Oakland Athletics vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - October 07, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Oct 7, 2012

Final

Playoff Series: Game 2 of 5

Detroit leads 3-2 (as of 10/7)

Game 1: Saturday, October 6
Oakland	1	Final
Detroit	3	Final
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Game 2: Sunday, October 7
Oakland	4	Final
Detroit	5	Final
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Game 3: Tuesday, October 9
Detroit	0	Final
Oakland	2	Final
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Game 4: Wednesday, October 10
Detroit	3	Final
Oakland	4	Final
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Game 5: Thursday, October 11
Detroit	6	Final
Oakland	0	Final
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Athletics 4

Tigers 5

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Coverage: MLBN

12:07 PM ET, October 7, 2012

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

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

W: A. Alburquerque (1-0)

L: G. Balfour (0-1)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Crisp CF	5	0	1	0	0	1	22	.222	.222	.556
S Drew SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	18	.222	.222	.333
Y Cespedes LF	5	1	2	1	0	0	10	.375	.444	.375
B Moss 1B	3	0	1	0	0	1	17	.143	.250	.143
J Reddick RF	4	1	1	1	0	3	20	.143	.250	.571
J Donaldson 3B	3	0	1	0	1	0	14	.143	.250	.143
S Smith DH	2	1	0	0	1	0	20	.000	.375	.000
G Kottaras C	2	0	0	0	0	2	11	.000	.000	.000
a-D Norris PH-C	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.000	.000
C Pennington 2B	3	1	2	1	1	0	17	.600	.714	.600
Totals	33	4	9	3	3	9	154
a-struck out swinging for G Kottaras in the 9th
BATTING HR: J Reddick (1, 8th inning off J Benoit 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Y Cespedes (1), C Pennington (1), J Reddick (1) S: G Kottaras GIDP: J Donaldson Athletics RISP: 3-8 (Y Cespedes 1-2, B Moss 1-1, J Reddick 0-1, C Pennington 1-1, G Kottaras 0-1, S Drew 0-2) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: Y Cespedes 2 (2, 3rd base off J Benoit/G Laird, 2nd base off J Benoit/G Laird)
FIELDING E: C Crisp (1, fly ball)

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
T Milone	6.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	100-62	1.50
S Doolittle (B, 1)	1.0	2	2	0	0	2	0	24-19	0.00
R Cook (B, 1)	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	23-15	9.00
G Balfour (L, 0-1)	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	18-10	13.50
Totals	8.2	11	5	3	2	11	0	165-106
PITCHING WP: T Milone; R Cook IBB: P Fielder (By G Balfour) HBP: G Laird (By T Milone) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: T Milone 18/25; S Doolittle 5/6; R Cook 2/5; G Balfour 4/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: T Milone 18-10-17-17; S Doolittle 2-3-10-4; R Cook 1-7-4-3; G Balfour 3-2-2-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Milone 3-9; S Doolittle 1-0; R Cook 1-0; G Balfour 0-1 Game Scores: T Milone 63

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Jackson CF	5	1	1	0	0	2	22	.222	.222	.333
O Infante 2B	5	2	2	0	0	1	18	.375	.375	.500
M Cabrera 3B	5	1	3	0	0	0	17	.375	.444	.625
P Fielder 1B	4	0	1	0	1	1	25	.125	.222	.125
D Young DH	4	0	1	1	0	0	13	.167	.286	.167
D Kelly PR-DH	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
J Peralta SS	4	0	2	0	0	1	18	.286	.286	.286
D Worth PR-SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
A Dirks LF-RF	3	0	1	0	0	2	16	.333	.333	.333
A Garcia RF	2	0	0	0	1	1	16	.000	.250	.000
a-Q Berry PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.500	.500	.500
G Laird C	2	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.333	.000
b-A Avila PH-C	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.500	.500	1.250
Totals	36	5	11	2	2	11	165
a-struck out swinging for A Garcia in the 8th b-struck out looking for G Laird in the 8th
BATTING 2B: M Cabrera 2 (2, T Milone 2) RBI: D Young (1), D Kelly (1) S: A Dirks SF: D Kelly Tigers RISP: 1-8 (P Fielder 1-2, A Avila 0-1, A Jackson 0-1, M Cabrera 0-1, D Young 0-1, Q Berry 0-1, J Peralta 0-1) Team LOB: 10
FIELDING DP: 1 (J Peralta-P Fielder). Outfield Assist: A Garcia (C Crisp at Home).

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Fister	7.0	6	2	2	2	8	0	107-68	2.57
J Benoit (B, 1)	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	24-16	9.00
P Coke	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	20-11	0.00
A Alburquerque (W, 1-0)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	0.00
Totals	9.0	9	4	4	3	9	1	154-97
PITCHING WP: J Benoit HBP: S Smith (By D Fister); B Moss (By D Fister) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Fister 18/29; J Benoit 3/5; P Coke 2/4; A Alburquerque 0/1 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Fister 22-13-16-17; J Benoit 0-5-7-4; P Coke 3-1-5-2; A Alburquerque 1-0-0-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Fister 7-5; J Benoit 0-3; P Coke 1-0; A Alburquerque 1-0 Game Scores: D Fister 63

Scoring Summary

			OAK	DET
	3rd	Y Cespedes singled to shallow left, C Pennington scored, C Crisp to second.	1	0
	3rd	D Young grounded out to first, M Cabrera scored, P Fielder to second.	1	1
	7th	C Pennington singled to shallow center, S Smith scored.	2	1
	7th	M Cabrera safe at first on error by center fielder C Crisp, A Jackson and O Infante scored.	2	3
	8th	Y Cespedes scored on J Benoit's wild pitch.	3	3
	8th	J Reddick homered to right (361 feet).	4	3
	8th	D Kelly scored, D Worth to third on wild pitch by R Cook.	4	4
	9th	D Kelly hit sacrifice fly to right, O Infante scored.	4	5
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Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	40,684 (98.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:28
Weather	48 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	4 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - Dana DeMuth, Second Base - Eric Cooper, Third Base - Wally Bell