Athletics 9-4 Tigers (23 Aug, 2009) Play-by-Play

Oakland Athletics

55-68, 30-33 home


DET
OAK

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	9	1
0	0	4	0	0	1	0	4	-	9	12	0

B. Tomko3-2

6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 8 K, 2 BB

R. Porcello10-8

5.1 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

TigersTop 1st
- B. Tomko pitching for OAK
  DET
  OAK
- Pitch
  1
  Ball
  2
  Ball
  3
  Foul Ball
  4
  Home Run
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 1st
- R. Porcello pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersTop 2nd
- B. Tomko pitching for OAK
  DET
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 2nd
- R. Porcello pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersTop 3rd
- B. Tomko pitching for OAK
  DET
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 3rd
- R. Porcello pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersTop 4th
- B. Tomko pitching for OAK
  DET
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 4th
- R. Porcello pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersTop 5th
- B. Tomko pitching for OAK
  DET
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 5th
- R. Porcello pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersTop 6th
- B. Tomko pitching for OAK
  DET
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 6th
- R. Porcello pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- F. Ni pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersTop 7th
- F. Ni pitching for OAK
  DET
  OAK
- M Thames hit for A Everett.
  1
  5
- C. Breslow pitching for OAK
  DET
  OAK
- R Raburn hit for C Granderson.
  2
  5
- M. Wuertz pitching for OAK
  DET
  OAK
- 1 Run, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 7th
- F. Ni pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- R Raburn in right field.
  2
  5
- C Thomas in center field.
  2
  5
- P Polanco at second base.
  2
  5
- R Santiago at shortstop.
  2
  5
- R Davis safe at second on error by left fielder C Guillen.
  2
  5
- R Davis stole third.
  2
  5
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
TigersTop 8th
- M. Wuertz pitching for OAK
  DET
  OAK
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 8th
- F. Ni pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- R. Perry pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- R. Perry pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- R. Perry pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- R. Perry pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- R. Perry pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- R. Perry pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- R. Perry pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- R. Perry pitching for DET
  DET
  OAK
- A Kennedy stole second.
  4
  9
- 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersTop 9th
- J. Gray pitching for OAK
  DET
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Tigers
3
Athletics
2

Game 1

22/8

Tigers
2
Athletics
3

Game 2

23/8

Tigers
4
Athletics
9

Game 3

23/8

Oakland Coliseum

9:05 PM, 23 August 2009

Oakland, California

Attendance: 17,690

Game Time:2:51

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Jim Wolf
First Base Umpire - Fieldin Culbreth
Second Base Umpire - Adrian Johnson
Third Base Umpire - Gary Cederstrom

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	92	69	.571	-	L2
Kansas City	86	76	.531	6.5	W1
Detroit	86	76	.531	6.5	L2
Minnesota	82	80	.506	10.5	L4
Chicago	41	121	.253	51.5	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	88	73	.547	-	W2
Seattle	85	77	.525	3.5	W4
Texas	78	84	.481	10.5	W3
Oakland	69	93	.426	19.5	L3
Los Angeles	63	99	.389	25.5	L6

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B. Tomko3-2

R. Porcello10-8

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