Oakland Athletics vs Tampa Bay Rays
May 5, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 2012 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 4, Tampa Bay Rays 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Weeks 2b 6 0 0 0
Pennington ss 5 1 0 0
Reddick rf 6 1 2 2
Cespedes cf 5 0 0 0
Smith lf 2 0 0 0
  Gomes ph,lf 1 1 1 1
Ka'aihue dh 6 0 1 1
Suzuki c 5 0 1 0
Barton 1b 5 1 3 0
Inge 3b 6 0 1 0
Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Norberto p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Fuentes p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 4 9 4
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Jennings lf 6 0 2 0
Upton cf 6 0 1 0
Pena 1b 5 1 2 1
Joyce rf 5 0 0 0
Scott dh 5 0 0 0
Zobrist 2b 4 1 1 1
Rhymes 3b 3 0 1 0
  Rodriguez 3b 2 0 1 0
Molina c 3 0 0 0
  Keppinger ph 1 0 1 0
  Gimenez c 0 0 0 0
Johnson ss 4 1 2 1
Hellickson p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  McGee p 0 0 0 0
  Badenhop p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
  Gomes p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 3 11 3
Oakland 101 100 000 001490
Tampa Bay 001 110 000 0003112
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Colon   5.0 8 3 3 2 2
  Norberto   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Cook   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Fuentes  W(2-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Balfour  SV(7) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
1
0
0
0
0
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Hellickson   3.2 5 3 2 3 2
  Howell   2.1 1 0 0 0 1
  McGee   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Badenhop   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Rodney   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Gomes   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Peralta  L(0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 3
Totals
12.0
2
1
1
0
3

  E–Zobrist (3), Rhymes (1).  DP–Oakland 1. Inge-Pennington-Barton.  2B–Tampa Bay Rodriguez (2,off Fuentes).  HR–Oakland Reddick (5,1st inning off Hellickson 0 on 2 out); Gomes (5,12th inning off Peralta 0 on 0 out), Tampa Bay Johnson (1,3rd inning off Colon 0 on 0 out); Zobrist (4,4th inning off Colon 0 on 0 out); Pena (5,5th inning off Colon 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Suzuki (2,by Gomes); Joyce (3,by Fuentes).  IBB–Gomes (1,by McGee).  Team LOB–14.  SH–Johnson (2,off Cook); Gimenez (1,off Fuentes).  Team–10.  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Kerwin Danley, 3B–Doug Eddings.  T–4:14.  A–23,890.
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