Final in 14
NY Yankees leads 2-0 (as of 9/22)
| Game 1: Friday, September 21 | ||
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| Oakland | 1 | Final in 10 |
| NY Yankees | 2 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, September 22 | ||
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| Oakland | 9 | Final in 14 |
| NY Yankees | 10 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, September 23 | ||
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| Oakland | 5 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 4 | |
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1:05 PM ET, September 22, 2012
Yankee Stadium, New York, NY
| Oakland Athletics | ||||||||||
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| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| S Drew SS | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | .248 | .306 | .394 |
| S Smith LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .249 | .345 | .439 |
a-J Gomes PH-LF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .259 | .375 | .494 |
C Cowgill LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .336 | .317 |
| Y Cespedes CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 33 | .291 | .354 | .492 |
| B Moss 1B | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | .272 | .339 | .570 |
| C Carter DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | .244 | .357 | .527 |
| J Reddick RF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | .245 | .308 | .463 |
| J Donaldson 3B | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .238 | .289 | .398 |
| G Kottaras C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .229 | .299 | .500 |
b-D Norris PH-C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .185 | .268 | .310 |
| C Pennington 2B | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | .214 | .274 | .307 |
| Totals | 54 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 241 | |||
| a-hit by pitch for S Smith in the 8th b-struck out swinging for G Kottaras in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: S Drew (4, I Nova); S Smith (23, I Nova); Y Cespedes (23, I Nova); J Donaldson (16, B Logan) HR: S Drew (4, 3rd inning off I Nova 0 on, 0 Out); J Gomes (17, 13th inning off F Garcia 1 on, 0 Out); Y Cespedes (20, 13th inning off F Garcia 0 on, 0 Out); C Carter (15, 13th inning off J Thomas 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: S Smith (51), Y Cespedes 2 (75), S Drew (12), C Pennington (24), C Carter 2 (37), J Gomes 2 (45) S: J Gomes SF: C Carter GIDP: J Reddick Athletics RISP: 3-16 (Y Cespedes 1-4, B Moss 0-1, D Norris 0-1, J Reddick 0-4, C Pennington 1-1, C Carter 0-1, S Smith 1-2, S Drew 0-2) Team LOB: 13 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: C Pennington (11, ground ball); B Moss (6, ground ball) DP: 1 (C Pennington-S Drew-B Moss). PB: D Norris. Outfield Assist: Y Cespedes (I Suzuki at 3rd base). | ||||||||||
| Oakland Athletics | ||||||||||
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| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| T Blackley | 2.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 59-30 | 3.57 | |
| J Miller | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 49-32 | 2.40 | |
| J Blevins | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16-6 | 2.56 | |
| R Cook | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17-12 | 2.31 | |
| G Balfour | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33-20 | 2.79 | |
| E Scribner | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42-24 | 3.14 | |
| P Figueroa | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14-9 | 3.79 | |
| P Neshek (B, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21-14 | 1.04 | |
| T Ross (L, 2-10) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20-12 | 6.41 | |
| Totals | 13.2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 271-159 | ||
| PITCHING J Miller pitched to 1 batter in the 6th; J Blevins pitched to 2 batters in the 7th; P Figueroa pitched to 3 batters in the 13th WP: T Blackley; E Scribner; P Neshek IBB: A Rodriguez (By J Blevins); I Suzuki (By T Ross) HBP: R Ibanez (By J Blevins) Balk: T Blackley First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: T Blackley 8/14; J Miller 6/14; J Blevins 1/5; R Cook 3/6; G Balfour 6/7; E Scribner 4/9; P Figueroa 1/3; P Neshek 3/4; T Ross 4/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: T Blackley 9-6-5-10; J Miller 7-3-12-10; J Blevins 1-1-1-3; R Cook 3-3-3-3; G Balfour 5-4-6-5; E Scribner 9-3-7-5; P Figueroa 4-1-1-3; P Neshek 3-2-5-4; T Ross 1-2-4-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Blackley 1-3; J Miller 3-5; J Blevins 3-0; R Cook 3-1; G Balfour 1-3; E Scribner 2-2; P Figueroa 0-0; P Neshek 2-1; T Ross 2-0 Game Scores: T Blackley 30 | ||||||||||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
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| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| D Jeter SS | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .321 | .364 | .439 |
| I Suzuki CF-LF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 26 | .284 | .310 | .394 |
| A Rodriguez DH | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26 | .278 | .356 | .448 |
| R Cano 2B | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | .295 | .364 | .524 |
| N Swisher RF-1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | .260 | .349 | .453 |
C Dickerson PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .625 |
S Pearce 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .315 | .396 |
d-E Nunez PH-3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .276 | .326 | .382 |
| C McGehee 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .151 | .220 | .264 |
b-R Ibanez PH-RF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .228 | .300 | .439 |
| J Nix 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .253 | .317 | .400 |
R Martin C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .204 | .308 | .385 |
| A Jones LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .197 | .294 | .397 |
a-C Granderson PH-CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | .230 | .320 | .484 |
| C Stewart C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .243 | .286 | .324 |
c-E Chavez PH-3B-1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .278 | .336 | .471 |
M Mesa PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 54 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 271 | |||
| a-walked for A Jones in the 3rd b-homered to right for C Mcgehee in the 5th c-struck out looking for C Stewart in the 7th d-struck out looking for S Pearce in the 12th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: R Ibanez (17, E Scribner) HR: I Suzuki (9, 1st inning off T Blackley 0 on, 1 Out); R Ibanez 2 (17, 5th inning off J Miller 0 on, 1 Out; 13th inning off P Neshek 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: I Suzuki (51), R Cano (79), A Jones (33), R Ibanez 3 (56), E Nunez (8) S: D Jeter, I Suzuki, J Nix SF: E Nunez 2-out RBI: A Jones GIDP: R Cano Yankees RISP: 5-17 (D Jeter 0-1, E Nunez 0-1, C Granderson 0-1, C McGehee 0-1, C Stewart 0-1, J Nix 1-1, R Martin 0-2, A Rodriguez 1-1, E Chavez 0-1, R Cano 2-5, N Swisher 0-1, R Ibanez 1-1) Team LOB: 17 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: C Dickerson (3, 2nd base off G Balfour/D Norris) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (C Rapada-C Stewart-C McGehee). | ||||||||||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
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| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| I Nova | 2.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 58-33 | 4.94 | |
| C Rapada | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18-13 | 2.92 | |
| D Lowe | 2.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42-26 | 5.29 | |
| B Logan (B, 2) | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32-21 | 3.78 | |
| C Eppley | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-5 | 3.56 | |
| J Chamberlain | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12-7 | 5.19 | |
| F Garcia | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 46-26 | 5.30 | |
| J Thomas | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15-9 | 6.43 | |
| C Wade (W, 1-1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11-8 | 6.34 | |
| Totals | 14.0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 241-148 | ||
| PITCHING F Garcia pitched to 3 batters in the 13th IBB: B Moss (By F Garcia) HBP: J Donaldson (By C Rapada); J Gomes (By B Logan) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: I Nova 9/14; C Rapada 6/6; D Lowe 7/10; B Logan 6/8; C Eppley 0/1; J Chamberlain 2/3; F Garcia 6/15; J Thomas 1/4; C Wade 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: I Nova 11-5-7-10; C Rapada 5-3-2-3; D Lowe 5-7-7-7; B Logan 4-5-7-5; C Eppley 1-1-2-1; J Chamberlain 2-2-2-1; F Garcia 6-2-6-12; J Thomas 3-0-3-3; C Wade 3-0-2-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: I Nova 4-1; C Rapada 2-0; D Lowe 4-2; B Logan 1-2; C Eppley 0-1; J Chamberlain 0-1; F Garcia 3-5; J Thomas 0-2; C Wade 2-1 Game Scores: I Nova 35 | ||||||||||
| OAK | NYY | |||
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| 1st | S Smith doubled to deep left, S Drew scored. | 1 | 0 | |
| 1st | Y Cespedes doubled to left, S Smith scored. | 2 | 0 | |
| 1st | I Suzuki homered to right (368 feet). | 2 | 1 | |
| 1st | R Cano singled to left, A Rodriguez scored, R Cano to second advancing on throw. | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st | A Jones walked, R Cano scored, N Swisher to third, J Nix to second. | 2 | 3 | |
| 2nd | A Rodriguez scored, R Cano to second on wild pitch by T Blackley. | 2 | 4 | |
| 3rd | S Drew homered to center (424 feet). | 3 | 4 | |
| 4th | C Pennington singled to center, J Donaldson scored, G Kottaras to third. | 4 | 4 | |
| 5th | R Ibanez homered to right (358 feet). | 4 | 5 | |
| 7th | C Carter hit sacrifice fly to center, Y Cespedes scored, B Moss to second. | 5 | 5 | |
| 13th | J Gomes homered to left, S Drew scored (385 feet). | 7 | 5 | |
| 13th | Y Cespedes homered to left (417 feet). | 8 | 5 | |
| 13th | C Carter homered to left (409 feet). | 9 | 5 | |
| 13th | I Suzuki scored, A Rodriguez to third, R Cano to second on wild pitch by P Neshek. | 9 | 6 | |
| 13th | E Nunez hit sacrifice fly to center, A Rodriguez scored. | 9 | 7 | |
| 13th | R Ibanez homered to right, R Cano scored (392 feet). | 9 | 9 | |
| 14th | E Nunez safe at first on error by first baseman B Moss, I Suzuki scored, A Rodriguez to third, R Cano to second. | 9 | 10 | |
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| YANKEES SHORTSTOP DEREK JETER SINGLED IN THE SIXTH INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 16 GAMES. |
| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, New York, NY |
| Attendance | 44,026 (87.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 5:43 |
| Weather | 75 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 17 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Fieldin Culbreth, First Base - Mike Estabrook, Second Base - Larry Vanover, Third Base - Dan Bellino |
