Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics - Play By Play - July 04, 2012

Scores for Jul 4, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Oakland won 3-0

Game 1: Monday, July 2
Boston	1	Final
Oakland	6	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, July 3
Boston	2	Final
Oakland	3	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, July 4
Boston	2	Final
Oakland	3	Final
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Red Sox 2

(42-40, 21-19 away)

Athletics 3

(41-42, 22-19 home)

Alerts

4:05 PM ET, July 4, 2012

O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	0
OAK	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	-	3	10	0

W: G. Balfour (2-2)

L: A. Cook (2-2)

S: R. Cook (8)

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Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Boston - Top of 1st	SCORE
A.J. Griffin pitching for Oakland	BOS	OAK
D Nava grounded out to pitcher.	0	0
R Kalish grounded out to shortstop.	0	0
D Ortiz struck out swinging.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 1st	SCORE
Aaron Cook pitching for Boston	BOS	OAK
C Crisp grounded out to first.	0	0
J Weeks grounded out to second.	0	0
J Reddick reached on infield single to second.	0	0
Y Cespedes singled to left, J Reddick to second.	0	0
S Smith grounded into fielder's choice to second, Y Cespedes out at second.	0	0
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 2nd	SCORE
A.J. Griffin pitching for Oakland	BOS	OAK
J Saltalamacchia popped out to third.	0	0
A Gonzalez grounded out to second.	0	0
M Gomez doubled to deep left.	0	0
C Ross flied out to center.	0	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 2nd	SCORE
Aaron Cook pitching for Boston	BOS	OAK
B Moss homered to center (410 feet).	0	1
D Norris grounded out to third.	0	1
B Inge flied out to center.	0	1
C Pennington grounded out to second.	0	1
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 3rd	SCORE
A.J. Griffin pitching for Oakland	BOS	OAK
M Aviles popped out to first.	0	1
N Punto walked.	0	1
D Nava popped out to shortstop.	0	1
R Kalish flied out to center.	0	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 3rd	SCORE
Aaron Cook pitching for Boston	BOS	OAK
C Crisp singled to deep center.	0	1
J Weeks grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Crisp out at second.	0	1
J Reddick walked, J Weeks to second.	0	1
Y Cespedes grounded out to shortstop, J Weeks to third, J Reddick to second.	0	1
S Smith grounded out to first.	0	1
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 4th	SCORE
A.J. Griffin pitching for Oakland	BOS	OAK
D Ortiz homered to right (377 feet).	1	1
J Saltalamacchia grounded out to second.	1	1
A Gonzalez flied out to center.	1	1
M Gomez flied out to left.	1	1
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 4th	SCORE
Aaron Cook pitching for Boston	BOS	OAK
B Moss singled to right.	1	1
D Norris grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, B Moss out at second.	1	1
B Inge singled to left center, D Norris to second.	1	1
C Pennington flied out to center, D Norris to third.	1	1
C Crisp flied out to left.	1	1
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 5th	SCORE
A.J. Griffin pitching for Oakland	BOS	OAK
C Ross struck out swinging.	1	1
M Aviles struck out swinging.	1	1
N Punto flied out to center.	1	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 5th	SCORE
Aaron Cook pitching for Boston	BOS	OAK
J Weeks grounded out to second.	1	1
J Reddick flied out to left.	1	1
Y Cespedes grounded out to shortstop.	1	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 6th	SCORE
A.J. Griffin pitching for Oakland	BOS	OAK
D Nava flied out to left.	1	1
R Kalish flied out to center.	1	1
D Ortiz walked.	1	1
J Saltalamacchia reached on infield single to second, D Ortiz to second.	1	1
A Gonzalez singled to center, D Ortiz scored, J Saltalamacchia to third.	2	1
M Gomez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, A Gonzalez out at second.	2	1
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 6th	SCORE
Aaron Cook pitching for Boston	BOS	OAK
S Smith grounded out to second.	2	1
B Moss doubled to shortstop.	2	1
D Norris grounded out to third.	2	1
B Inge doubled to deep right, B Moss scored.	2	2
C Pennington flied out to left.	2	2
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 7th	SCORE
Grant Balfour pitching for Oakland	BOS	OAK
G Balfour relieved A Griffin.	2	2
C Ross grounded out to pitcher.	2	2
M Aviles grounded out to third.	2	2
N Punto lined out to first.	2	2
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 7th	SCORE
Aaron Cook pitching for Boston	BOS	OAK
C Crisp tripled to deep right.	2	2
A Miller relieved A Cook.	2	2
J Weeks singled to left, C Crisp scored.	2	3
J Reddick fouled out to catcher.	2	3
M Albers relieved A Miller.	2	3
Y Cespedes fouled out to right.	2	3
F Morales relieved M Albers.	2	3
S Smith struck out swinging.	2	3
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 8th	SCORE
Grant Balfour pitching for Oakland	BOS	OAK
D Nava flied out to left.	2	3
R Kalish popped out to third.	2	3
J Blevins relieved G Balfour.	2	3
D Ortiz struck out swinging.	2	3
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 8th	SCORE
Franklin Morales pitching for Boston	BOS	OAK
B Moss flied out to left.	2	3
D Norris struck out swinging.	2	3
B Inge flied out to right.	2	3
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 9th	SCORE
Ryan Cook pitching for Oakland	BOS	OAK
R Cook relieved J Blevins.	2	3
J Saltalamacchia flied out to left.	2	3
A Gonzalez grounded out to shortstop.	2	3
M Gomez flied out to right.	2	3
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

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