GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: OAKLAND (56-60) at DETROIT (63-52)

AL: OAKLAND at DETROIT

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

BATTERIES: OAK - DAN HAREN, SANTIAGO CASILLA (7TH), JAY MARSHALL (8TH) AND KURT
SUZUKI, ROB BOWEN (8TH)

DET - JUSTIN VERLANDER, BOBBY SEAY (7TH), AQUILINO
LOPEZ (7TH), FERNANDO RODNEY (8TH), TODD JONES (9TH) AND IVAN
RODRIGUEZ

HOME RUNS: OAK - NONE

DET - MARCUS THAMES (13) OFF DAN HAREN IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
MAGGLIO ORDONEZ (19) OFF DAN HAREN IN THE 6TH, 1 ON</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at DETROIT

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

BATTERIES: OAK - DAN HAREN, SANTIAGO CASILLA (7TH), JAY MARSHALL (8TH) AND KURT
SUZUKI, ROB BOWEN (8TH)

DET - JUSTIN VERLANDER, BOBBY SEAY (7TH), AQUILINO
LOPEZ (7TH), FERNANDO RODNEY (8TH), TODD JONES (9TH) AND IVAN
RODRIGUEZ


WP - JUSTIN VERLANDER (12-4)
LP - DAN HAREN (13-4)
SAVE - TODD JONES (31)

HOME RUNS: OAK - NONE

DET - MARCUS THAMES (13) OFF DAN HAREN IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
MAGGLIO ORDONEZ (19) OFF DAN HAREN IN THE 6TH, 1 ON


TIME: 3:00 ATT: 42,016

PROBABLES: OAK - DALLAS BRADEN (1-6, 5.12)
DET - NATE ROBERTSON (6-9, 4.94)</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at DETROIT

<div class="pre">OAKLAND (2) VS DETROIT (5) - FINAL

OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
T Buck rf 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 .289
S Stewart lf 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 .301
N Swisher 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .248
J Cust dh 4 0 1 1 0 2 5 .265
M Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 8 .263
M Scutaro 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .237
M Kotsay cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217
D Murphy ss 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 .250
K Suzuki c 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .239
a-M Piazza ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .285
R Bowen c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308

Totals 36 2 7 2 3 11 22

a-struck out swinging for K Suzuki in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - K Suzuki (6, J Verlander); D Murphy (7, J Verlander). RBI - J
Cust (60), S Stewart (36). 2-out RBI - J Cust. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - M Scutaro 1, M Ellis 3, T Buck 1. Team LOB - 10.

FIELDING: E - M Scutaro (10, throw). DP: 1 (M Ellis-D Murphy-N Swisher).


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Granderson cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .299
M Thames lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .265
G Sheffield dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .289
M Ordonez rf 4 1 3 2 0 0 2 .355
C Guillen ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .307
I Rodriguez c 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .279
S Casey 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .292
R Raburn 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333
O Infante 2b 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .263
B Inge 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .242

Totals 35 5 12 5 1 5 14

BATTING: 2B - I Rodriguez (22, D Haren). 3B - B Inge (2, S Casilla). HR - M
Thames (13, 1st inning off D Haren 0 on, 1 Out), M Ordonez (19, 6th inning off
D Haren 1 on, 0 Out). SF - O Infante. RBI - M Thames (37), M Ordonez 2 (98), O
Infante (16), B Inge (52). 2-out RBI - B Inge. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - M Ordonez 1, R Raburn 1, C Granderson 2. GIDP - S Casey. Team
LOB - 8.

FIELDING: E - S Casey (2, throw).


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OAKLAND - 001 010 000 -- 2
DETROIT - 100 002 02x -- 5
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OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
D Haren (L, 13-4) 6 1/3 9 3 3 1 4 2 2.53
S Casilla 1 1/3 3 2 2 0 1 0 3.34
J Marshall 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.57

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
J Verlander (W, 12-4) 6 7 2 2 3 7 0 3.58
B Seay (H, 10) 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.03
A Lopez (H, 1) 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.05
F Rodney (H, 8) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.73
T Jones (S, 31) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.47

J Verlander pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

Pitches-strikes: D Haren 109-77; S Casilla 27-18; J Marshall 3-2; J Verlander
114-68; B Seay 4-3; A Lopez 10-7; F Rodney 18-11; T Jones 11-7. Ground
balls-fly balls: D Haren 9-6; S Casilla 0-3; J Marshall 1-0; J Verlander 4-9; B
Seay 0-0; A Lopez 0-1; F Rodney 0-1; T Jones 1-2. Batters faced: D Haren 29; S
Casilla 7; J Marshall 1; J Verlander 30; B Seay 1; A Lopez 2; F Rodney 3; T
Jones 3.

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

T--3:00. Att--42,016.
Weather: 82 degrees, clear. Wind: 7 mph, in from
left.</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at DETROIT

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
OAKLAND 2
DETROIT 5 FINAL</div>

 

Ordonez helps Tigers end three-game slide

<h3>DETROIT 5, OAKLAND 2</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- With one swing, Magglio Ordonez ended theMotown blues for the Detroit Tigers.


Ordonez delivered the go-ahead home run in the sixth inning asthe Tigers snapped their three-game losing streak with a 5-2victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night.

With Detroit trailing, 2-1, in the seventh inning, A's starterDan Haren (13-4) walked Gary Sheffield on four consecutivepitches before Ordonez connected on a 1-2 pitch to left for his19th blast this season.


Ordonez finished 3-of-4 to raise his American League-leadingbatting average to .355. He singled in the first and third.

However, Oakland made things interesting in the bottom half.

Shannon Stewart and Nick Swisher hit back-to-back singles tochase Tigers ace Justin Verlander (12-4). Detroit manager JimLeyland went with lefthander Bobby Seay, who struck out sluggerJack Cust for the first out of the frame.


Reliever Aquilino Lopez, who was called up from Class AAA Toledoearlier, ended the threat by getting Mark Ellis to fly out tocenter and striking out Marco Scutaro.


Verlander allowed two runs and seven hits with seven strikeoutsin six-plus innings to pick up his first win since July 15 atSeattle. The hard-throwing righthander threw 114 pitches.

Fernando Rodney tossed a scoreless eighth and veteran closerTodd Jones shut the door in the ninth for his 31st save for theTigers (64-52), who moved one-half game behind Cleveland (65-51)in the AL Central.


The Tigers added some insurance in the eighth as Omar Infantelofted a sacrifice fly and Brandon Inge laced an RBI triple.

Detroit's Marcus Thames homered for the second time in as manynights with his solo shot to left in the first. He now has sixhomers over his last 15 games.


Haren gave up three runs and nine hits in 6 1/3 innings. Hestruck out four and walked one.


Cust had an RBI single in the third and Stewart chipped in arun-scoring single in the fifth as the Athletics fell to 3-2 ontheir seven-game road swing.

 

AL: OAKLAND at DETROIT

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OAKLAND (2) AT DETROIT (5) - HOW THEY SCORED
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DETROIT 1ST: C Granderson popped out to second. M Thames homered to left.
G Sheffield lined out to third. M Ordonez singled to left. C Guillen flied
out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 0, DETROIT 1.

OAKLAND 3RD: K Suzuki struck out looking. T Buck walked. S Stewart
walked, T Buck to second. N Swisher flied out to left. J Cust singled to
center, T Buck scored, S Stewart to second. M Ellis struck out swinging.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 1, DETROIT 1.

OAKLAND 5TH: K Suzuki doubled to deep left. T Buck reached on infield
single to shortstop, K Suzuki to third. S Stewart singled to left, K Suzuki
scored, T Buck to second. N Swisher struck out swinging. J Cust grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, S Stewart out at second, T Buck to third.
M Ellis fouled out to catcher. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 6TH: G Sheffield walked. M Ordonez homered to left, G Sheffield
scored. C Guillen grounded out to second. I Rodriguez doubled to right
center. S Casey flied out to center. R Raburn grounded out to second.
(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 3.

DETROIT 8TH: R Bowen catching. C Guillen struck out swinging. I Rodriguez
singled to center. S Casey singled to right, I Rodriguez to third. O Infante
hit sacrifice fly to center, I Rodriguez scored. B Inge tripled to deep right
center, S Casey scored. J Marshall relieved S Casilla. C Granderson grounded
out to second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 5.</div>

 

AL: OAKLAND at DETROIT

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OAKLAND (2) AT DETROIT (5) - EVENT LOG
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Oakland Starting Lineups -- T Buck RF, S Stewart LF, N Swisher 1B, J Cust DH,
M Ellis 2B, M Scutaro 3B, M Kotsay CF, D Murphy SS, K Suzuki C, D Haren RHP.

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

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

Gametime Weather: 82 degrees, Clear, wind in from left at 7 mph.


OAKLAND 1ST: T Buck walked. S Stewart flied out to right. N Swisher
grounded into fielder's choice to first, T Buck safe at second on throwing
error by first baseman S Casey. J Cust struck out looking. M Ellis struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) OAKLAND 0, DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 1ST: C Granderson popped out to second. M Thames homered to left.
G Sheffield lined out to third. M Ordonez singled to left. C Guillen flied
out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 0, DETROIT 1.

OAKLAND 2ND: M Scutaro flied out to center. M Kotsay flied out to right.
D Murphy struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 0, DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 2ND: I Rodriguez lined out to center. S Casey singled to left.
R Raburn singled to left, S Casey to second. B Inge grounded into fielder's
choice to shortstop, R Raburn out at second, S Casey to third. C Granderson
popped out to second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 0, DETROIT 1.

OAKLAND 3RD: K Suzuki struck out looking. T Buck walked. S Stewart
walked, T Buck to second. N Swisher flied out to left. J Cust singled to
center, T Buck scored, S Stewart to second. M Ellis struck out swinging.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 1, DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 3RD: M Thames struck out swinging. G Sheffield grounded out to
third. M Ordonez reached on infield single to shortstop. C Guillen grounded
out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 1, DETROIT 1.

OAKLAND 4TH: M Scutaro flied out to center. M Kotsay grounded out to
second. D Murphy struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 1,
DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 4TH: I Rodriguez safe at first on throwing error by third baseman
M Scutaro. S Casey grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first,
I Rodriguez out at second. R Raburn struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
1 Error) OAKLAND 1, DETROIT 1.

OAKLAND 5TH: K Suzuki doubled to deep left. T Buck reached on infield
single to shortstop, K Suzuki to third. S Stewart singled to left, K Suzuki
scored, T Buck to second. N Swisher struck out swinging. J Cust grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, S Stewart out at second, T Buck to third.
M Ellis fouled out to catcher. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 5TH: B Inge struck out looking. C Granderson struck out swinging.
M Thames grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2,
DETROIT 1.

OAKLAND 6TH: M Scutaro flied out to center. M Kotsay flied out to center.
D Murphy doubled to deep right center. K Suzuki grounded into fielder's choice
to third, D Murphy to third. T Buck flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 6TH: G Sheffield walked. M Ordonez homered to left, G Sheffield
scored. C Guillen grounded out to second. I Rodriguez doubled to right
center. S Casey flied out to center. R Raburn grounded out to second.
(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 3.

OAKLAND 7TH: S Stewart singled to right. N Swisher singled to right,
S Stewart to second. B Seay relieved J Verlander. J Cust struck out looking.
A Lopez relieved B Seay. M Ellis flied out to center. M Scutaro struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 3.

DETROIT 7TH: B Inge grounded out to third. C Granderson singled to right.
M Thames singled to left, C Granderson to second. S Casilla relieved D Haren.
G Sheffield fouled out to third. M Ordonez lined out to second. (0 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 3.

OAKLAND 8TH: O Infante at second base. F Rodney relieved A Lopez. M Kotsay
popped out to second. D Murphy struck out looking. M Piazza hit for K Suzuki.
M Piazza struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 3.

DETROIT 8TH: R Bowen catching. C Guillen struck out swinging. I Rodriguez
singled to center. S Casey singled to right, I Rodriguez to third. O Infante
hit sacrifice fly to center, I Rodriguez scored. B Inge tripled to deep right
center, S Casey scored. J Marshall relieved S Casilla. C Granderson grounded
out to second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 5.

OAKLAND 9TH: T Jones relieved F Rodney. T Buck popped out to third.
S Stewart grounded out to third. N Swisher flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, DETROIT 5.</div>

 

Ordonez helps Tigers end three-game slide

<h3>DETROIT 5, OAKLAND 2</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- With one swing, Magglio Ordonez ended theMotown blues for the Detroit Tigers.


Ordonez delivered the go-ahead home run in the sixth inning asthe Tigers snapped their three-game losing streak with a 5-2victory over Dan Haren and the Oakland Athletics on Saturdaynight.


With Detroit trailing, 2-1, in the seventh inning, Haren (13-4)walked Gary Sheffield on four pitches before Ordonez connectedon a 1-2 pitch to left for his 19th blast this season.

Ordonez finished 3-of-4 to raise his American League-leadingbatting average to .355. He singled in the first and third.

"It felt really good," Ordonez said. "We really needed this win,because we haven't been playing well for the last couple ofweeks. We are putting our hitting and pitching together. Weare close to being good again."


Detroit starter Justin Verlander (12-4) allowed two runs andseven hits with seven strikeouts in six-plus innings to pick uphis first win since July 15 at Seattle. The hard-throwingrighthander threw 114 pitches.


"I really had to battle," Verlander said. "But I was able tokeep them from getting too many runs and the other guys camethrough for us."


However, Oakland made things interesting in the bottom half.

Shannon Stewart and Nick Swisher hit back-to-back singles tochase Verlander (12-4). Detroit manager Jim Leyland went withlefthander Bobby Seay, who struck out slugger Jack Cust for thefirst out of the frame.


"We got Verlander out, but we couldn't finish it," Cust said."Sometimes it's a good thing when you get to the bullpen,sometimes its bad. (Saturday) was one of those nights."

Reliever Aquilino Lopez, who was called up from Class AAA Toledoearlier, ended the threat by getting Mark Ellis to fly out tocenter and striking out Marco Scutaro.


"Aquilino (Lopez) was great," Leyland said. "The whole bullpenwas marvelous."


Fernando Rodney tossed a scoreless eighth and veteran closerTodd Jones shut the door in the ninth for his 31st save for theTigers (64-52), who moved one-half game behind Cleveland (65-52)in the AL Central.


"When you have guys like Rodney and Jones in the bullpen, itreally shortens the game," Oakland manager Bob Geren said. "Theyare as solid as you can get."


The Tigers added some insurance in the eighth as Omar Infantelofted a sacrifice fly and Brandon Inge laced an RBI triple.

Detroit's Marcus Thames homered for the second time in as manynights with his solo shot to left in the first. He now has sixhomers over his last 15 games.


Haren gave up three runs and nine hits in 6 1/3 innings. Hestruck out four and walked one.


"I think a did a good job," Haren said. "They have a toughlineup and I wish I could get a couple of pitches back. WithVerlander pitching, I knew it would be a low scoring game. Itwas a dog fight and we came out on the short end."

Cust had an RBI single in the third and Stewart chipped in arun-scoring single in the fifth as the Athletics fell to 3-2 ontheir seven-game road swing.