Oakland Athletics vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - September 18, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 18, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Detroit leads 1-0 (as of 9/18)

Game 1: Tuesday, September 18
Oakland	2	Final
Detroit	12	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, September 19
Oakland	2	Final
Detroit	6	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, September 20
Oakland	12	Final
Detroit	4	Final
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Athletics 2

(84-63, 40-32 away)

Tigers 12

(78-69, 44-28 home)

Alerts

Coverage: FOX DET

7:05 PM ET, September 18, 2012

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	1
DET	1	1	1	0	2	3	0	4	-	12	14	0

W: D. Downs (2-1)

L: A. Griffin (6-1)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Crisp CF	2	0	0	0	0	1	11	.251	.318	.402
a-C Carter PH-1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	16	.251	.361	.534
S Smith LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	.244	.341	.424
b-J Weeks PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.306	.305
J Reddick RF-CF	3	2	2	0	1	0	11	.254	.317	.480
c-D Barton PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.196	.323	.280
Y Cespedes DH	2	0	1	1	2	0	15	.291	.355	.491
B Moss 1B-RF	4	0	3	1	0	1	15	.268	.333	.568
S Drew SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	17	.216	.283	.352
J Donaldson 3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	11	.235	.284	.399
G Kottaras C	4	0	2	0	0	1	16	.210	.290	.484
C Pennington 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	15	.211	.270	.307
Totals	34	2	8	2	4	9	150
a-grounded to shortstop for C Crisp in the 4th b-flied out to center for S Smith in the 9th c-flied out to left for J Reddick in the 9th
BATTING 2B: B Moss (10, B Villarreal); J Reddick (28, P Coke); G Kottaras (2, J Benoit) RBI: B Moss (39), Y Cespedes (72) 2-out RBI: B Moss, Y Cespedes GIDP: C Carter Athletics RISP: 2-8 (Y Cespedes 1-1, B Moss 1-1, C Pennington 0-2, C Carter 0-1, S Drew 0-3) Team LOB: 10
FIELDING E: S Drew (5, throw) DP: 1 (J Donaldson-C Pennington-C Carter).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Griffin (L, 6-1)	4.2	8	5	5	1	3	3	100-66	2.45
P Figueroa	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-4	2.00
E Scribner	1.0	2	3	3	3	0	0	34-19	3.51
J Chavez	1.0	4	4	4	0	0	1	22-15	10.27
J Blevins	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	2.47
Totals	8.0	14	12	12	4	4	4	163-106
PITCHING J Chavez pitched to 5 batters in the 8th HBP: P Fielder (By J Chavez) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Griffin 14/23; P Figueroa 0/1; E Scribner 3/8; J Chavez 5/8; J Blevins 2/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Griffin 13-13-21-19; P Figueroa 1-2-1-0; E Scribner 8-0-6-5; J Chavez 5-1-2-7; J Blevins 0-0-0-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Griffin 4-7; P Figueroa 0-0; E Scribner 2-1; J Chavez 1-2; J Blevins 2-1 Game Scores: A Griffin 30

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Jackson CF	5	3	3	1	0	0	22	.307	.386	.487
Q Berry LF	4	0	2	2	0	0	10	.272	.345	.374
A Garcia RF	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	.333	.391	.333
M Cabrera 3B	4	3	3	6	0	0	24	.333	.396	.610
D Worth 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.321	.254
P Fielder 1B	3	1	1	2	1	0	18	.305	.406	.518
D Kelly PR-1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.269	.245
D Young DH	5	0	0	0	0	1	16	.270	.302	.419
A Dirks RF-LF	5	0	0	0	0	2	17	.305	.363	.462
J Peralta SS	3	1	1	1	1	1	19	.248	.314	.400
O Infante 2B	3	1	0	0	1	0	14	.251	.277	.366
G Laird C	3	2	3	0	1	0	19	.280	.343	.380
Totals	36	12	14	12	4	4	163
BATTING 2B: M Cabrera (38, A Griffin); A Jackson (26, E Scribner); Q Berry (10, E Scribner) HR: J Peralta (12, 2nd inning off A Griffin 0 on, 1 Out); M Cabrera 2 (40, 3rd inning off A Griffin 0 on, 1 Out; 8th inning off J Chavez 3 on, 0 Out); P Fielder (27, 5th inning off A Griffin 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: M Cabrera 6 (129), J Peralta (59), P Fielder 2 (100), A Jackson (61), Q Berry 2 (27) SF: M Cabrera GIDP: D Young Tigers RISP: 5-8 (P Fielder 1-1, A Jackson 1-2, M Cabrera 1-2, A Garcia 1-1, D Young 0-1, Q Berry 1-1) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING DP: 1 (D Downs-J Peralta-P Fielder).

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
M Scherzer	2.0	2	1	1	2	4	0	44-25	3.78
D Downs (W, 2-1)	2.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	41-23	1.93
B Villarreal (H, 10)	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	17-8	2.29
P Coke	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	24-17	3.61
J Benoit	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15-9	3.34
L Marte	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-8	3.44
Totals	9.0	8	2	2	4	9	0	150-90
PITCHING HBP: J Donaldson (By D Downs) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: M Scherzer 6/10; D Downs 5/11; B Villarreal 3/4; P Coke 6/7; J Benoit 3/4; L Marte 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: M Scherzer 7-8-6-4; D Downs 5-3-7-8; B Villarreal 2-1-3-2; P Coke 6-2-4-5; J Benoit 2-2-2-3; L Marte 4-1-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Scherzer 0-2; D Downs 5-2; B Villarreal 0-1; P Coke 1-2; J Benoit 2-1; L Marte 0-2 Game Scores: M Scherzer 50

Scoring Summary

			OAK	DET
	1st	B Moss singled to right, J Reddick scored, Y Cespedes to second.	1	0
	1st	M Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to right, A Jackson scored.	1	1
	2nd	J Peralta homered to right (368 feet).	1	2
	3rd	M Cabrera homered to left (446 feet).	1	3
	5th	P Fielder homered to right (374 feet), M Cabrera scored.	1	5
	6th	A Jackson doubled to left, O Infante scored, G Laird to third.	1	6
	6th	Q Berry doubled to deep right, G Laird and A Jackson scored.	1	8
	7th	Y Cespedes singled to left, J Reddick scored.	2	8
	8th	M Cabrera homered to left (420 feet), G Laird, A Jackson and A Garcia scored.	2	12
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Game Notes

TIGERS PITCHER MAX SCHERZER LEFT THE GAME AFTER TWO INNINGS WITH RIGHT SHOULDER FATIGUE.
ATHLETICS PITCHER JESSE CHAVEZ WAS EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE JERRY MEALS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING AFTER HITTING PRINCE FIELDER WITH A PITCH.
TIGERS LEFTFIELDER QUINTIN BERRY LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING WITH AN APPARENT RIGHT SHOULDER INJURY.
ATHLETICS CENTERFIELDER COCO CRISP LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING DUE TO CONJUNCTIVITIS.

Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	31,243 (75.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:05
Weather	56 degrees, cloudy
Wind	11 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Jerry Meals, First Base - Scott Barry, Second Base - Gary Darling, Third Base - Paul Emmel