Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
May 4, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 2006 at Network Associates Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 4, Oakland Athletics 12

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Sizemore cf 4 1 1 1
Michaels lf 4 0 1 0
Peralta ss 3 1 2 0
  Vazquez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Hafner dh 4 1 1 1
Martinez c 5 0 2 0
Broussard 1b 5 1 2 0
Belliard 2b 5 0 3 1
Boone 3b 4 0 1 0
Blake rf 3 0 1 1
  Hollandsworth ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Mota p 0 0 0 0
  Wickman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 14 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 2 3 1 0
  Scutaro ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Swisher lf 2 3 2 3
Kotsay cf 4 1 1 2
Chavez 3b 4 1 2 3
Crosby ss 5 0 1 1
Johnson 1b 5 0 1 1
Payton rf 3 2 1 0
Melhuse c 4 1 2 2
Kielty dh 4 1 0 0
Saarloos p 0 0 0 0
  Gaudin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 12 11 12
Cleveland 000 100 1114140
Oakland 522 000 30x12110
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (2-2) 2.0 6 7 7 3 0
  Guthrie   3.0 3 2 2 3 2
  Sauerbeck   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Mota   1.0 1 3 3 4 0
  Wickman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
12
12
11
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Saarloos  W (1-0) 5.0 8 1 1 2 5
  Gaudin  SV (1) 4.0 6 3 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
14
4
4
3
9

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 2. Crosby-Johnson, Johnson, Oakland 2. Crosby-Johnson, Johnson.  2B–Oakland Melhuse (1,off Johnson); Swisher 2 (8,off Johnson,off Guthrie); Chavez (6,off Johnson); Payton (4,off Guthrie); Crosby (2,off Mota)..  HR–Cleveland Sizemore (2,8th inning off Gaudin 0 on 1 out); Hafner (11,9th inning off Gaudin 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Sizemore (3,by Saarloos).  Team LOB–12.  SF–Chavez (2,off Mota).  Team–10.  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Mark Wegner, 3B–Marvin Hudson.  T–2:58.  A–14,695.
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