Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics - Box Score - September 02, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 2, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Oakland won 3-0

Game 1: Friday, August 31
Boston	2	Final
Oakland	20	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, September 1
Boston	1	Final
Oakland	7	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, September 2
Boston	2	Final
Oakland	6	Final
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Red Sox 2

(62-73, 30-35 away)

Athletics 6

(76-57, 42-27 home)

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4:05 PM ET, September 2, 2012

O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

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

W: B. Anderson (3-0)

L: D. Matsuzaka (1-4)

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
P Ciriaco LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	17	.325	.337	.442
S Podsednik CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	11	.341	.359	.400
D Pedroia 2B	4	1	3	0	0	0	19	.288	.343	.443
C Ross RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	13	.275	.338	.504
M Gomez 3B	3	0	0	1	0	1	21	.304	.355	.429
R Lavarnway C	4	0	0	0	0	2	19	.182	.247	.227
M Aviles DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	15	.256	.285	.398
J Loney 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	9	.296	.321	.407
J Iglesias SS	2	0	0	0	1	1	16	.000	.125	.000
Totals	31	2	6	2	1	7	140
BATTING 2B: D Pedroia (32, G Balfour) RBI: C Ross (68), M Gomez (8) SF: M Gomez Red Sox RISP: 2-4 (M Gomez 0-1, C Ross 1-2, D Pedroia 1-1) Team LOB: 4

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Matsuzaka (L, 1-4)	3.2	7	6	6	4	4	2	97-56	6.15
A Miller	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	27-16	3.53
C Breslow	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15-10	4.50
J Tazawa	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10-8	1.67
M Melancon	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12-7	7.50
Totals	8.0	8	6	6	5	10	2	161-97
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Matsuzaka 9/22; A Miller 0/5; C Breslow 1/3; J Tazawa 2/3; M Melancon 1/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Matsuzaka 14-9-19-14; A Miller 3-4-8-1; C Breslow 3-4-2-1; J Tazawa 1-4-2-1; M Melancon 1-1-1-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Matsuzaka 1-6; A Miller 0-2; C Breslow 0-1; J Tazawa 1-0; M Melancon 2-1 Game Scores: D Matsuzaka 23

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Crisp CF	3	2	0	0	2	0	24	.258	.322	.416
S Smith DH	3	2	2	2	1	1	21	.247	.348	.442
J Reddick RF	3	0	1	1	0	2	16	.260	.325	.500
Y Cespedes LF	4	0	0	1	0	1	13	.297	.356	.493
B Moss 1B	2	0	1	0	0	1	12	.257	.323	.552
a-C Carter PH-1B	2	0	0	0	0	2	11	.272	.375	.580
J Donaldson 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	13	.224	.263	.382
S Drew SS	4	1	3	2	0	0	14	.262	.347	.405
D Norris C	3	0	0	0	1	1	19	.201	.276	.344
C Pennington 2B	4	1	1	0	0	2	18	.209	.269	.302
Totals	31	6	8	6	5	10	161
a-struck out swinging for B Moss in the 4th
BATTING 2B: S Drew (3, M Melancon) HR: S Smith (13, 1st inning off D Matsuzaka 1 on, 0 Out); S Drew (1, 2nd inning off D Matsuzaka 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: S Smith 2 (44), S Drew 2 (4), J Reddick (74), Y Cespedes (65) SF: J Reddick 2-out RBI: S Drew Athletics RISP: 3-10 (Y Cespedes 0-1, D Norris 0-2, C Pennington 0-1, J Reddick 1-1, C Carter 0-1, C Crisp 0-2, S Smith 1-1, S Drew 1-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: C Crisp (31, 2nd base off D Matsuzaka/R Lavarnway); C Pennington (15, 2nd base off D Matsuzaka/R Lavarnway)
FIELDING Outfield Assist: Y Cespedes (S Podsednik at Home).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Anderson (W, 3-0)	6.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	90-60	0.90
R Cook	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-8	2.35
S Doolittle	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-11	3.13
G Balfour	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	23-16	2.64
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	1	7	0	140-95
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Anderson 17/23; R Cook 1/3; S Doolittle 3/3; G Balfour 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Anderson 24-6-12-18; R Cook 3-1-2-2; S Doolittle 2-2-5-2; G Balfour 4-2-7-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Anderson 9-4; R Cook 1-1; S Doolittle 1-1; G Balfour 1-1 Game Scores: B Anderson 61

Scoring Summary

			BOS	OAK
	1st	S Smith homered to right center (429 feet), C Crisp scored.	0	2
	2nd	S Drew homered to right (378 feet).	0	3
	3rd	J Reddick hit sacrifice fly to center, C Crisp scored.	0	4
	3rd	S Drew singled to left, S Smith scored, B Moss to third, J Donaldson to second.	0	5
	4th	Y Cespedes grounded out to second, C Pennington scored, S Smith to third, J Reddick to second.	0	6
	6th	C Ross singled to left, P Ciriaco scored, S Podsednik thrown out at home, D Pedroia to second.	1	6
	9th	M Gomez hit sacrifice fly to right, D Pedroia scored.	2	6
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Game Information

Stadium	O.co Coliseum, Oakland, CA
Attendance	25,314 (72.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:51
Weather	71 degrees, sunny
Wind	9 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Gerry Davis, First Base - Manny Gonzalez, Second Base - Greg Gibson, Third Base - Phil Cuzzi