Oakland Athletics vs. Chicago White Sox - Box Score - August 11, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 11, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 8/11)

Game 1: Friday, August 10
Oakland	3	Final
Chi White Sox	4	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, August 11
Oakland	9	Final
Chi White Sox	7	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, August 12
Oakland	3	Final
Chi White Sox	7	Final
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Athletics 9

(61-52, 27-26 away)

White Sox 7

(61-51, 31-26 home)

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7:10 PM ET, August 11, 2012

U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	9	13	0
CHW	0	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	7	10	2

W: R. Cook (5-2)

L: M. Thornton (4-8)

S: G. Balfour (8)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Crisp CF	6	3	3	0	0	1	20	.257	.322	.377
J Gomes DH	5	1	2	2	1	2	19	.260	.375	.481
J Reddick RF	6	1	1	1	0	2	19	.256	.328	.505
Y Cespedes LF	4	2	0	0	0	1	13	.303	.366	.508
C Carter 1B	5	1	3	2	0	2	18	.283	.413	.636
B Inge 3B	3	1	1	1	2	2	25	.216	.274	.379
D Norris C	3	0	1	2	2	1	21	.210	.278	.371
A Rosales SS	3	0	1	1	0	0	10	.195	.358	.293
a-C Pennington PH-SS	2	0	1	0	0	0	7	.199	.266	.292
J Weeks 2B	4	0	0	0	1	1	22	.219	.304	.304
Totals	41	9	13	9	6	12	174
a-hit a ground rule double to deep center for A Rosales in the 7th
BATTING 2B: C Carter (5, F Liriano); D Norris (5, F Liriano); C Crisp 2 (13, F Liriano, B Myers); C Pennington (14, J Crain) HR: J Gomes (13, 8th inning off M Thornton 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: C Carter 2 (22), D Norris 2 (18), A Rosales (6), J Reddick (60), J Gomes 2 (34), B Inge (52) 2-out RBI: C Carter 2, D Norris 2, A Rosales, B Inge, J Gomes Athletics RISP: 6-15 (D Norris 1-2, B Inge 1-2, A Rosales 1-2, J Weeks 0-2, J Reddick 1-2, C Carter 1-2, J Gomes 1-2, C Crisp 0-1) Team LOB: 12
BASERUNNING SB: D Norris (4, 2nd base off P Humber/T Flowers); J Weeks (15, 2nd base off P Humber/T Flowers)
FIELDING DP: 1 (B Inge-J Weeks-C Carter).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
T Blackley	5.0	6	5	5	1	6	1	83-50	3.66
J Norberto (B, 2)	1.1	2	2	2	1	3	1	32-18	2.94
R Cook (W, 5-2)	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	16-13	2.72
J Blevins (H, 8)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	2.44
G Balfour (S, 8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18-10	2.67
Totals	9.0	10	7	7	2	11	2	150-92
PITCHING WP: T Blackley HBP: A De Aza (By T Blackley); T Flowers (By R Cook); K Youkilis (By G Balfour) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: T Blackley 13/23; J Norberto 3/7; R Cook 4/6; J Blevins 1/1; G Balfour 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: T Blackley 13-12-11-14; J Norberto 6-4-5-3; R Cook 4-2-3-4; J Blevins 0-0-0-1; G Balfour 4-1-3-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Blackley 6-3; J Norberto 1-0; R Cook 2-1; J Blevins 0-1; G Balfour 0-2 Game Scores: T Blackley 40

Chicago White Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A De Aza CF	4	1	0	0	0	1	15	.288	.350	.410
K Youkilis 3B	4	2	2	2	0	2	27	.242	.343	.439
A Dunn 1B	4	0	0	0	1	2	22	.205	.339	.475
A Rios RF	5	0	1	0	0	2	16	.314	.345	.534
A Pierzynski DH	5	1	2	1	0	1	14	.297	.348	.552
A Ramirez SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	12	.264	.286	.357
D Viciedo LF	4	1	1	1	0	2	19	.246	.284	.423
T Flowers C	3	1	3	3	0	0	11	.219	.286	.365
G Beckham 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	14	.229	.283	.362
Totals	36	7	10	7	2	11	150
BATTING 2B: A Ramirez (16, T Blackley); T Flowers (5, T Blackley); D Viciedo (11, T Blackley) HR: K Youkilis (14, 5th inning off T Blackley 1 on, 0 Out); T Flowers (3, 6th inning off J Norberto 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: D Viciedo (53), T Flowers 3 (6), K Youkilis 2 (43), A Pierzynski (65) 2-out RBI: T Flowers 2 GIDP: A Ramirez White Sox RISP: 3-8 (D Viciedo 0-1, A De Aza 0-1, G Beckham 0-2, A Ramirez 0-1, T Flowers 2-2, A Pierzynski 1-1) Team LOB: 7
FIELDING E: T Flowers (1, dropped foul ball); A Ramirez (11, throw)

Chicago White Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Liriano	3.1	7	6	6	3	5	0	76-45	5.35
P Humber	3.0	0	0	0	3	5	0	56-33	5.87
J Crain	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	15-10	2.08
M Thornton (L, 4-8; B, 4)	0.2	2	2	1	0	0	1	14-9	3.70
B Myers	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	13-12	0.90
Totals	9.0	13	9	8	6	12	1	174-109
PITCHING WP: F Liriano; P Humber HBP: Y Cespedes (By F Liriano) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Liriano 9/21; P Humber 9/12; J Crain 1/3; M Thornton 3/5; B Myers 6/7 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Liriano 14-8-11-12; P Humber 11-10-8-4; J Crain 3-2-4-1; M Thornton 2-0-2-5; B Myers 2-0-3-7 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Liriano 2-3; P Humber 1-3; J Crain 0-0; M Thornton 1-1; B Myers 2-2 Game Scores: F Liriano 24

Scoring Summary

			OAK	CHW
	2nd	D Viciedo grounded out to shortstop, A Pierzynski scored.	0	1
	2nd	T Flowers doubled to right, A Ramirez scored.	0	2
	3rd	C Carter singled to left, C Crisp and J Reddick scored, Y Cespedes to second.	2	2
	3rd	D Norris hit a ground rule double to left, Y Cespedes and C Carter scored, B Inge to third.	4	2
	3rd	A Rosales singled to left, B Inge scored, D Norris to third.	5	2
	4th	J Reddick singled to center, C Crisp scored.	6	2
	4th	T Flowers singled to right, D Viciedo scored, T Flowers to second advancing on throw.	6	3
	5th	K Youkilis homered to center (408 feet), A De Aza scored.	6	5
	6th	T Flowers homered to left center (398 feet).	6	6
	7th	A Pierzynski singled to deep center, K Youkilis scored, A Rios to third.	6	7
	8th	J Gomes homered to left (378 feet).	7	7
	8th	B Inge singled to right, Y Cespedes scored, C Carter to third.	8	7
	9th	J Gomes singled to left, C Crisp scored.	9	7
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Game Information

Stadium	U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, IL
Attendance	26,686 (65.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:38
Weather	70 degrees, clear
Wind	7 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Bob Davidson, First Base - Tim Welke, Second Base - Todd Tichenor, Third Base - Tony Randazzo