GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: OAKLAND (56-62) at DETROIT (65-52)

AL: OAKLAND at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
OAKLAND 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 7 12 1
DETROIT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: OAK - CHAD GAUDIN, ANDREW BROWN (7TH), HUSTON STREET (9TH) AND KURT
SUZUKI

DET - CHAD DURBIN, JASON GRILLI (5TH), ZACH MINER
(6TH), BOBBY SEAY (8TH), AQUILINO LOPEZ (9TH) AND IVAN
RODRIGUEZ


WP - CHAD GAUDIN (9-8)
LP - CHAD DURBIN (7-5)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: OAK - MARK ELLIS (16) OFF CHAD DURBIN IN THE 1ST, 1 ON

DET - NONE


TIME: 3:04 ATT: 37,229

PROBABLES: DET - JEREMY BONDERMAN (10-5, 4.75)
CLE - C.C. SABATHIA (14-6, 3.52)

PROBABLES: CHA - JON GARLAND (8-7, 4.56)
OAK - LENNY DINARDO (6-6, 3.28)</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at DETROIT

<div class="pre">OAKLAND (7) VS DETROIT (2) - FINAL

OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
S Stewart lf 5 3 4 0 1 0 2 .303
M Ellis 2b 6 1 1 2 0 1 8 .262
J Cust rf 4 1 3 0 1 1 0 .268
J Furmaniak pr-rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Piazza dh 4 1 1 1 1 2 3 .277
D Johnson 1b 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 .227
M Scutaro 3b 4 0 1 3 1 1 3 .247
M Kotsay cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .217
D Murphy ss 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 .219
K Suzuki c 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 .250

Totals 39 7 12 7 7 11 25

BATTING: 2B - K Suzuki (7, C Durbin). HR - M Ellis (16, 1st inning off C Durbin
1 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Ellis 2 (55), M Piazza (24), D Johnson (43), M Scutaro 3
(32). 2-out RBI - M Scutaro. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M
Scutaro 1, M Ellis 2, M Kotsay 2, K Suzuki 1. Reached via catcher's
interference - M Kotsay 1. Team LOB - 13.

FIELDING: E - M Scutaro (11, throw).


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Granderson cf 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .296
P Polanco 2b 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 .344
G Sheffield dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .285
M Ordonez rf 4 0 1 2 0 3 0 .356
C Guillen ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .306
I Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0 0 3 3 .279
S Casey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .291
M Thames lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .259
B Inge 3b 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 .243

Totals 32 2 4 2 3 14 12

BATTING: 2B - I Rodriguez (23, C Gaudin). 3B - C Guillen (8, C Gaudin). RBI - M
Ordonez 2 (104). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Sheffield 1, S
Casey 2, P Polanco 1. Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: E - C Guillen (23, throw); I Rodriguez (6, catchers interference).



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OAKLAND - 202 021 000 -- 7
DETROIT - 200 000 000 -- 2
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OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
C Gaudin (W, 9-8) 6 2/3 4 2 2 2 9 0 4.12
A Brown 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 3 0 1.77
H Street 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.93

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
C Durbin (L, 7-5) 4 1/3 6 6 5 4 3 1 4.68
J Grilli 1 1/3 3 1 1 2 3 0 5.93
Z Miner 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.60
B Seay 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.94
A Lopez 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.77

WP - A Brown. HBP - P Polanco (by C Gaudin). Pitches-strikes: C Gaudin
108-63; A Brown 20-13; H Street 12-7; C Durbin 86-52; J Grilli 39-18; Z Miner
18-12; B Seay 19-14; A Lopez 17-10. Ground balls-fly balls: C Gaudin 7-4; A
Brown 0-1; H Street 1-0; C Durbin 2-8; J Grilli 0-1; Z Miner 1-1; B Seay 0-1; A
Lopez 0-2. Batters faced: C Gaudin 28; A Brown 5; H Street 3; C Durbin 23; J
Grilli 10; Z Miner 5; B Seay 4; A Lopez 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Derryl Cousins. 1B--Ted Barrett. 2B--Mark Carlson. 3B--Angel
Hernandez.

T--3:04. Att--37,229.
Weather: 77 degrees, clear. Wind: 6 mph, out to
center.</div>

 

Gaudin wins first game in five weeks to drop Tigers

<h3>OAKLAND 7, DETROIT 2</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- Chad Gaudin struck out a career-high ninebatters over 6 2/3 strong innings and Shannon Stewart had threehits and three runs as the Oakland Athletics earned a split of afour-game series with the Detroit Tigers with a 7-2 victoryover the Detroit Tigers.


Gaudin (9-8) hadn't won since July 5 against the SeattleMariners, going 0-5 with an 8.54 ERA in his previous six starts,and it looked like another rough outing early for the smallishrighthander.


Gaudin yielded two runs in the first inning, but regrouped andretired 10 batters in a row at one point. He escaped a two-outdouble by Ivan Rodriguez in the fourth and a one-out triple byCarlos Guillen in the sixth.


After allowing a one-out single to Brandon Inge in the seventh,Gaudin departed when Curtis Granderson followed by hitting intoa fielder's choice. Andrew Brown struck out Placido Polanco toend the frame.


Gaudin yielded four hits and two walks among his 108 pitches.

Oakland wasted no time getting to Detroit starter Chad Durbin(7-5), as Stewart led off the game with a single to left fieldand Mark Ellis followed by drilling a 1-2 changeup over the leftfield fence for his 16th homer of the season.


Oakland took the lead for good in the fourth, loading the baseswith one out on walks to rookie Kurt Suzuki and Jack Custsandwiched around a base hit by Stewart. Mike Piazza singled ina run for a 3-2 edge and a groundout by Dan Johnson platedanother run.


After Durbin departed with runners on second and third and oneout, Marco Scutaro continued to pound Detroit pitching in thisseries, greeting Jason Grilli with a two-run single to centerfor a 6-2 lead. Scutaro walked with the bases loaded in thesixth for his ninth RBI of the series.


Durbin was tagged for six runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Magglio Ordonez drove in two runs in the first for Detroit(65-53), which dropped back into a first-place tie with theCleveland Indians (65-53) in the American League Central.Detroit heads for Cleveland to start a brief two-game seriesstarting Tuesday.


Polanco set a major league record by playing in his 144thconsecutive errorless game, breaking a tie with Luis Castillo,who achieved the feat with the Florida Marlins.

 

AL: OAKLAND at DETROIT

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
OAKLAND 7
DETROIT 2 FINAL</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at DETROIT

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OAKLAND (7) AT DETROIT (2) - HOW THEY SCORED
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OAKLAND 1ST: S Stewart singled to left. M Ellis homered to left, S Stewart
scored. J Cust struck out swinging. M Piazza flied out to center. D Johnson
struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 1ST: C Granderson walked. P Polanco hit by pitch, C Granderson to
second. G Sheffield grounded out to second, C Granderson to third, P Polanco
to second. M Ordonez singled to center, C Granderson and P Polanco scored.
C Guillen flied out to center. I Rodriguez struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 2.

OAKLAND 3RD: K Suzuki walked. S Stewart singled to center, K Suzuki to
second. M Ellis flied out to center. J Cust walked, K Suzuki to third,
S Stewart to second. M Piazza singled to left, K Suzuki scored, S Stewart to
third, J Cust to second. D Johnson grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, S Stewart scored, J Cust out at third, M Piazza to second.
M Scutaro struck out looking. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 4, DETROIT 2.

OAKLAND 5TH: J Cust singled to center. M Piazza walked, J Cust to second.
D Johnson flied out to left, J Cust to third, M Piazza to second on throwing
error by shortstop C Guillen. J Grilli relieved C Durbin. M Scutaro singled to
center, J Cust and M Piazza scored. M Kotsay reached first base on catcher's
interference, M Scutaro to second. D Murphy struck out looking. K Suzuki
struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 2 Errors) OAKLAND 6, DETROIT 2.

OAKLAND 6TH: S Stewart singled to center. M Ellis popped out to first.
J Cust singled to center, S Stewart to second. M Piazza struck out swinging.
D Johnson walked, S Stewart to third, J Cust to second. M Scutaro walked,
S Stewart scored, J Cust to third, D Johnson to second. Z Miner relieved
J Grilli. M Kotsay popped out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 7,
DETROIT 2.</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at DETROIT

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OAKLAND (7) AT DETROIT (2) - EVENT LOG
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Oakland Starting Lineups -- S Stewart LF, M Ellis 2B, J Cust RF, M Piazza DH,
D Johnson 1B, M Scutaro 3B, M Kotsay CF, D Murphy SS, K Suzuki C, C Gaudin RHP.

Detroit Starting Lineups -- C Granderson CF, P Polanco 2B, G Sheffield DH,
M Ordonez RF, C Guillen SS, I Rodriguez C, S Casey 1B, M Thames LF, B Inge 3B,
C Durbin RHP.

Umpires -- Derryl Cousins (HP), Ted Barrett (1B), Mark Carlson (2B),
Angel Hernandez (3B).

Gametime Weather: 77 degrees, Clear, wind out to center at 6 mph.


OAKLAND 1ST: S Stewart singled to left. M Ellis homered to left, S Stewart
scored. J Cust struck out swinging. M Piazza flied out to center. D Johnson
struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 1ST: C Granderson walked. P Polanco hit by pitch, C Granderson to
second. G Sheffield grounded out to second, C Granderson to third, P Polanco
to second. M Ordonez singled to center, C Granderson and P Polanco scored.
C Guillen flied out to center. I Rodriguez struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 2.

OAKLAND 2ND: M Scutaro lined out to center. M Kotsay flied out to right.
D Murphy flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 2.

DETROIT 2ND: S Casey lined out to third. M Thames struck out swinging.
B Inge struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 2.

OAKLAND 3RD: K Suzuki walked. S Stewart singled to center, K Suzuki to
second. M Ellis flied out to center. J Cust walked, K Suzuki to third,
S Stewart to second. M Piazza singled to left, K Suzuki scored, S Stewart to
third, J Cust to second. D Johnson grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, S Stewart scored, J Cust out at third, M Piazza to second.
M Scutaro struck out looking. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 4, DETROIT 2.

DETROIT 3RD: C Granderson flied out to right. P Polanco grounded out to
third. G Sheffield struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 4,
DETROIT 2.

OAKLAND 4TH: M Kotsay lined out to first. D Murphy flied out to left.
K Suzuki doubled to deep center. S Stewart walked. M Ellis grounded into
fielder's choice to third, K Suzuki out at third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
OAKLAND 4, DETROIT 2.

DETROIT 4TH: M Ordonez struck out swinging. C Guillen grounded out to
second. I Rodriguez doubled to deep left. S Casey grounded out to pitcher.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 4, DETROIT 2.

OAKLAND 5TH: J Cust singled to center. M Piazza walked, J Cust to second.
D Johnson flied out to left, J Cust to third, M Piazza to second on throwing
error by shortstop C Guillen. J Grilli relieved C Durbin. M Scutaro singled to
center, J Cust and M Piazza scored. M Kotsay reached first base on catcher's
interference, M Scutaro to second. D Murphy struck out looking. K Suzuki
struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 2 Errors) OAKLAND 6, DETROIT 2.

DETROIT 5TH: M Thames safe at first on throwing error by third baseman
M Scutaro. B Inge struck out swinging. C Granderson walked, M Thames to second.
P Polanco grounded into fielder's choice to second, C Granderson out at
second, M Thames to third. G Sheffield flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
1 Error) OAKLAND 6, DETROIT 2.

OAKLAND 6TH: S Stewart singled to center. M Ellis popped out to first.
J Cust singled to center, S Stewart to second. M Piazza struck out swinging.
D Johnson walked, S Stewart to third, J Cust to second. M Scutaro walked,
S Stewart scored, J Cust to third, D Johnson to second. Z Miner relieved
J Grilli. M Kotsay popped out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 7,
DETROIT 2.

DETROIT 6TH: M Ordonez struck out looking. C Guillen tripled to deep
center. I Rodriguez struck out swinging. S Casey grounded out to first.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 7, DETROIT 2.

OAKLAND 7TH: D Murphy struck out swinging. K Suzuki grounded out to
shortstop. S Stewart singled to center. M Ellis struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 7, DETROIT 2.

DETROIT 7TH: M Thames struck out swinging. B Inge reached on infield
single to shortstop. C Granderson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop,
B Inge out at second. A Brown relieved C Gaudin. C Granderson to second on
wild pitch by A Brown. P Polanco struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
OAKLAND 7, DETROIT 2.

OAKLAND 8TH: B Seay relieved Z Miner. J Cust singled to center.
J Furmaniak ran for J Cust. M Piazza struck out swinging. D Johnson struck out
swinging. M Scutaro flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 7,
DETROIT 2.

DETROIT 8TH: J Furmaniak in right field. G Sheffield flied out to center.
M Ordonez struck out swinging. C Guillen walked. I Rodriguez struck out
looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 7, DETROIT 2.

OAKLAND 9TH: A Lopez relieved B Seay. M Kotsay struck out swinging.
D Murphy walked. K Suzuki singled to center, D Murphy to second. S Stewart
flied out to center. M Ellis flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
OAKLAND 7, DETROIT 2.

DETROIT 9TH: H Street relieved A Brown. S Casey struck out swinging.
M Thames grounded out to shortstop. B Inge struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) OAKLAND 7, DETROIT 2.</div>

 

Gaudin wins first game in five weeks to drop Tigers

<h3>OAKLAND 7, DETROIT 2</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- Chad Gaudin struck out a career-high ninebatters over 6 2/3 strong innings and Shannon Stewart had threehits and three runs as the Oakland Athletics earned a split of afour-game series with the Detroit Tigers with a 7-2 victoryover the Detroit Tigers.


Gaudin (9-8) hadn't won since July 5 against the SeattleMariners, going 0-5 with an 8.54 ERA in his previous six starts,and it looked like another rough outing early for the smallishrighthander.


"It's been a rough month for me, the last five or six startshaven't been the greatest," Gaudin said. "It was real importantfor me to go out there and give a good performance. Now it'sover with and lets move on to the next one."




Gaudin yielded two runs in the first inning, but regrouped andretired 10 batters in a row at one point. He escaped a two-outdouble by Ivan Rodriguez in the fourth and a one-out triple byCarlos Guillen in the sixth.


"I felt good the first inning," Gaudin said. "I was just tryingto feel for it too much. I was trying to, I guess you could sayguiding the ball, in a sense. I let it rip and trusted(myself). It was good. It was good for the team, good for meand just all around good enough."


After allowing a one-out single to Brandon Inge in the seventh,Gaudin departed when Curtis Granderson followed by hitting intoa fielder's choice. Andrew Brown struck out Placido Polanco toend the frame.




Gaudin yielded four hits and two walks among his 108 pitches.

Oakland wasted no time getting to Detroit starter Chad Durbin(7-5), as Stewart led off the game with a single to left fieldand Mark Ellis followed by drilling a 1-2 changeup over the leftfield fence for his 16th homer of the season.


Oakland took the lead for good in the fourth, loading the baseswith one out on walks to rookie Kurt Suzuki and Jack Custsandwiched around a base hit by Stewart. Mike Piazza singled ina run for a 3-2 edge and a groundout by Dan Johnson platedanother run.


After Durbin departed with runners on second and third and oneout, Marco Scutaro continued to pound Detroit pitching in thisseries, greeting Jason Grilli with a two-run single to centerfor a 6-2 lead. Scutaro walked with the bases loaded in thesixth for his ninth RBI of the series.


"Our offense was real good tonight," Scutaro said. "We scored atlot of runs, I hope we can continue to do that."


Durbin was tagged for six runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings.

"I just couldn't make any adjustments," Durbin said. "I couldn'tlocate my pitches. Couldn't make the big pitch when I neededtoo and couldn't put guys away."


Magglio Ordonez drove in two runs in the first for 104 RBI forthe season.


"The guy is seeing beach balls," Gaudin said of Ordonez. "I justwent at him. I wasn't going to pitch around him. He does alot of great things and I wanted to take that out of theequation. Just trust in the pitches that we called and that it'sgoing to be the right pitch."


Detroit (65-53) dropped back into a first-place tie with theCleveland Indians (65-53) in the American League Central.Detroit heads for Cleveland to start a brief two-game seriesstarting Tuesday.


"We are playing good enough to win," Tigers manager Jim Leylandsaid. "If we don't start pitching and hitting, we are going toget our butts beat every night.


"It's that simple."




Polanco set a major league record by playing in his 144thconsecutive errorless game, breaking a tie with Luis Castillo,who achieved the feat with the Florida Marlins.


"It means a lot to me," Polanco said. "Nobody in the history ofbaseball has done it before." "I just wish it wasn't sure atough day."

 

Re: AL: OAKLAND (56-62) at DETROIT (65-52)

A's played some great ball yesterday. Chad Guadin came back to himself after struggling before this game yesterday. Hopefully we can start making some moves closer to the playoffs. We have a slim chance of making it but their is still hope for A's fans. But if we don't make the playoffs which will likely happen we can look for another goal which is be above .500.