Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees
August 23, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 2011 at Yankee Stadium II. The Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, New York Yankees 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Weeks 2b 5 0 0 0
Crisp cf 4 1 1 0
Matsui dh 4 0 0 0
Willingham lf 3 0 1 1
  Sweeney lf 0 0 0 0
Allen 1b 4 2 2 2
DeJesus rf 4 0 2 0
Pennington ss 4 1 1 0
Suzuki c 4 1 2 0
Sogard 3b 2 1 1 1
  Sizemore ph,3b 2 0 1 2
McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Gardner lf 5 0 0 0
Jeter ss 3 1 3 0
Granderson cf 3 1 0 0
Teixeira 1b 5 0 0 0
Cano 2b 4 0 1 1
Swisher rf 5 1 1 3
Chavez 3b 4 0 2 0
Posada dh 4 1 2 1
Martin c 3 1 1 0
Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Logan p 0 0 0 0
  Noesi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Oakland 011 001 2106111
New York 000 000 0325100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCarthy  W(7-6) 7.2 8 3 3 3 6
  Balfour   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bailey  SV(17) 1.0 2 2 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
5
6
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Colon  L(8-8) 6.1 8 5 5 0 5
  Logan   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Noesi   2.0 2 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
0
9

  E–Sizemore (11).  DP–Oakland 1. Allen-Pennington-McCarthy, New York 1. Teixeira.  2B–Oakland Crisp (24,off Colon); Suzuki (21,off Colon); Sizemore (16,off Logan), New York Posada (14,off McCarthy); Martin (13,off Bailey).  HR–Oakland Allen 2 (2,2nd inning off Colon 0 on 1 out,8th inning off Noesi 0 on 2 out); Sogard (1,3rd inning off Colon 0 on 0 out), New York Swisher (16,8th inning off McCarthy 2 on 2 out); Posada (11,9th inning off Bailey 0 on 0 out).  SF–Willingham (6,off Colon).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Jeter (3,off Bailey).  Team–10.  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Cory Blaser, 2B–Adrian Johnson, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–2:55.  A–47,343.
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