Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
July 20, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 2011 at Comerica Park. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 7, Detroit Tigers 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 4 1 1 0
Pennington ss 4 1 2 1
Willingham lf 4 0 0 1
Matsui dh 4 1 3 3
Jackson 3b,1b 4 0 1 1
Suzuki c 4 0 0 0
DeJesus rf 4 1 1 0
Powell 1b 3 2 1 0
  Sizemore 3b 0 0 0 0
Sogard 2b 3 1 0 1
McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jackson cf 5 1 1 0
Boesch lf 4 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 5 1 3 1
Cabrera 1b 5 1 2 0
Martinez dh 3 1 1 2
Guillen 2b 4 0 2 0
Avila c 3 0 0 0
Kelly 3b 3 1 1 1
Santiago ss 3 0 1 1
  Peralta ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Below p 0 0 0 0
  Oliveros p 0 0 0 0
  Purcey p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
  Furbush p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Oakland 002 001 400790
Detroit 002 003 0005111
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCarthy   5.0 6 4 4 1 4
  Devine  W(1-1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Ziegler   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Breslow   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Balfour   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bailey  SV(10) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Below   5.0 5 3 1 1 2
  Oliveros   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Purcey  L(1-2) 0.0 0 3 3 3 0
  Benoit   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Furbush   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
5
4
6

  E–Guillen (1).  DP–Oakland 1. Pennington-Sogard-Powell, Detroit 1. Kelly-Guillen-Cabrera.  2B–Detroit Martinez (24,off Devine).  3B–Detroit Kelly (2,off McCarthy).  HR–Oakland Matsui (7,6th inning off Below 0 on 0 out).  SF–Willingham (3,off Benoit); Kelly (1,off Devine).  Team LOB–5.  Team–8.  CS–Pennington (8,2nd base by Furbush/Avila).  SB–Jackson (16,2nd base off McCarthy/Suzuki).  U-HP–Scott Barry, 1B–Laz Diaz, 2B–Manny Gonzalez, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:16.  A–31,975.
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