Oakland Athletics vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - May 31, 2010 - ESPN

Scores for May 31, 2010

Final

Series: Game 4 of 4

Oakland won 3-1

Game 1: Friday, May 28
Oakland	5	Final
Detroit	4	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, May 29
Oakland	6	Final
Detroit	0	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, May 30
Oakland	2	Final
Detroit	10	Final
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Game 4: Monday, May 31
Oakland	4	Final
Detroit	1	Final
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Athletics 4

(28-24, 10-15 away)

Tigers 1

(26-24, 15-9 home)

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1:05 PM ET, May 31, 2010

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

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

W: T. Cahill (4-2)

L: J. Verlander (5-4)

S: A. Bailey (11)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
R Davis CF	4	2	2	0	0	1	15	.269	.315	.339
D Barton 1B	2	1	1	1	2	1	21	.280	.396	.429
R Sweeney RF	4	0	1	1	0	0	16	.306	.352	.393
K Suzuki C	4	1	1	0	0	0	10	.239	.317	.389
J Cust DH	4	0	0	0	0	3	23	.256	.383	.282
K Kouzmanoff 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	19	.244	.284	.335
G Gross LF	4	0	2	0	0	0	14	.268	.307	.366
A Rosales 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	13	.273	.335	.393
C Pennington SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	.209	.291	.322
Totals	33	4	8	3	2	8	143
BATTING 2B: D Barton (14, J Verlander); K Suzuki (5, J Verlander); G Gross (3, F Ni) RBI: D Barton (20), K Kouzmanoff (25), R Sweeney (24) GIDP: K Suzuki, R Sweeney Athletics RISP: 2-6 (K Kouzmanoff 1-1, A Rosales 0-1, J Cust 0-1, R Sweeney 1-2, K Suzuki 0-1) Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING SB: R Davis 2 (22, 3rd base off R Perry/G Laird, 2nd base off R Perry/G Laird)
FIELDING E: T Cahill (1, throw) DP: 2 (K Kouzmanoff-A Rosales-D Barton, A Rosales-C Pennington-D Barton). Outfield Assist: G Gross (B Boesch at Home).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
T Cahill (W, 4-2)	6.1	5	1	1	4	3	0	89-48	3.02
J Blevins (H, 4)	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	14-10	5.09
M Wuertz (H, 2)	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	15-8	4.50
A Bailey (S, 11)	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	28-15	1.29
Totals	9.0	7	1	1	6	6	0	146-81
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: T Cahill 12/25; J Blevins 2/4; M Wuertz 1/3; A Bailey 0/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: T Cahill 14-5-11-18; J Blevins 2-2-3-3; M Wuertz 3-2-2-1; A Bailey 5-2-5-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Cahill 10-5; J Blevins 0-1; M Wuertz 0-1; A Bailey 0-3 Game Scores: T Cahill 58

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Kelly CF	1	0	1	0	1	0	9	.277	.320	.340
a-A Jackson PH-CF	2	0	1	1	0	1	11	.330	.380	.445
J Damon DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	16	.277	.380	.418
M Ordonez RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	.315	.403	.481
M Cabrera 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	16	.344	.419	.656
B Boesch LF	1	0	0	0	3	0	18	.327	.360	.579
C Guillen 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	18	.276	.353	.434
B Inge 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	15	.235	.300	.419
A Avila C	2	0	2	0	0	0	9	.176	.274	.297
b-G Laird PH-C	2	0	0	0	0	1	7	.165	.242	.239
R Santiago SS	2	0	1	0	2	0	15	.255	.363	.302
Totals	30	1	7	1	6	6	146
a-singled to center for D Kelly in the 7th b-struck out swinging for A Avila in the 7th
BATTING RBI: A Jackson (14) S: D Kelly 2-out RBI: A Jackson GIDP: B Inge, R Santiago Tigers RISP: 2-9 (A Jackson 1-2, M Ordonez 0-2, B Inge 1-1, M Cabrera 0-1, J Damon 0-3) Team LOB: 9
FIELDING DP: 2 (R Santiago-C Guillen-M Cabrera, C Guillen-R Santiago-M Cabrera).

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Verlander (L, 5-4)	7.0	6	3	3	1	8	0	114-72	3.75
R Perry	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	12-6	5.23
F Ni	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17-12	2.12
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	2	8	0	143-90
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Verlander 19/26; R Perry 4/5; F Ni 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Verlander 24-9-24-15; R Perry 1-0-1-4; F Ni 3-3-3-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Verlander 5-8; R Perry 3-0; F Ni 1-2 Game Scores: J Verlander 60

Scoring Summary

			OAK	DET
	1st	D Barton doubled to deep right center, R Davis scored.	1	0
	1st	K Suzuki grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, D Barton scored, R Sweeney out at second.	2	0
	7th	K Kouzmanoff singled to center, K Suzuki scored.	3	0
	7th	A Jackson singled to center, B Inge scored, R Santiago to third.	3	1
	8th	R Sweeney grounded into fielder's choice to second, R Davis scored, D Barton out at second.	4	1
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Game Notes

THE START OF THE GAME WAS DELAYED BY 2 HOURS AND 42 MINUTES DUE TO RAIN.

Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	23,641 (57.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:48
Weather	70 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	5 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Laz Diaz, First Base - John Hirschbeck, Second Base - James Hoye, Third Base - Wally Bell