Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
August 11, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 2012 at U.S. Cellular Field. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 9, Chicago White Sox 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 6 3 3 0
Gomes dh 5 1 2 2
Reddick rf 6 1 1 1
Cespedes lf 4 2 0 0
Carter 1b 5 1 3 2
Inge 3b 3 1 1 1
Norris c 3 0 1 2
Rosales ss 3 0 1 1
  Pennington ph,ss 2 0 1 0
Weeks 2b 4 0 0 0
Blackley p 0 0 0 0
  Norberto p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Blevins p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 13 9
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
De Aza cf 4 1 0 0
Youkilis 3b 4 2 2 2
Dunn 1b 4 0 0 0
Rios rf 5 0 1 0
Pierzynski dh 5 1 2 1
Ramirez ss 4 1 1 0
Viciedo lf 4 1 1 1
Flowers c 3 1 3 3
Beckham 2b 3 0 0 0
Liriano p 0 0 0 0
  Humber p 0 0 0 0
  Crain p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 7
Oakland 005 100 0219130
Chicago 020 121 1007102
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blackley   5.0 6 5 5 1 6
  Norberto   1.1 2 2 2 1 3
  Cook  W(5-2) 1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Blevins   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Balfour  SV(8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Liriano   3.1 7 6 6 3 5
  Humber   3.0 0 0 0 3 5
  Crain   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Thornton  L(4-8) 0.2 2 2 1 0 0
  Myers   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
0
0

  E–Ramirez (11), Flowers (1).  DP–Oakland 1. Inge-Weeks-Carter.  2B–Oakland Carter (5,off Liriano); Norris (5,off Liriano); Crisp 2 (13,off Liriano,off Myers); Pennington (14,off Crain), Chicago Ramirez (16,off Blackley); Flowers (5,off Blackley); Viciedo (11,off Blackley).  HR–Oakland Gomes (13,8th inning off Thornton 0 on 1 out), Chicago Youkilis (14,5th inning off Blackley 1 on 0 out); Flowers (3,6th inning off Norberto 0 on 2 out).  HBP–Cespedes (6,by Liriano); de Aza (7,by Blackley); Flowers (3,by Cook); Youkilis (8,by Balfour).  Team LOB–12.  Team–7.  SB–Norris (4,2nd base off Humber/Flowers); Weeks (15,2nd base off Humber/Flowers).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Todd Tichenor, 3B–Tony Randazzo.  T–3:38.  A–26,686.
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