New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
August 17, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 2009 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 0, Oakland Athletics 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Jeter dh 4 0 3 0
Damon lf 4 0 0 0
Teixeira 1b 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Posada c 4 0 1 0
Cano 2b 4 0 0 0
Swisher rf 4 0 1 0
Cabrera cf 4 0 0 0
Pena ss 2 0 1 0
  Hairston ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Burnett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 7 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 3b 3 0 0 0
Davis cf 4 1 1 0
Suzuki c 3 1 1 1
Hairston lf 3 1 2 0
Sweeney rf 2 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 3 0 1 1
Cust dh 3 0 0 0
Crosby 1b 2 0 0 0
  Everidge 1b 1 0 0 0
Pennington ss 3 0 1 0
Tomko p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 6 2
New York 000 000 000070
Oakland 000 300 00x360
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Burnett  L(10-6) 8.0 6 3 3 2 5
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
2
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Tomko  W(2-2) 5.0 5 0 0 1 1
  Breslow   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Ziegler   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Bailey  SV(18) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
2
4

  E–None.  DP–New York 1. Damon-Pena-Cano, Oakland 1. Tomko-Suzuki-Crosby.  2B–New York Teixeira (33,off Tomko); Swisher (22,off Breslow), Oakland Davis (13,off Burnett); Ellis (16,off Burnett).  Team LOB–8.  Team–2.  SB–Davis (25,3rd base off Burnett/Posada); Davis (25,3rd base off Burnett/Posada).  CS–Hairston (2,2nd base by Burnett/Posada); Pennington (2,2nd base by Burnett/Posada); Hairston (2,2nd base by Burnett/Posada); Pennington (2,2nd base by Burnett/Posada).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Todd Tichenor, 3B–Chris Guccione.  T–2:15.  A–24,409.
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