Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
September 9, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 2009 at U.S. Cellular Field. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Chicago White Sox 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 3b 6 0 0 0
Davis cf 6 1 3 0
Sweeney rf 5 0 2 1
Hairston lf 5 1 2 1
  Patterson lf 0 0 0 0
Suzuki c 6 0 1 1
Cust dh 5 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 5 0 2 0
Barton 1b 5 0 0 0
Pennington ss 4 1 2 0
Cahill p 0 0 0 0
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
  Blevins p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  Kilby p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 3 12 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Podsednik lf 7 1 4 1
Ramirez ss 6 1 2 2
Pierzynski c 5 0 2 1
Konerko dh 5 0 2 0
Dye rf 6 0 0 0
Kotsay 1b 4 0 1 0
  Quentin ph 1 0 0 0
  Fields 1b 1 0 1 0
Rios cf 5 0 1 0
Getz 2b 5 1 0 0
Nix 3b 5 1 1 0
  Wise ph 1 0 0 0
  Lillibridge 3b 0 0 0 0
Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Jenks p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 4 14 4
Oakland 101 000 010 000 03122
Chicago 120 000 000 000 14141
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Cahill   3.0 5 3 3 2 2
  Gray   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Blevins   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Wuertz   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Breslow   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Kilby   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Gonzalez  L(0-2) 1.2 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
12.1
14
4
4
4
7
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia   6.0 5 2 2 3 5
  Thornton   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Pena   0.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Jenks   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Dotel  W(3-3) 3.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
13.0
12
3
3
3
11

  E–Kennedy (14), Cahill (1), Rios (5).  DP–Chicago 3. Nix-Getz-Kotsay, Pierzynski-Ramirez, Fields-Getz.  2B–Oakland Davis (18,off Garcia); Sweeney (24,off Garcia); Hairston (10,off Pena), Chicago Podsednik 2 (24,off Cahill,off Wuertz); Pierzynski (22,off E. Gonzalez).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Rios (1,off E. Gonzalez).  HBP–Konerko (10,by E. Gonzalez).  IBB–Pierzynski (6,by Ziegler).  Team–16.  SB–Davis 2 (34,3rd base off Garcia/Pierzynski,2nd base off Garcia/Pierzynski); Ellis (8,2nd base off Garcia/Pierzynski); Hairston (3,2nd base off Garcia/Pierzynski); Suzuki (7,2nd base off Pena/Pierzynski); Podsednik (27,2nd base off Ziegler/Suzuki).  CS–Davis (9,2nd base by Thornton/Pierzynski); Ellis (3,2nd base by Dotel/Pierzynski); Pennington (4,2nd base by Dotel/Pierzynski).  U-HP–Phil Cuzzi, 1B–Brian O'Nora, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–3:50.  A–23,703.
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