Oakland Athletics vs Tampa Bay Rays
August 7, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 2011 at Tropicana Field. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Tampa Bay Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 5, Tampa Bay Rays 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Weeks 2b 4 1 2 0
Sogard ss 5 0 0 0
Matsui dh 5 1 1 2
Willingham lf 5 1 2 1
DeJesus rf 5 2 3 0
Sizemore 3b 2 0 0 0
Sweeney cf 2 0 1 1
Powell c 4 0 1 0
Rosales 1b 4 0 0 0
Cahill p 0 0 0 0
  Fuentes p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  De Los Santos p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 4
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Jennings lf 5 0 3 1
Damon dh 4 0 0 1
Longoria 3b 5 1 1 1
Zobrist 2b 5 0 1 0
Kotchman 1b 5 1 3 1
  Johnson pr 0 0 0 0
Upton cf 5 0 0 0
Joyce rf 4 1 1 0
Shoppach c 2 0 0 0
  Chirinos ph,c 2 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 3 1 1 0
Price p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  McGee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 10 4
Oakland 000 130 000 15100
Tampa Bay 001 200 100 04100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Cahill   6.0 6 3 3 2 5
  Fuentes   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Balfour   1.1 1 1 1 0 1
  De Los Santos  W(1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Bailey  SV(13) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
10
4
4
2
7
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Price   4.2 7 4 4 3 7
  Howell   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Peralta   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Farnsworth   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McGee  L(0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
10.0
10
5
5
6
9

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 3. Zobrist-Rodriguez-Kotchman, Longoria-Zobrist-Kotchman, Zobrist-Kotchman.  2B–Oakland DeJesus (15,off Price).  3B–Oakland Weeks (6,off Price).  HR–Oakland Matsui (11,5th inning off Price 1 on 1 out); Willingham (17,10th inning off McGee 0 on 0 out), Tampa Bay Kotchman (6,4th inning off Cahill 0 on 0 out); Longoria (16,7th inning off Balfour 0 on 2 out).  SH–Sweeney (1,off Price).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Rodriguez (10,by Cahill).  Team–9.  SB–Rodriguez (9,2nd base off Cahill/Powell); Damon (10,2nd base off Cahill/Powell).  U-HP–Mike DiMuro, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Andy Fletcher, 3B–Jim Reynolds.  T–3:39.  A–21,425.
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