Oakland Athletics vs Tampa Bay Rays
August 5, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 2011 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 4, Tampa Bay Rays 8

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Weeks 2b 3 1 1 0
Crisp cf 4 1 1 2
Matsui dh 4 1 2 1
Willingham lf 4 0 0 0
DeJesus rf 4 1 1 0
Jackson 1b 4 0 1 0
Pennington ss 4 0 1 1
Suzuki c 4 0 0 0
Sizemore 3b 2 0 0 0
Moscoso p 0 0 0 0
  De Los Santos p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  Fuentes p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Jennings lf 4 1 1 0
Damon dh 5 2 2 0
Longoria 3b 5 1 1 1
Zobrist 2b 4 3 2 2
Kotchman 1b 5 1 2 1
Upton cf 3 0 3 2
Joyce rf 4 0 2 1
Chirinos c 4 0 1 1
Rodriguez ss 4 0 0 0
Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 8
Oakland 000 002 002471
Tampa Bay 000 133 01x8140
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Moscoso  L(4-6) 4.2 6 4 4 3 3
  De Los Santos   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Breslow   1.0 4 3 0 0 1
  Fuentes   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Balfour   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Bailey   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
8
5
5
5
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Niemann  W(6-4) 8.2 7 4 4 1 8
  Farnsworth   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
1
8

  E–Breslow (1).  DP–Oakland 1. Weeks-Pennington-Jackson.  2B–Oakland DeJesus (14,off Niemann), Tampa Bay Longoria (19,off Moscoso); Kotchman (22,off Moscoso); Zobrist (35,off Balfour).  3B–Oakland Pennington (2,off Niemann), Tampa Bay Upton (3,off Bailey).  HR–Oakland Crisp (5,6th inning off Niemann 1 on 0 out); Matsui (10,9th inning off Niemann 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Sizemore (2,by Niemann).  Team LOB–4.  Team–11.  SB–Weeks (12,2nd base off Niemann/Chirinos).  CS–Weeks (6,3rd base by Niemann/Chirinos).  U-HP–Andy Fletcher, 1B–Jim Reynolds, 2B–Mike DiMuro, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–3:07.  A–15,168.
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