Chicago White Sox vs. Oakland Athletics - Box Score - August 15, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 15, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Chi White Sox leads 2-0 (as of 8/15)

Game 1: Friday, August 14
Chi White Sox	8	Final in 10
Oakland	7	Final in 10
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Game 2: Saturday, August 15
Chi White Sox	8	Final
Oakland	1	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, August 16
Chi White Sox	2	Final
Oakland	3	Final
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White Sox 8

(60-57, 27-30 away)

Athletics 1

(51-65, 26-30 home)

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4:05 PM ET, August 15, 2009

O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CWS	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	1	8	11	0
OAK	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	1

W: G. Floyd (10-7)

L: G. Gonzalez (4-3)

Chicago White Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Nix 2B	3	1	1	3	0	1	23	.226	.324	.453
G Beckham 3B	4	1	2	2	1	0	17	.305	.378	.478
J Dye RF	4	0	2	1	1	0	27	.272	.349	.504
J Thome DH	4	1	1	1	1	1	19	.252	.383	.507
P Konerko 1B	3	0	0	0	1	0	13	.275	.341	.479
M Kotsay 1B	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.250	.296	.330
A Rios CF	5	0	1	0	0	1	21	.262	.313	.421
A Pierzynski C	4	2	2	0	1	0	14	.312	.344	.459
C Quentin LF	4	2	1	0	1	1	16	.227	.319	.427
A Ramirez SS	1	1	1	1	1	0	8	.276	.333	.417
a-B Lillibridge PH-SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	.157	.253	.186
Totals	34	8	11	8	8	4	175
a-grounded to shortstop for A Ramirez in the 8th
BATTING 2B: G Beckham (21, S Casilla) HR: J Nix (9, 3rd inning off G Gonzalez 1 on, 1 Out); J Thome (22, 9th inning off Ed Gonzalez 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Nix 3 (22), A Ramirez (54), G Beckham 2 (43), J Dye (71), J Thome (70) S: A Ramirez SF: J Nix 2-out RBI: G Beckham 2, J Dye GIDP: A Pierzynski White Sox RISP: 3-10 (A Rios 0-1, J Thome 0-1, J Nix 0-1, C Quentin 0-1, B Lillibridge 0-1, A Ramirez 1-1, G Beckham 1-1, P Konerko 0-2, J Dye 1-1) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING CS: A Ramirez (4, 2nd base by G Gonzalez)
FIELDING DP: 2 (J Nix-P Konerko, A Ramirez-J Nix-P Konerko).

Chicago White Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Floyd (W, 10-7)	7.0	8	1	1	2	8	0	101-70	3.94
S Linebrink	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	2.98
R Williams	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	18-12	2.70
Totals	9.0	11	1	1	2	11	0	133-91
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: G Floyd 23/29; S Linebrink 2/4; R Williams 2/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: G Floyd 16-16-19-19; S Linebrink 3-1-2-3; R Williams 2-1-7-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Floyd 7-6; S Linebrink 1-1; R Williams 0-1 Game Scores: G Floyd 63

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Kennedy 3B	5	0	5	0	0	0	9	.291	.345	.436
R Davis CF	5	0	2	0	0	1	19	.294	.364	.421
K Suzuki C	3	0	1	0	1	1	15	.280	.317	.412
S Hairston LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	15	.254	.287	.449
A Cunningham LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.204	.240
R Sweeney RF	3	1	1	0	1	2	18	.276	.327	.379
T Everidge 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	9	.250	.333	.382
J Cust DH	3	0	0	0	0	2	13	.228	.344	.383
a-B Crosby PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	.224	.297	.366
M Ellis 2B	4	0	2	1	0	1	16	.278	.316	.421
C Pennington SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	11	.296	.333	.407
Totals	36	1	11	1	2	11	133
a-struck out swinging for J Cust in the 9th
BATTING 2B: R Davis (11, G Floyd); M Ellis (15, G Floyd); A Kennedy (20, G Floyd) RBI: M Ellis (40) 2-out RBI: M Ellis GIDP: R Davis, S Hairston Athletics RISP: 0-8 (R Davis 0-2, T Everidge 0-1, C Pennington 0-1, S Hairston 0-2, K Suzuki 0-1, R Sweeney 0-1) Team LOB: 10
FIELDING E: R Sweeney (3, throw) DP: 1 (M Ellis-C Pennington-T Everidge).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Gonzalez (L, 4-3)	5.0	6	6	5	6	2	1	96-51	5.88
S Casilla	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	24-13	5.74
J Marshall	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8-6	0.00
J Gray	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17-8	1.59
Ed Gonzalez	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	30-16	5.24
Totals	9.0	11	8	7	8	4	2	175-94
PITCHING G Gonzalez pitched to 2 batters in the 6th WP: S Casilla HBP: J Nix (By J Gray) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: G Gonzalez 14/26; S Casilla 1/6; J Marshall 2/3; J Gray 0/4; Ed Gonzalez 1/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: G Gonzalez 21-5-8-17; S Casilla 2-1-5-5; J Marshall 1-1-1-3; J Gray 1-2-3-2; Ed Gonzalez 4-3-6-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Gonzalez 5-7; S Casilla 1-2; J Marshall 2-1; J Gray 1-2; Ed Gonzalez 1-0 Game Scores: G Gonzalez 29

Scoring Summary

			CWS	OAK
	3rd	J Nix homered to left, A Ramirez scored.	2	0
	4th	A Ramirez singled to left, A Pierzynski scored, C Quentin to third.	3	0
	4th	J Nix hit sacrifice fly to center, C Quentin scored.	4	0
	4th	M Ellis doubled to left, R Sweeney scored.	4	1
	6th	G Beckham doubled to deep left, A Pierzynski and C Quentin scored.	6	1
	6th	J Dye singled to center, G Beckham scored, J Dye to second advancing on throw.	7	1
	9th	J Thome homered to left.	8	1
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Game Notes

WHITE SOX DESIGNATED HITTER JIM THOME HIT THE 563RD HOME RUN OF HIS CAREER IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH INNING, TYING HIM WITH REGGIE JACKSON FOR 12TH PLACE ON THE ALL-TIME LIST.

Game Information

Stadium	O.co Coliseum, Oakland, CA
Attendance	17,742 (50.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:46
Weather	70 degrees, sunny
Wind	6 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Todd Tichenor, First Base - Bill Hohn, Second Base - Paul Emmel, Third Base - Gary Darling