Oakland Athletics vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - September 20, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 20, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Detroit won 2-1

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 12

(85-64, 41-33 away)

Tigers 4

(79-70, 45-29 home)

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Coverage: FOX DET

1:05 PM ET, September 20, 2012

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	6	12	12	0
DET	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	11	1

W: P. Neshek (2-1)

L: A. Sanchez (3-6)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
S Drew SS	5	0	0	0	0	2	29	.214	.275	.337
J Reddick CF	4	1	0	0	1	0	18	.250	.314	.473
Y Cespedes DH	4	1	1	1	0	1	21	.293	.354	.488
B Moss RF	4	2	1	1	1	3	19	.262	.329	.557
C Carter 1B	4	0	0	0	0	3	19	.246	.355	.523
D Barton 1B	0	1	0	1	1	0	5	.200	.333	.282
S Smith LF	4	3	3	4	1	0	22	.249	.347	.440
J Donaldson 3B	5	2	3	2	0	1	17	.244	.294	.407
G Kottaras C	5	1	2	2	0	1	15	.224	.297	.507
C Pennington 2B	3	1	2	0	1	1	16	.215	.275	.310
Totals	38	12	12	11	5	12	181
BATTING 2B: B Moss (11, A Sanchez); S Smith (22, D Smyly); J Donaldson (15, L Putkonen) 3B: G Kottaras (1, P Coke) HR: S Smith (14, 5th inning off A Sanchez 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: S Smith 4 (50), B Moss (40), J Donaldson 2 (26), G Kottaras 2 (18), Y Cespedes (73), D Barton (5) SF: Y Cespedes 2-out RBI: J Donaldson 2, G Kottaras 2, D Barton, S Smith 3 Athletics RISP: 5-10 (C Pennington 1-2, C Carter 0-1, J Donaldson 2-2, G Kottaras 1-2, S Smith 1-1, S Drew 0-2) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: J Donaldson (4, 2nd base off A Sanchez/G Laird)
FIELDING DP: 1 (S Drew-C Pennington-C Carter).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
T Milone	4.2	9	3	3	3	1	0	94-54	3.86
P Neshek (W, 2-1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-1	0.55
J Blevins (H, 13)	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	13-8	2.61
R Cook (H, 17)	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	21-16	2.38
S Doolittle (H, 13)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-10	3.26
E Scribner	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	16-11	3.38
Totals	9.0	11	4	4	3	6	1	160-100
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: T Milone 17/24; P Neshek 0/1; J Blevins 1/2; R Cook 4/5; S Doolittle 2/3; E Scribner 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: T Milone 11-6-17-20; P Neshek 0-0-0-1; J Blevins 2-0-4-2; R Cook 4-3-8-1; S Doolittle 2-3-5-0; E Scribner 2-1-5-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Milone 4-8; P Neshek 0-1; J Blevins 0-1; R Cook 1-2; S Doolittle 0-1; E Scribner 1-1 Game Scores: T Milone 32

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Jackson CF	4	0	0	1	0	1	20	.302	.382	.480
O Infante 2B	4	0	2	0	1	0	24	.255	.284	.380
M Cabrera 3B	4	1	1	0	1	1	17	.333	.398	.611
P Fielder 1B	3	0	1	1	1	0	22	.304	.406	.516
D Young DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	14	.270	.302	.419
J Peralta SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	.248	.313	.398
A Garcia RF	4	1	2	0	0	1	15	.345	.387	.345
A Dirks LF	3	1	2	1	0	1	15	.315	.371	.480
G Laird C	4	0	1	1	0	1	20	.285	.345	.380
Totals	34	4	11	4	3	6	160
BATTING 2B: O Infante 2 (6, T Milone, E Scribner); P Fielder (31, T Milone) HR: A Dirks (7, 6th inning off J Blevins 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: G Laird (8), A Jackson (62), P Fielder (101), A Dirks (31) S: A Dirks SF: A Jackson GIDP: D Young Tigers RISP: 2-7 (G Laird 1-1, M Cabrera 0-2, A Garcia 0-1, D Young 1-2, J Peralta 0-1) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING CS: A Garcia (1, 2nd base by T Milone) Picked Off: A Garcia (1st base by T Milone)
FIELDING E: O Infante (10, throw)

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Sanchez (L, 3-6)	5.2	6	6	5	2	8	1	106-70	4.55
P Coke	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3-1	3.61
A Alburquerque	2.1	1	0	0	0	4	0	37-23	0.00
O Dotel	0.2	2	4	4	2	0	0	20-7	3.76
D Smyly	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	11-4	4.45
L Putkonen	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	5.25
Totals	9.0	12	12	11	5	12	1	181-108
PITCHING P Coke pitched to 1 batter in the 6th; D Smyly pitched to 2 batters in the 9th IBB: S Smith (By A Sanchez); J Reddick (By O Dotel); B Moss (By O Dotel) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Sanchez 14/25; P Coke 0/1; A Alburquerque 4/8; O Dotel 2/6; D Smyly 0/2; L Putkonen 1/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Sanchez 20-15-21-14; P Coke 0-0-0-1; A Alburquerque 6-8-5-4; O Dotel 2-1-0-4; D Smyly 3-0-0-1; L Putkonen 1-0-0-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Sanchez 6-3; P Coke 0-0; A Alburquerque 2-1; O Dotel 1-1; D Smyly 0-0; L Putkonen 1-0 Game Scores: A Sanchez 41

Scoring Summary

			OAK	DET
	2nd	G Laird singled to left, J Peralta scored, A Garcia to third.	0	1
	2nd	A Jackson hit sacrifice fly to left, A Garcia scored.	0	2
	3rd	S Drew grounded into fielder's choice to second, C Pennington out at second, J Donaldson to third, J Donaldson scored on throwing error by second baseman O Infante.	1	2
	5th	S Smith homered to right (365 feet).	2	2
	5th	P Fielder doubled to deep right center, M Cabrera scored.	2	3
	6th	B Moss doubled to deep right, Y Cespedes scored, B Moss to third advancing on throw.	3	3
	6th	J Donaldson singled to left, B Moss scored, S Smith to second.	4	3
	6th	G Kottaras tripled to deep center, S Smith and J Donaldson scored.	6	3
	6th	A Dirks homered to right (358 feet).	6	4
	9th	Y Cespedes hit sacrifice fly to center, G Kottaras scored, C Pennington to third, J Reddick to second.	7	4
	9th	D Barton walked, C Pennington scored, J Reddick to third, B Moss to second.	8	4
	9th	S Smith doubled to deep right, J Reddick, B Moss and D Barton scored.	11	4
	9th	J Donaldson doubled to deep right, S Smith scored.	12	4
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Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	34,635 (84% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:14
Weather	54 degrees, cloudy
Wind	12 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Gary Darling, First Base - Paul Emmel, Second Base - Jerry Meals, Third Base - Scott Barry