Tampa Bay Rays vs Oakland Athletics
August 1, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 2012 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Rays 4, Oakland Athletics 1

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Jennings lf 3 1 2 0
Upton cf 3 0 0 0
Zobrist 2b 5 0 0 0
Joyce rf 4 0 1 1
Keppinger dh 4 2 2 0
Pena 1b 4 1 2 2
Roberts 3b 4 0 2 1
Molina c 4 0 0 0
Johnson ss 3 0 1 0
Cobb p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Weeks 2b 3 0 0 0
Smith lf 4 0 0 0
Reddick rf 4 0 0 0
Cespedes cf 4 0 2 0
Carter dh 3 0 1 0
Moss 1b 4 0 0 0
Inge 3b 4 1 1 1
Suzuki c 3 0 1 0
Sogard ss 3 0 0 0
Parker p 0 0 0 0
  Norberto p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Tampa Bay 100 101 0104100
Oakland 000 010 000151
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Cobb  W(5-8) 7.0 4 1 1 1 6
  Peralta   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Rodney  SV(31) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Parker  L(7-5) 6.0 8 3 3 3 2
  Norberto   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Balfour   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
2

  E–Weeks (9).  DP–Oakland 1. Weeks-Sogard-Moss.  2B–Tampa Bay Keppinger (9,off Parker); Pena (15,off Parker); Jennings (11,off Balfour), Oakland Suzuki (15,off Cobb).  HR–Tampa Bay Pena (15,8th inning off Norberto 0 on 1 out), Oakland Inge (12,5th inning off Cobb 0 on 0 out).  SH–Upton 2 (2,off Parker 2).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Weeks (5,by Cobb).  Team–6.  U-HP–Chris Conroy, 1B–Mark Carlson, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–2:49.  A–18,161.
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