Oakland Athletics vs Tampa Bay Rays
August 24, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 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 5, Tampa Bay Rays 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 4 0 0 0
Drew ss 4 0 1 0
Cespedes lf 4 1 1 0
Carter 1b 3 2 1 0
Gomes dh 4 1 1 2
Donaldson 3b 4 1 2 1
Norris c 3 0 1 1
Moss rf 4 0 1 1
Rosales 2b 4 0 1 0
Parker p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Doolittle p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Jennings lf 4 0 0 0
Upton cf 5 0 2 1
Joyce rf 5 0 0 0
Longoria dh 4 0 1 0
Zobrist ss 3 2 2 1
Keppinger 3b 3 0 0 1
Pena 1b 3 0 0 0
Roberts 2b 3 1 1 0
Molina c 3 1 1 0
  Scott ph 1 0 1 1
  Fuld pr 0 0 0 0
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  McGee p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Oakland 000 200 120590
Tampa Bay 010 110 001480
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Parker   6.0 7 3 3 2 7
  Cook  W(6-2) 1.2 0 0 0 1 4
  Doolittle   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Balfour  SV(13) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
1
0
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Moore   6.1 7 3 3 1 7
  McGee   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Peralta  L(1-6) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Davis   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Keppinger-Roberts-Pena.  2B–Oakland Donaldson (11,off Moore); Norris (6,off Moore), Tampa Bay Molina (7,off Parker); Upton (22,off Parker); Scott (16,off Balfour).  3B–Oakland Cespedes (3,off Moore), Tampa Bay Zobrist (6,off Parker).  HR–Oakland Gomes (15,8th inning off Peralta 1 on 2 out), Tampa Bay Zobrist (15,2nd inning off Parker 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Norris (1,by Moore).  Team LOB–4.  SF–Keppinger (3,off Parker).  Team–8.  U-HP–Eric Cooper, 1B–Marty Foster, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Vic Carapazza.  T–3:00.  A–18,913.
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