Oakland Athletics vs. New York Yankees - Box Score - August 23, 2011 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 23, 2011

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Oakland leads 1-0 (as of 8/23)

Game 1: Tuesday, August 23
Oakland	6	Final
NY Yankees	5	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, August 24
Oakland	6	Final in 10
NY Yankees	4	Final in 10
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Game 3: Thursday, August 25
Oakland	9	Final
NY Yankees	22	Final
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Athletics 6

(58-70, 23-40 away)

Yankees 5

(77-49, 40-25 home)

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7:05 PM ET, August 23, 2011

Yankee Stadium, New York, NY

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	6	11	1
NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	10	0

W: B. McCarthy (7-6)

L: B. Colon (8-8)

S: A. Bailey (17)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Weeks 2B	5	0	0	0	0	0	22	.284	.314	.395
C Crisp CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	14	.267	.323	.381
H Matsui DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	14	.260	.330	.394
J Willingham LF	3	0	1	1	0	1	18	.249	.333	.482
R Sweeney LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.358	.356
B Allen 1B	4	2	2	2	0	2	14	.394	.432	.758
D DeJesus RF	4	0	2	0	0	1	20	.232	.316	.369
C Pennington SS	4	1	1	0	0	2	16	.258	.316	.347
K Suzuki C	4	1	2	0	0	0	13	.233	.293	.385
E Sogard 3B	2	1	1	1	0	0	5	.194	.256	.361
a-S Sizemore PH-3B	2	0	1	2	0	1	6	.237	.334	.363
Totals	36	6	11	6	0	9	142
a-doubled to right for E Sogard in the 7th
BATTING 2B: C Crisp (24, B Colon); K Suzuki (21, B Colon); S Sizemore (16, B Logan) HR: B Allen 2 (2, 2nd inning off B Colon 0 on, 1 Out; 8th inning off H Noesi 0 on, 2 Out); E Sogard (1, 3rd inning off B Colon 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: B Allen 2 (4), E Sogard (3), J Willingham (74), S Sizemore 2 (34) SF: J Willingham 2-out RBI: B Allen Athletics RISP: 1-4 (S Sizemore 1-1, J Weeks 0-1, C Crisp 0-1, H Matsui 0-1) Team LOB: 4
FIELDING E: S Sizemore (11, ground ball) DP: 1 (B Allen-C Pennington-B McCarthy).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B McCarthy (W, 7-6)	7.2	8	3	3	3	6	1	108-78	3.72
G Balfour (H, 23)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-2	1.94
A Bailey (S, 17)	1.0	2	2	1	2	0	1	31-19	2.67
Totals	9.0	10	5	4	5	6	2	143-99
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B McCarthy 26/33; G Balfour 0/1; A Bailey 5/8 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B McCarthy 23-11-20-24; G Balfour 1-0-0-1; A Bailey 6-0-8-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B McCarthy 9-8; G Balfour 1-0; A Bailey 1-2 Game Scores: B McCarthy 54

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Gardner LF	5	0	0	0	0	1	20	.275	.352	.390
D Jeter SS	3	1	3	0	1	0	20	.295	.356	.381
C Granderson CF	3	1	0	0	2	2	26	.279	.375	.590
M Teixeira 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	12	.248	.346	.512
R Cano 2B	4	0	1	1	1	0	13	.303	.350	.523
N Swisher RF	5	1	1	3	0	1	16	.263	.377	.431
E Chavez 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	10	.268	.336	.361
J Posada DH	4	1	2	1	0	0	14	.244	.323	.401
R Martin C	3	1	1	0	1	1	12	.232	.322	.400
Totals	36	5	10	5	5	6	143
BATTING 2B: J Posada (14, B McCarthy); R Martin (13, A Bailey) HR: N Swisher (16, 8th inning off B McCarthy 2 on, 2 Out); J Posada (11, 9th inning off A Bailey 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: N Swisher 3 (70), J Posada (38), R Cano (88) S: D Jeter 2-out RBI: N Swisher 3, R Cano GIDP: N Swisher Yankees RISP: 1-13 (M Teixeira 0-3, C Granderson 0-2, B Gardner 0-3, R Martin 0-2, N Swisher 1-2, R Cano 0-1) Team LOB: 10
FIELDING DP: 1 (M Teixeira).

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Colon (L, 8-8)	6.1	8	5	5	0	5	2	106-72	3.71
B Logan	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	2.78
H Noesi	2.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	27-18	3.63
Totals	9.0	11	6	6	0	9	3	142-96
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Colon 18/26; B Logan 1/3; H Noesi 5/8 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Colon 26-6-19-21; B Logan 1-0-2-3; H Noesi 8-5-1-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Colon 2-11; B Logan 2-0; H Noesi 2-0 Game Scores: B Colon 42

Scoring Summary

			OAK	NYY
	2nd	B Allen homered to right (428 feet).	1	0
	3rd	E Sogard homered to right (331 feet).	2	0
	6th	J Willingham hit sacrifice fly to left, C Crisp scored.	3	0
	7th	S Sizemore doubled to right, C Pennington and K Suzuki scored.	5	0
	8th	B Allen homered to right (406 feet).	6	0
	8th	N Swisher homered to right (402 feet), D Jeter and C Granderson scored.	6	3
	9th	J Posada homered to right (435 feet).	6	4
	9th	R Cano walked, R Martin scored, B Gardner to third, C Granderson to second.	6	5
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Game Notes

YANKEES THIRD BASEMAN ALEX RODRIGUEZ WAS SCRATCHED FROM THE STARTING LINEUP WITH A JAMMED LEFT THUMB.

Game Information

Stadium	Yankee Stadium, New York, NY
Attendance	47,343 (94.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:55
Weather	74 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	9 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Gary Cederstrom, First Base - Cory Blaser, Second Base - Adrian Johnson, Third Base - Fieldin Culbreth