Oakland Athletics vs Tampa Bay Rays
July 12, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 2009 at Tropicana Field. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Tampa Bay Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 7, Tampa Bay Rays 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 3b 5 0 2 0
Cabrera ss 5 0 2 1
Hairston cf 5 0 1 0
Holliday lf 5 2 2 0
Garciaparra 1b 4 0 0 0
Suzuki dh 4 2 3 2
Powell c 3 1 1 0
Davis rf 2 0 0 0
  Cust ph 1 0 1 1
  Sweeney rf 1 0 1 1
Ellis 2b 4 2 1 2
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 14 7
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton cf 5 0 0 0
Aybar 2b 4 0 0 0
Longoria 3b 4 0 1 0
Pena 1b 2 1 0 0
Zobrist rf,lf 4 1 2 0
Burrell dh 4 1 2 2
Bartlett ss 4 0 1 1
Kapler lf 2 0 0 0
  Gross ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Hernandez c 2 0 1 0
  Crawford ph 1 0 0 0
Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Choate p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Oakland 000 000 4217140
Tampa Bay 000 003 000370
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson   4.0 3 0 0 1 3
  Ziegler   1.2 1 2 2 1 0
  Wuertz  W(5-1) 1.1 3 1 1 0 3
  Breslow   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Bailey  SV(10) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
7
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Shields   6.1 6 3 3 1 2
  Wheeler  L(3-2) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Choate   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bradford   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Howell   1.1 4 3 3 0 1
  Nelson   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
1
4

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1. Zobrist-Hernandez, Tampa Bay 1. Zobrist-Hernandez.  2B–Oakland Kennedy (13,off Shields); Suzuki (23,off Shields); Holliday (19,off Shields); Cabrera (17,off Nelson), Tampa Bay Burrell 2 (10,off Anderson,off Wuertz).  HR–Oakland Ellis (3,9th inning off Howell 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  SB–Holliday (10,2nd base off Howell/Hernandez); Bartlett (19,2nd base off Wuertz/Powell).  CS–Sweeney (3,2nd base by Howell/Hernandez).  U-HP–Chad Fairchild, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–2:53.  A–29,727.
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