Detroit Tigers vs. Oakland Athletics - Box Score - August 23, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 23, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Oakland won 2-1

Game 1: Friday, August 21
Detroit	3	Final
Oakland	2	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, August 22
Detroit	2	Final
Oakland	3	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, August 23
Detroit	4	Final
Oakland	9	Final
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Tigers 4

(65-58, 25-38 away)

Athletics 9

(55-68, 30-33 home)

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4:05 PM ET, August 23, 2009

O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	9	1
OAK	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	4	-	9	12	0

W: B. Tomko (3-2)

L: R. Porcello (10-8)

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Granderson CF	3	1	1	1	0	1	11	.256	.337	.464
a-R Raburn PH-RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.275	.335	.497
C Thomas RF-CF	4	1	1	0	0	2	19	.242	.327	.395
C Guillen LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	18	.237	.318	.360
M Cabrera 1B	4	2	3	2	0	1	14	.338	.405	.559
A Huff DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	15	.249	.318	.396
B Inge 3B	4	0	1	0	0	2	19	.239	.327	.443
A Avila C	3	0	0	0	1	0	19	.333	.412	.767
A Everett SS	2	0	0	0	0	2	9	.235	.282	.313
b-M Thames PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	.246	.312	.483
P Polanco 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.271	.319	.383
R Santiago 2B-SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	9	.257	.307	.417
Totals	34	4	9	4	2	10	144
a-flied out to center for C Granderson in the 7th b-singled to center for A Everett in the 7th
BATTING HR: C Granderson (24, 1st inning off B Tomko 0 on, 0 Out); M Cabrera (25, 8th inning off M Wuertz 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: C Granderson (55), M Thames (30), M Cabrera 2 (75) 2-out RBI: M Thames Tigers RISP: 2-4 (A Avila 0-1, M Thames 1-1, R Santiago 1-1, R Raburn 0-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING CS: C Guillen (2, 2nd base by B Tomko/L Powell) Picked Off: A Avila (1st base by L Powell)
FIELDING E: C Guillen (1, fly ball)

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Porcello (L, 10-8)	5.1	8	5	5	1	1	2	92-60	4.39
F Ni	1.2	1	2	2	1	0	0	33-18	2.78
R Perry	1.0	3	2	2	1	2	2	33-19	3.89
Totals	8.0	12	9	9	3	3	4	158-97
PITCHING F Ni pitched to 2 batters in the 8th IBB: R Sweeney (By R Perry) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Porcello 15/25; F Ni 1/8; R Perry 5/7 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Porcello 13-5-19-23; F Ni 3-5-3-7; R Perry 5-5-5-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Porcello 10-5; F Ni 1-4; R Perry 0-1 Game Scores: R Porcello 32

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Kennedy 3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	12	.281	.336	.415
R Davis CF	5	1	1	1	0	1	21	.293	.360	.418
R Sweeney RF	3	1	0	0	2	0	21	.274	.330	.375
S Hairston LF	5	0	0	0	0	2	25	.255	.288	.426
J Cust DH	3	3	3	4	1	0	15	.240	.358	.413
M Ellis 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	9	.279	.317	.429
L Powell C	4	1	2	3	0	0	14	.255	.327	.449
D Barton 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	21	.163	.288	.302
C Pennington SS	4	2	2	1	0	0	20	.274	.312	.397
Totals	37	9	12	9	3	3	158
BATTING 2B: M Ellis (17, F Ni) HR: J Cust 2 (19, 3rd inning off R Porcello 2 on, 2 Out; 6th inning off R Porcello 0 on, 0 Out); L Powell (4, 8th inning off R Perry 2 on, 0 Out); C Pennington (2, 8th inning off R Perry 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: R Davis (27), J Cust 4 (56), L Powell 3 (23), C Pennington (8) 2-out RBI: J Cust 3 Athletics RISP: 3-10 (L Powell 1-2, R Davis 1-2, D Barton 0-1, J Cust 1-1, S Hairston 0-3, R Sweeney 0-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: R Davis (27, 3rd base off F Ni/A Avila); A Kennedy (16, 2nd base off R Perry/A Avila)
FIELDING DP: 2 (L Powell-M Ellis, L Powell-D Barton).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Tomko (W, 3-2)	6.0	3	1	1	2	8	1	87-55	3.69
B Ziegler	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	23-14	2.72
C Breslow	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	3.91
M Wuertz (H, 16)	1.1	2	2	2	0	2	1	21-16	3.28
J Gray	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10-6	1.04
Totals	9.0	9	4	4	2	10	2	144-93
PITCHING C Breslow pitched to 1 batter in the 7th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Tomko 9/21; B Ziegler 2/5; C Breslow 1/1; M Wuertz 5/6; J Gray 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Tomko 8-13-23-11; B Ziegler 4-0-5-5; C Breslow 0-0-1-1; M Wuertz 5-4-3-4; J Gray 3-0-0-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Tomko 2-6; B Ziegler 0-2; C Breslow 0-0; M Wuertz 0-2; J Gray 2-1 Game Scores: B Tomko 68

Scoring Summary

			DET	OAK
	1st	C Granderson homered to right.	1	0
	3rd	R Davis singled to right, C Pennington scored.	1	1
	3rd	J Cust homered to left, R Davis and R Sweeney scored.	1	4
	6th	J Cust homered to right.	1	5
	7th	M Thames singled to center, M Cabrera scored, B Inge to second.	2	5
	8th	M Cabrera homered to right, C Thomas scored.	4	5
	8th	L Powell homered to right, J Cust and M Ellis scored.	4	8
	8th	C Pennington homered to right.	4	9
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Game Information

Stadium	O.co Coliseum, Oakland, CA
Attendance	17,690 (50.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:51
Weather	65 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	11 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Jim Wolf, First Base - Fieldin Culbreth, Second Base - Adrian Johnson, Third Base - Gary Cederstrom