 | 4 |
| M Ellis grounded into double play, third to second to first, J Hannahan out at second, D Barton to third. | 2 | 4 |
| C Gonzalez grounded out to first. | 2 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Sean Gallagher pitching for Oakland | TB | OAK |
| B Upton struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| C Pena struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| C Floyd walked. | 2 | 4 |
| W Aybar tripled to deep right center, C Floyd scored. | 3 | 4 |
| E Hinske flied out to left. | 3 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | OAK |
| F Thomas flied out to right. | 3 | 4 |
| J Cust grounded out to first. | 3 | 4 |
| E Brown fouled out to first. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Sean Gallagher pitching for Oakland | TB | OAK |
| D Navarro singled to left. | 3 | 4 |
| G Gross struck out looking. | 3 | 4 |
| B Zobrist grounded into fielder's choice to second, D Navarro out at second. | 3 | 4 |
| A Iwamura lined out to second. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | OAK |
| B Crosby singled to left. | 3 | 4 |
| K Suzuki grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, B Crosby out at second. | 3 | 4 |
| D Barton struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Dan Meyer pitching for Oakland | TB | OAK |
| D Meyer relieved S Gallagher. | 3 | 4 |
| B Upton struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| C Pena struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| C Floyd walked. | 3 | 4 |
| W Aybar walked, C Floyd to second. | 3 | 4 |
| J Ruggiano hit for E Hinske. | 3 | 4 |
| J Ruggiano singled to left center, C Floyd scored, W Aybar to second. | 4 | 4 |
| D Navarro walked, W Aybar to third, J Ruggiano to second. | 4 | 4 |
| A Embree relieved D Meyer. | 4 | 4 |
| R Baldelli hit for G Gross. | 4 | 4 |
| R Baldelli struck out looking. | 4 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | OAK |
| J Ruggiano in left field. | 4 | 4 |
| R Baldelli in right field. | 4 | 4 |
| J Hannahan flied out to left. | 4 | 4 |
| M Ellis walked. | 4 | 4 |
| C Gonzalez doubled to right, M Ellis to third. | 4 | 4 |
| F Thomas fouled out to first. | 4 | 4 |
| J Cust walked. | 4 | 4 |
| E Brown fouled out to third. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Alan Embree pitching for Oakland | TB | OAK |
| B Zobrist singled to center. | 4 | 4 |
| A Iwamura struck out looking. | 4 | 4 |
| B Upton lined into double play, third to first, B Zobrist doubled off first. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chad Bradford pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | OAK |
| C Bradford relieved J Shields. | 4 | 4 |
| B Crosby flied out to right. | 4 | 4 |
| K Suzuki singled to center. | 4 | 4 |
| D Barton grounded into fielder's choice to first, K Suzuki out at second. | 4 | 4 |
| J Hannahan struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Joey Devine pitching for Oakland | TB | OAK |
| J Devine relieved A Embree. | 4 | 4 |
| C Pena struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| C Floyd walked. | 4 | 4 |
| W Aybar grounded into double play, second to first, C Floyd out at second. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Chad Bradford pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | OAK |
| M Ellis walked. | 4 | 4 |
| J Howell relieved C Bradford. | 4 | 4 |
| C Gonzalez struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| M Ellis stole second. | 4 | 4 |
| F Thomas struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| J Cust struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Brad Ziegler pitching for Oakland | TB | OAK |
| B Ziegler relieved J Devine. | 4 | 4 |
| J Ruggiano struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| D Navarro flied out to center. | 4 | 4 |
| R Baldelli flied out to right. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Dan Wheeler pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | OAK |
| D Wheeler relieved J Howell. | 4 | 4 |
| E Brown walked. | 4 | 4 |
| B Crosby bunt popped out to pitcher. | 4 | 4 |
| K Suzuki grounded into fielder's choice to second, E Brown out at second. | 4 | 4 |
| D Barton grounded out to second. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Ziegler pitching for Oakland | TB | OAK |
| B Zobrist flied out to left. | 4 | 4 |
| A Iwamura singled to right. | 4 | 4 |
| B Upton doubled to deep left, A Iwamura scored. | 5 | 4 |
| C Pena intentionally walked. | 5 | 4 |
| C Floyd grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, C Pena out at second. | 5 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Troy Percival pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | OAK |
| T Percival relieved D Wheeler. | 5 | 4 |
| J Hannahan walked. | 5 | 4 |
| C Pennington ran for J Hannahan. | 5 | 4 |
| M Ellis sacrificed to pitcher, C Pennington to second. | 5 | 4 |
| G Balfour relieved T Percival. | 5 | 4 |
| C Gonzalez struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| F Thomas singled to deep right center, C Pennington scored. | 5 | 5 |
| R Davis ran for F Thomas. | 5 | 5 |
| J Cust struck out swinging. | 5 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Huston Street pitching for Oakland | TB | OAK |
| C Pennington at third base. | 5 | 5 |
| H Street relieved B Ziegler. | 5 | 5 |
| W Aybar popped out to shortstop. | 5 | 5 |
| J Ruggiano struck out swinging. | 5 | 5 |
| D Navarro popped out to third. | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | OAK |
| J Hammel relieved G Balfour. | 5 | 5 |
| E Brown grounded out to second. | 5 | 5 |
| B Crosby singled to center. | 5 | 5 |
| K Suzuki singled to left, B Crosby to second. | 5 | 5 |
| D Barton grounded into fielder's choice to first, K Suzuki out at second, B Crosby to third. | 5 | 5 |
| D Barton to second on fielder's indifference. | 5 | 5 |
| C Pennington struck out looking. | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 11th | SCORE | |
| Santiago Casilla pitching for Oakland | TB | OAK |
| S Casilla relieved H Street. | 5 | 5 |
| R Baldelli singled to center. | 5 | 5 |
| B Zobrist singled to right, R Baldelli to third. | 5 | 5 |
| R Baldelli out at home on runner's fielder's choice, B Zobrist to second on runner's fielder's choice. | 5 | 5 |
| A Iwamura grounded out to first, B Zobrist to third. | 5 | 5 |
| B Upton lined out to second. | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 11th | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | OAK |
| M Ellis flied out to left. | 5 | 5 |
| C Gonzalez grounded out to first. | 5 | 5 |
| R Davis singled to center. | 5 | 5 |
| R Davis to second on passed ball by D Navarro. | 5 | 5 |
| J Cust grounded out to second. | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 12th | SCORE | |
| Santiago Casilla pitching for Oakland | TB | OAK |
| C Pena homered to right. | 6 | 5 |
| C Floyd doubled to right. | 6 | 5 |
| W Aybar grounded out to second, C Floyd to third. | 6 | 5 |
| J Ruggiano flied out to right. | 6 | 5 |
| D Navarro singled to right, C Floyd scored. | 7 | 5 |
| R Baldelli flied out to right. | 7 | 5 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 12th | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | OAK |
| J Ruggiano in right field. | 7 | 5 |
| J Bartlett at shortstop. | 7 | 5 |
| B Zobrist in left field. | 7 | 5 |
| E Brown safe at first on error by shortstop J Bartlett. | 7 | 5 |
| B Crosby singled to center, E Brown to second. | 7 | 5 |
| E Brown to third on wild pitch by J Hammel. | 7 | 5 |
| K Suzuki grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, E Brown scored, B Crosby out at second. | 7 | 6 |
| T Miller relieved J Hammel. | 7 | 6 |
| D Barton hit by pitch. | 7 | 6 |
| R Bowen hit for C Pennington. | 7 | 6 |
| R Bowen grounded into fielder's choice to third, D Barton out at second. | 7 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||