GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: OAKLAND (39-37) at CLEVELAND (45-31)

AL: OAKLAND at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
OAKLAND 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 16 0
CLEVELAND 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 7 10 0 (TOP 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: OAK - SANTIAGO CASILLA
CLE - EDWARD MUJICA

DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: K SUZUKI (.417, 1-FOR-3, BB, HR, 2 RBI)
T BUCK (.279, 1-FOR-4, BB)
S STEWART (.290, 3-FOR-5)</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">OAKLAND (11) VS CLEVELAND (7) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
T Buck rf 4 2 1 0 1 0 3 .279
S Stewart lf 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 .290
N Swisher cf 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 .281
J Cust dh 4 1 2 5 0 1 2 .275
E Chavez 3b 4 2 3 1 1 0 1 .243
M Ellis 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .275
D Johnson 1b 4 0 2 1 1 1 1 .254
M Scutaro ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 .241
K Suzuki c 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 .417

Totals 38 11 16 11 5 4 18

BATTING: 2B - T Buck (11, F Carmona); N Swisher (16, F Carmona); E Chavez (17,
J Stanford). HR - J Cust (13, 1st inning off F Carmona 2 on, 1 Out), K Suzuki
(2, 2nd inning off F Carmona 1 on, 0 Out). SF - J Cust. RBI - J Cust 5 (34), K
Suzuki 2 (3), N Swisher (42), E Chavez (37), D Johnson (27), M Scutaro (11).
2-out RBI - M Scutaro, J Cust. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M
Ellis 1, D Johnson 1, K Suzuki 1, T Buck 2. GIDP - M Scutaro. Team LOB - 9.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Ellis-M Scutaro-D Johnson).


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 .281
C Blake 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 .274
V Martinez c 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .312
T Hafner dh 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .260
J Peralta ss 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 .284
R Garko 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .292
J Michaels lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .303
F Gutierrez rf 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 .273
J Barfield 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .263

Totals 33 7 10 7 4 5 15

BATTING: 2B - J Michaels (7, C Lewis). HR - J Peralta (13, 2nd inning off L
DiNardo 0 on, 0 Out), F Gutierrez (4, 6th inning off C Lewis 2 on, 1 Out), C
Blake (11, 7th inning off D Braden 0 on, 0 Out), T Hafner (12, 7th inning off D
Braden 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - J Peralta (45), G Sizemore (36), F Gutierrez 3 (9),
C Blake (39), T Hafner (51). 2-out RBI - G Sizemore. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - C Blake 1. GIDP - C Blake. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Peralta-J Barfield-R Garko).


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OAKLAND - 360 001 10 -- 11
CLEVELAND - 020 003 20 -- 7
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OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
L DiNardo 5 5 2 2 3 3 1 2.47
C Lewis 2/3 3 3 3 0 0 1 9.95
D Braden 1 1/3 2 2 2 0 1 2 6.86
S Casilla 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.61

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
F Carmona 1 7 8 8 2 1 2 3.92
J Stanford 5 2/3 9 3 3 3 2 0 4.91
E Mujica 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.37

F Carmona pitched to 5 batters in the 2nd.

WP - F Carmona. Pitches-strikes: L DiNardo 106-65; C Lewis 22-12; D Braden
22-15; S Casilla 17-10; F Carmona 44-28; J Stanford 94-59; E Mujica 15-10.
Ground balls-fly balls: L DiNardo 10-2; C Lewis 1-1; D Braden 0-3; S Casilla
0-2; F Carmona 1-1; J Stanford 9-6; E Mujica 0-3. Batters faced: L DiNardo 22;
C Lewis 5; D Braden 6; S Casilla 4; F Carmona 12; J Stanford 28; E Mujica 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Gerry Davis. 1B--Brian Gorman. 2B--Mike Everitt. 3B--Paul
Nauert.

(Plus rain delay totaling 28 minutes in the 7th). Weather: 79 degrees, partly
cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, out to center.</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY SHANNON STEWART (6) TO CENTER WITH 1
OUT IN THE 9TH OFF EDWARD MUJICA SCORED TRAVIS BUCK.
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 13, CLEVELAND 7

DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: N SWISHER (.281, 1-FOR-4, BB, RBI)</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
OAKLAND 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 13 18 0
CLEVELAND 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 7 10 0 (BOT 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: OAK - SANTIAGO CASILLA
CLE - EDWARD MUJICA

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: C BLAKE (.274, 1-FOR-3, BB, HR, RBI)
V MARTINEZ (.312, 1-FOR-4)
T HAFNER (.260, 1-FOR-3, BB, HR, RBI)</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">OAKLAND (13) VS CLEVELAND (7) - MID 9TH - IN PROGRESS

OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
T Buck rf 5 3 2 0 1 0 3 .283
S Stewart lf 6 3 4 2 0 0 1 .292
N Swisher cf 5 2 1 1 1 0 1 .280
J Cust dh 5 1 2 5 0 1 2 .273
E Chavez 3b 4 2 3 1 1 0 1 .243
M Ellis 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .275
D Johnson 1b 4 0 2 1 1 1 1 .254
M Scutaro ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 .241
K Suzuki c 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 .385

Totals 43 13 18 13 5 5 18

BATTING: 2B - T Buck (11, F Carmona); N Swisher (16, F Carmona); E Chavez (17,
J Stanford). HR - J Cust (13, 1st inning off F Carmona 2 on, 1 Out), K Suzuki
(2, 2nd inning off F Carmona 1 on, 0 Out), S Stewart (6, 9th inning off E
Mujica 1 on, 1 Out). SF - J Cust. RBI - J Cust 5 (34), K Suzuki 2 (3), N
Swisher (42), E Chavez (37), D Johnson (27), M Scutaro (11), S Stewart 2 (24).
2-out RBI - M Scutaro, J Cust. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M
Ellis 1, D Johnson 1, K Suzuki 1, T Buck 2. GIDP - M Scutaro. Team LOB - 9.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Ellis-M Scutaro-D Johnson).


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 .281
C Blake 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 .274
V Martinez c 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .312
T Hafner dh 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .260
J Peralta ss 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 .284
R Garko 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .292
J Michaels lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .303
F Gutierrez rf 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 .273
J Barfield 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .263

Totals 33 7 10 7 4 5 15

BATTING: 2B - J Michaels (7, C Lewis). HR - J Peralta (13, 2nd inning off L
DiNardo 0 on, 0 Out), F Gutierrez (4, 6th inning off C Lewis 2 on, 1 Out), C
Blake (11, 7th inning off D Braden 0 on, 0 Out), T Hafner (12, 7th inning off D
Braden 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - J Peralta (45), G Sizemore (36), F Gutierrez 3 (9),
C Blake (39), T Hafner (51). 2-out RBI - G Sizemore. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - C Blake 1. GIDP - C Blake. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Peralta-J Barfield-R Garko).


----------------------------------------------------
OAKLAND - 360 001 102 -- 13
CLEVELAND - 020 003 20 -- 7
----------------------------------------------------

OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
L DiNardo 5 5 2 2 3 3 1 2.47
C Lewis 2/3 3 3 3 0 0 1 9.95
D Braden 1 1/3 2 2 2 0 1 2 6.86
S Casilla 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.61

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
F Carmona 1 7 8 8 2 1 2 3.92
J Stanford 5 2/3 9 3 3 3 2 0 4.91
E Mujica 2 1/3 2 2 2 0 2 1 5.68

F Carmona pitched to 5 batters in the 2nd.

WP - F Carmona. Pitches-strikes: L DiNardo 106-65; C Lewis 22-12; D Braden
22-15; S Casilla 17-10; F Carmona 44-28; J Stanford 94-59; E Mujica 27-21.
Ground balls-fly balls: L DiNardo 10-2; C Lewis 1-1; D Braden 0-3; S Casilla
0-2; F Carmona 1-1; J Stanford 9-6; E Mujica 2-3. Batters faced: L DiNardo 22;
C Lewis 5; D Braden 6; S Casilla 4; F Carmona 12; J Stanford 28; E Mujica 9.

UMPIRES: HP--Gerry Davis. 1B--Brian Gorman. 2B--Mike Everitt. 3B--Paul
Nauert.

(Plus rain delay totaling 28 minutes in the 7th). Weather: 79 degrees, partly
cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, out to center.</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
OAKLAND 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 13 18 0
CLEVELAND 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 7 11 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: OAK - LENNY DINARDO, COLBY LEWIS (6TH), DALLAS BRADEN (6TH),
SANTIAGO CASILLA (8TH) AND KURT SUZUKI

CLE - FAUSTO CARMONA, JASON STANFORD (2ND), EDWARD
MUJICA (7TH) AND VICTOR MARTINEZ

HOME RUNS: OAK - JACK CUST (13) OFF FAUSTO CARMONA IN THE 1ST, 2 ON
KURT SUZUKI (2) OFF FAUSTO CARMONA IN THE 2ND, 1 ON
SHANNON STEWART (6) OFF EDWARD MUJICA IN THE 9TH, 1 ON

CLE - JHONNY PERALTA (13) OFF LENNY DINARDO IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ (4) OFF COLBY LEWIS IN THE 6TH, 2 ON
CASEY BLAKE (11) OFF DALLAS BRADEN IN THE 7TH, 0 ON
TRAVIS HAFNER (12) OFF DALLAS BRADEN IN THE 7TH, 0 ON</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
OAKLAND 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 13 18 0
CLEVELAND 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 7 11 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: OAK - LENNY DINARDO, COLBY LEWIS (6TH), DALLAS BRADEN (6TH),
SANTIAGO CASILLA (8TH) AND KURT SUZUKI

CLE - FAUSTO CARMONA, JASON STANFORD (2ND), EDWARD
MUJICA (7TH) AND VICTOR MARTINEZ


WP - LENNY DINARDO (3-4)
LP - FAUSTO CARMONA (8-4)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: OAK - JACK CUST (13) OFF FAUSTO CARMONA IN THE 1ST, 2 ON
KURT SUZUKI (2) OFF FAUSTO CARMONA IN THE 2ND, 1 ON
SHANNON STEWART (6) OFF EDWARD MUJICA IN THE 9TH, 1 ON

CLE - JHONNY PERALTA (13) OFF LENNY DINARDO IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ (4) OFF COLBY LEWIS IN THE 6TH, 2 ON
CASEY BLAKE (11) OFF DALLAS BRADEN IN THE 7TH, 0 ON
TRAVIS HAFNER (12) OFF DALLAS BRADEN IN THE 7TH, 0 ON


TIME: 3:22 ATT: 18,614

PROBABLES: OAK - JOE BLANTON (7-4, 3.19)
CLE - PAUL BYRD (6-3, 4.74)</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">OAKLAND (13) VS CLEVELAND (7) - FINAL

OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
T Buck rf 5 3 2 0 1 0 3 .283
S Stewart lf 6 3 4 2 0 0 1 .292
N Swisher cf 5 2 1 1 1 0 1 .280
J Cust dh 5 1 2 5 0 1 2 .273
E Chavez 3b 4 2 3 1 1 0 1 .243
M Ellis 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .275
D Johnson 1b 4 0 2 1 1 1 1 .254
M Scutaro ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 .241
K Suzuki c 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 .385

Totals 43 13 18 13 5 5 18

BATTING: 2B - T Buck (11, F Carmona); N Swisher (16, F Carmona); E Chavez (17,
J Stanford). HR - J Cust (13, 1st inning off F Carmona 2 on, 1 Out), K Suzuki
(2, 2nd inning off F Carmona 1 on, 0 Out), S Stewart (6, 9th inning off E
Mujica 1 on, 1 Out). SF - J Cust. RBI - J Cust 5 (34), K Suzuki 2 (3), N
Swisher (42), E Chavez (37), D Johnson (27), M Scutaro (11), S Stewart 2 (24).
2-out RBI - M Scutaro, J Cust. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M
Ellis 1, D Johnson 1, K Suzuki 1, T Buck 2. GIDP - M Scutaro. Team LOB - 9.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Ellis-M Scutaro-D Johnson).


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 .281
C Blake 3b 4 1 1 1 1 0 3 .273
V Martinez c 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 .315
T Hafner dh 4 1 1 1 1 0 3 .259
J Peralta ss 5 2 2 1 0 2 2 .283
R Garko 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .292
J Michaels lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .303
F Gutierrez rf 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 .273
J Barfield 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .263

Totals 37 7 11 7 4 6 17

BATTING: 2B - J Michaels (7, C Lewis). HR - J Peralta (13, 2nd inning off L
DiNardo 0 on, 0 Out), F Gutierrez (4, 6th inning off C Lewis 2 on, 1 Out), C
Blake (11, 7th inning off D Braden 0 on, 0 Out), T Hafner (12, 7th inning off D
Braden 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - J Peralta (45), G Sizemore (36), F Gutierrez 3 (9),
C Blake (39), T Hafner (51). 2-out RBI - G Sizemore. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - C Blake 1. GIDP - C Blake. Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Peralta-J Barfield-R Garko).


----------------------------------------------------
OAKLAND - 360 001 102 -- 13
CLEVELAND - 020 003 200 -- 7
----------------------------------------------------

OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
L DiNardo (W, 3-4) 5 5 2 2 3 3 1 2.47
C Lewis 2/3 3 3 3 0 0 1 9.95
D Braden 1 1/3 2 2 2 0 1 2 6.86
S Casilla 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.57

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
F Carmona (L, 8-4) 1 7 8 8 2 1 2 3.92
J Stanford 5 2/3 9 3 3 3 2 0 4.91
E Mujica 2 1/3 2 2 2 0 2 1 5.68

F Carmona pitched to 5 batters in the 2nd.

WP - F Carmona. Pitches-strikes: L DiNardo 106-65; C Lewis 22-12; D Braden
22-15; S Casilla 34-21; F Carmona 44-28; J Stanford 94-59; E Mujica 27-21.
Ground balls-fly balls: L DiNardo 10-2; C Lewis 1-1; D Braden 0-3; S Casilla
0-4; F Carmona 1-1; J Stanford 9-6; E Mujica 2-3. Batters faced: L DiNardo 22;
C Lewis 5; D Braden 6; S Casilla 8; F Carmona 12; J Stanford 28; E Mujica 9.

UMPIRES: HP--Gerry Davis. 1B--Brian Gorman. 2B--Mike Everitt. 3B--Paul
Nauert.

T--3:22. (Plus rain delay totaling 28 minutes in the 7th). Att--18,614.

Weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, out to center.</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
OAKLAND 13
CLEVELAND 7 FINAL</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OAKLAND (13) AT CLEVELAND (7) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

OAKLAND 1ST: T Buck walked. S Stewart flied out to right. N Swisher
walked, T Buck to second. J Cust homered to center, T Buck and N Swisher
scored. E Chavez singled to left center. E Chavez to second on wild pitch by
F Carmona. M Ellis struck out swinging. D Johnson grounded out to second.
(3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 3, CLEVELAND 0.

OAKLAND 2ND: M Scutaro singled to left. K Suzuki homered to left,
M Scutaro scored. T Buck doubled to deep left. S Stewart reached on infield
single to shortstop, T Buck to third. N Swisher doubled to deep center, T Buck
scored, S Stewart to third. J Stanford relieved F Carmona. J Cust hit
sacrifice fly to center, S Stewart scored. E Chavez doubled to deep center,
N Swisher scored. M Ellis singled to center, E Chavez to third. D Johnson
singled to center, E Chavez scored, M Ellis to second. M Scutaro popped out to
first. K Suzuki walked, M Ellis to third, D Johnson to second. T Buck
grounded out to second. (6 Runs, 8 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 9, CLEVELAND 0.

CLEVELAND 2ND: J Peralta homered to center. R Garko singled to center.
J Michaels reached on infield single to shortstop, R Garko to second.
F Gutierrez struck out swinging. J Barfield struck out swinging. G Sizemore
singled to center, R Garko scored, J Michaels to third. C Blake grounded out
to third. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 9, CLEVELAND 2.

OAKLAND 6TH: J Cust grounded out to pitcher. E Chavez singled to right.
M Ellis fouled out to catcher. D Johnson singled to right, E Chavez to second.
M Scutaro singled to center, E Chavez scored, D Johnson to second. K Suzuki
struck out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 10, CLEVELAND 2.

CLEVELAND 6TH: C Lewis relieved L DiNardo. J Peralta singled to center.
R Garko popped out to second. J Michaels doubled to deep left center, J Peralta
to third. F Gutierrez homered to left, J Peralta and J Michaels scored.
J Barfield grounded out to third. D Braden relieved C Lewis. G Sizemore flied
out to right. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 10, CLEVELAND 5.

OAKLAND 7TH: T Buck popped out to shortstop. S Stewart singled to right.
N Swisher grounded out to shortstop, S Stewart to second. J Cust singled to
center, S Stewart scored. E Mujica relieved J Stanford. E Chavez popped out to
third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 11, CLEVELAND 5.

CLEVELAND 7TH: C Blake homered to left. V Martinez popped out to second.
T Hafner homered to right. J Peralta struck out swinging. R Garko flied out
to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 11, CLEVELAND 7.

OAKLAND 9TH: K Suzuki struck out swinging. T Buck reached on bunt single
to first. S Stewart homered to center, T Buck scored. N Swisher grounded out
to second. J Cust grounded out to second. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 13,
CLEVELAND 7.</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OAKLAND (13) AT CLEVELAND (7) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Oakland Starting Lineups -- T Buck RF, S Stewart LF, N Swisher CF, J Cust DH,
E Chavez 3B, M Ellis 2B, D Johnson 1B, M Scutaro SS, K Suzuki C, L DiNardo LHP.

Cleveland Starting Lineups -- G Sizemore CF, C Blake 3B, V Martinez C, T Hafner DH,
J Peralta SS, R Garko 1B, J Michaels LF, F Gutierrez RF, J Barfield 2B, F Carmona RHP.

Umpires -- Gerry Davis (HP), Brian Gorman (1B), Mike Everitt (2B), Paul Nauert (3B).

Gametime Weather: 79 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind out to center at 8 mph.


OAKLAND 1ST: T Buck walked. S Stewart flied out to right. N Swisher
walked, T Buck to second. J Cust homered to center, T Buck and N Swisher
scored. E Chavez singled to left center. E Chavez to second on wild pitch by
F Carmona. M Ellis struck out swinging. D Johnson grounded out to second.
(3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 3, CLEVELAND 0.

CLEVELAND 1ST: G Sizemore grounded out to second. C Blake walked.
V Martinez struck out swinging. T Hafner grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 3, CLEVELAND 0.

OAKLAND 2ND: M Scutaro singled to left. K Suzuki homered to left,
M Scutaro scored. T Buck doubled to deep left. S Stewart reached on infield
single to shortstop, T Buck to third. N Swisher doubled to deep center, T Buck
scored, S Stewart to third. J Stanford relieved F Carmona. J Cust hit
sacrifice fly to center, S Stewart scored. E Chavez doubled to deep center,
N Swisher scored. M Ellis singled to center, E Chavez to third. D Johnson
singled to center, E Chavez scored, M Ellis to second. M Scutaro popped out to
first. K Suzuki walked, M Ellis to third, D Johnson to second. T Buck
grounded out to second. (6 Runs, 8 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 9, CLEVELAND 0.

CLEVELAND 2ND: J Peralta homered to center. R Garko singled to center.
J Michaels reached on infield single to shortstop, R Garko to second.
F Gutierrez struck out swinging. J Barfield struck out swinging. G Sizemore
singled to center, R Garko scored, J Michaels to third. C Blake grounded out
to third. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 9, CLEVELAND 2.

OAKLAND 3RD: S Stewart singled to center. N Swisher popped out to first.
J Cust struck out looking. E Chavez walked, S Stewart to second. M Ellis
grounded into fielder's choice to third, S Stewart out at third.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 9, CLEVELAND 2.

CLEVELAND 3RD: V Martinez grounded out to third. T Hafner walked.
J Peralta grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, T Hafner out at second.
R Garko grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Peralta out at second.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 9, CLEVELAND 2.

OAKLAND 4TH: D Johnson walked. M Scutaro grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, D Johnson out at second. K Suzuki grounded out to
third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 9, CLEVELAND 2.

CLEVELAND 4TH: J Michaels grounded out to shortstop. F Gutierrez grounded
out to second. J Barfield popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
OAKLAND 9, CLEVELAND 2.

OAKLAND 5TH: T Buck flied out to center. S Stewart grounded out to
shortstop. N Swisher grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
OAKLAND 9, CLEVELAND 2.

CLEVELAND 5TH: G Sizemore walked. C Blake grounded into double play,
second to shortstop to first, G Sizemore out at second. V Martinez singled to
center. T Hafner flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 9,
CLEVELAND 2.

OAKLAND 6TH: J Cust grounded out to pitcher. E Chavez singled to right.
M Ellis fouled out to catcher. D Johnson singled to right, E Chavez to second.
M Scutaro singled to center, E Chavez scored, D Johnson to second. K Suzuki
struck out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 10, CLEVELAND 2.

CLEVELAND 6TH: C Lewis relieved L DiNardo. J Peralta singled to center.
R Garko popped out to second. J Michaels doubled to deep left center, J Peralta
to third. F Gutierrez homered to left, J Peralta and J Michaels scored.
J Barfield grounded out to third. D Braden relieved C Lewis. G Sizemore flied
out to right. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 10, CLEVELAND 5.

OAKLAND 7TH: T Buck popped out to shortstop. S Stewart singled to right.
N Swisher grounded out to shortstop, S Stewart to second. J Cust singled to
center, S Stewart scored. E Mujica relieved J Stanford. E Chavez popped out to
third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 11, CLEVELAND 5.

CLEVELAND 7TH: C Blake homered to left. V Martinez popped out to second.
T Hafner homered to right. J Peralta struck out swinging. R Garko flied out
to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 11, CLEVELAND 7.

OAKLAND 8TH: M Ellis flied out to right. D Johnson struck out swinging.
M Scutaro flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 11, CLEVELAND 7.

CLEVELAND 8TH: S Casilla relieved D Braden. J Michaels struck out swinging.
F Gutierrez walked. J Barfield flied out to right. G Sizemore lined out to
second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 11, CLEVELAND 7.

OAKLAND 9TH: K Suzuki struck out swinging. T Buck reached on bunt single
to first. S Stewart homered to center, T Buck scored. N Swisher grounded out
to second. J Cust grounded out to second. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 13,
CLEVELAND 7.

CLEVELAND 9TH: C Blake flied out to left. V Martinez singled to left
center. T Hafner flied out to right. J Peralta struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 13, CLEVELAND 7.</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">OAKLAND (13) VS CLEVELAND (7) - FINAL

OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
T Buck rf 5 3 2 0 1 0 3 .283
S Stewart lf 6 3 4 2 0 0 1 .292
N Swisher cf 5 2 1 1 1 0 1 .280
J Cust dh 5 1 2 5 0 1 2 .273
E Chavez 3b 4 2 3 1 1 0 1 .243
M Ellis 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .275
D Johnson 1b 4 0 2 1 1 1 1 .254
M Scutaro ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 .241
K Suzuki c 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 .385

Totals 43 13 18 13 5 5 18

BATTING: 2B - T Buck (11, F Carmona); N Swisher (16, F Carmona); E Chavez (17,
J Stanford). HR - J Cust (13, 1st inning off F Carmona 2 on, 1 Out), K Suzuki
(2, 2nd inning off F Carmona 1 on, 0 Out), S Stewart (6, 9th inning off E
Mujica 1 on, 1 Out). SF - J Cust. RBI - J Cust 5 (34), K Suzuki 2 (3), N
Swisher (42), E Chavez (37), D Johnson (27), M Scutaro (11), S Stewart 2 (24).
2-out RBI - M Scutaro, J Cust. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M
Ellis 1, D Johnson 1, K Suzuki 1, T Buck 2. GIDP - M Scutaro. Team LOB - 9.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Ellis-M Scutaro-D Johnson).


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 .281
C Blake 3b 4 1 1 1 1 0 3 .273
V Martinez c 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 .315
T Hafner dh 4 1 1 1 1 0 3 .259
J Peralta ss 5 2 2 1 0 2 2 .283
R Garko 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .292
J Michaels lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .303
F Gutierrez rf 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 .273
J Barfield 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .263

Totals 37 7 11 7 4 6 17

BATTING: 2B - J Michaels (7, C Lewis). HR - J Peralta (13, 2nd inning off L
DiNardo 0 on, 0 Out), F Gutierrez (4, 6th inning off C Lewis 2 on, 1 Out), C
Blake (11, 7th inning off D Braden 0 on, 0 Out), T Hafner (12, 7th inning off D
Braden 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - J Peralta (45), G Sizemore (36), F Gutierrez 3 (9),
C Blake (39), T Hafner (51). 2-out RBI - G Sizemore. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - C Blake 1. GIDP - C Blake. Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Peralta-J Barfield-R Garko).


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OAKLAND - 360 001 102 -- 13
CLEVELAND - 020 003 200 -- 7
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OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
L DiNardo (W, 3-4) 5 5 2 2 3 3 1 2.47
C Lewis 2/3 3 3 3 0 0 1 9.95
D Braden 1 1/3 2 2 2 0 1 2 6.86
S Casilla 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.57

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
F Carmona (L, 8-4) 1 7 8 8 2 1 2 3.92
J Stanford 5 2/3 9 3 3 3 2 0 4.91
E Mujica 2 1/3 2 2 2 0 2 1 5.68

F Carmona pitched to 5 batters in the 2nd.

WP - F Carmona. Pitches-strikes: L DiNardo 106-65; C Lewis 22-12; D Braden
22-15; S Casilla 34-21; F Carmona 44-28; J Stanford 94-59; E Mujica 27-21.
Ground balls-fly balls: L DiNardo 10-2; C Lewis 1-1; D Braden 0-3; S Casilla
0-4; F Carmona 1-1; J Stanford 9-6; E Mujica 2-3. Batters faced: L DiNardo 22;
C Lewis 5; D Braden 6; S Casilla 8; F Carmona 12; J Stanford 28; E Mujica 9.

UMPIRES: HP--Gerry Davis. 1B--Brian Gorman. 2B--Mike Everitt. 3B--Paul
Nauert.

T--3:22. (Plus rain delay totaling 29 minutes in the 7th). Att--18,614.

Weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, out to center.</div>

 

Cust powers Athletics past Indians

<h3>OAKLAND 13, CLEVELAND 7</h3>CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- Jack Cust continued his dominance overthe Cleveland Indians and helped wake the Oakland Athletics batsin the process.

Cust homered and had a career-high five RBI as the Athleticssnapped a five-game losing streak with an 13-7 victory over theIndians on Wednesday.

Cust, who is batting .409 (9-of-22) with five homers and 15 RBIin six games against Cleveland this season, blasted a three-runhomer off Indians starter Fausto Carmona (8-4) to stake theAthetics to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning.

Oakland, which had scored only 10 runs during the five-gamelosing streak, added six more runs in the second to open up a9-0 advantage.

After Marco Scutaro led off with a single, Kurt Suzuki blastedhis second home run of the season. Travis Buck followed with adouble, and Shannon Stewart had an infield single before NickSwisher ended Carmona's night with an RBI double to center.

Jason Stanford entered but failed to slow down Oakland'soffense. Cust's sacrifice fly made the score 6-0, and Chavezfollowed with a double to left center before Mark Ellis and DanJohnson hit back-to-back RBI singles to cap the rally.

Lenny DiNardo (3-5), who threw a season-high 106 pitches, wasthe beneficiary of Oakland's offensive outburst as he allowedtwo runs and five hits with three walks and three strikeouts infive innings to pick up his second win since being moved to therotation on May 29.

Oakland needed all the offense it could get as Cleveland scoredfive runs off the Athletics beleaguered bullpen.

After a 29-minute rain delay, Casey Blake and Travis Hafner eachhit solo homers off Athletics reliever Dallas Braden to cut thedeficit to 11-4.

But Santiago Casilla pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth topreserve the victory.

Carmona suffered his worst outing of the season and the shorteststart of his career. Carmona allowed seven hits and aseason-high eight runs in just one frame. The righthander sawhis ERA jump from 3.21 to 3.92.

It was the second straight loss for Carmona, who started theseason 7-1 but has lost three of his last four starts with a6.86 ERA during that span.

 

Cust powers Athletics past Indians

<h3>OAKLAND 13, CLEVELAND 7</h3>CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- Jack Cust continued his dominance overthe Cleveland Indians and helped wake the Oakland Athletics batsin the process.

Cust homered and had a career-high five RBI as the Athleticssnapped a five-game losing streak with an 13-7 victory over theIndians on Wednesday.

Cust, who is batting .391 (9-of-23) with five homers and 15 RBIin six games against Cleveland this season, blasted a three-runhomer off Indians starter Fausto Carmona (8-4) to stake theAthletics to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning.

"It's nothing different," said Cust. "I just happen to beplaying (Cleveland) when I am seeing the ball well. When wefirst played them, I was hitting the ball good and I am hittingthe ball well right now."

"(Cust) continues to impress," Athletics manager Bob Geren said."He's doing a terrific job for us. He was a great story earlyon in the season and a lot of people wrote about him. Now youare getting past the story, but he is still a great hitter."

Oakland, which had scored just 10 runs during the five-gamelosing streak, added six more runs in the second to open up a9-0 advantage.

"It was great for the bats to come out early and score someruns," Cust said. "Obviously we needed the win."

After Marco Scutaro led off with a single, Kurt Suzuki blastedhis second home run of the season. Travis Buck followed with adouble, and Shannon Stewart had an infield single before NickSwisher ended Carmona's night with an RBI double to center.

Jason Stanford entered but failed to slow down Oakland'soffense. Cust's sacrifice fly made the score 6-0, and Chavezfollowed with a double to left center before Mark Ellis and DanJohnson hit back-to-back RBI singles to cap the rally.

"It was an outstanding offensive performance, probably our bestall season," Geren said.

Lenny DiNardo (3-5), who threw a season-high 106 pitches, wasthe beneficiary of Oakland's offensive outburst as he allowedtwo runs and five hits with three walks and three strikeouts infive innings to pick up his second win since being moved to therotation on May 29.

"That kind of run support was a confidence booster for me,"DiNardo said. "After we took the lead, I just wanted to beaggressive and pound the strike zone. A lot of times you see apitcher get lax with a big lead, I just kept trying to pitchlike the score was 0-0."

Oakland needed all the offense it could get as Cleveland scoredfive runs off the Athletics beleaguered bullpen.

After a 29-minute rain delay, Casey Blake and Travis Hafner eachhit solo homers off Athletics reliever Dallas Braden to cut thedeficit to 11-4.

But Santiago Casilla pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth topreserve the victory.

Carmona suffered his worst outing of the season and the shorteststart of his career. Carmona allowed seven hits and aseason-high eight runs in just one frame. The righthander sawhis ERA jump from 3.21 to 3.92.

"I was up in the strike zone," Carmona said through atranslator. "My ball wasn't sinking as much as it usually does.When it was sinking, it was out of the strike zone, so I triedto go with my other pitches."

It was the second straight loss for Carmona, who started theseason 7-1 but has lost three of his last four starts with a6.86 ERA during that span.