Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
August 16, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 2005 at Network Associates Coliseum. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, Oakland Athletics 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 4 1 0 0
Byrnes lf 4 0 0 0
Mora 3b 5 1 2 0
Tejada ss 4 1 2 1
Lopez c 4 0 2 1
Palmeiro dh 4 1 2 0
Sosa rf 4 0 1 1
  Newhan rf 0 0 0 0
Gibbons 1b 3 0 1 0
  Gomez ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Matos cf 3 0 0 0
Chen p 0 0 0 0
  Julio p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kendall c 5 0 1 1
Kotsay cf 5 1 3 2
Crosby ss 5 0 1 0
Chavez 3b 3 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
Payton lf 4 1 1 0
Hatteberg dh 4 0 0 0
Kielty rf 4 0 1 0
Ellis 2b 2 1 0 0
Blanton p 0 0 0 0
  Witasick p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Baltimore 000 100 3004100
Oakland 000 001 011381
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Chen  W (10-6) 6.2 4 1 1 1 3
  Julio   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Byrdak   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Ryan  SV (27) 1.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blanton   6.0 8 1 1 2 4
  Witasick  L (1-1) 0.2 2 3 0 1 0
  Kennedy   2.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
1
3
5

  E–Johnson (4).  DP–Oakland 2. Ellis-Crosby-Johnson, Crosby-Ellis-Johnson.  2B–Baltimore Palmeiro (13,off Blanton); Tejada (40,off Witasick).  HR–Oakland Kotsay (11,6th inning off Chen 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–9.  SB–Chavez (4,2nd base off Chen/J. Lopez).  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Chris Guccione, 2B–Laz Diaz, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:53.  A–23,252.
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