Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
September 18, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 2009 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians 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)
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Cleveland Indians 1, Oakland Athletics 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Brantley cf 4 0 2 0
Carroll 2b 4 0 0 0
Choo rf 3 1 1 0
Peralta 3b 4 0 0 0
LaPorta 1b 4 0 1 1
Shoppach dh 4 0 2 0
Marson c 3 0 0 0
Crowe lf 3 0 0 0
Romero ss 2 0 0 0
  Cabrera ph 1 0 0 0
  Valbuena ss 0 0 0 0
Huff p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 3 1 2 0
Suzuki c 3 1 1 0
Hairston lf 4 0 0 0
Garciaparra dh 4 0 2 1
Crosby 3b 3 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 3 0 2 1
Barton 1b 3 0 0 0
Carson rf 3 0 0 0
Pennington ss 3 0 0 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 7 2
Cleveland 000 000 001160
Oakland 002 000 00x270
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Huff  L(10-8) 6.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Todd   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Perez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
2
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  W(10-10) 6.0 4 0 0 1 10
  Gray   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Breslow   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler  SV(7) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
15

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1. Romero-Carroll-LaPorta.  2B–Cleveland Shoppach (14,off Anderson); Brantley (2,off Anderson); LaPorta (10,off Ziegler), Oakland Garciaparra (8,off Huff).  Team LOB–5.  Team–5.  CS–Brantley (4,2nd base by Anderson/Suzuki).  U-HP–CB Bucknor, 1B–Mike Everitt, 2B–Angel Campos, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:25.  A–22,893.
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