Oakland Athletics vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Box Score - August 25, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 25, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Oakland won 2-1

Game 1: Thursday, August 23
Oakland	0	Final
Tampa Bay	5	Final
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Game 2: Friday, August 24
Oakland	5	Final
Tampa Bay	4	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, August 25
Oakland	4	Final
Tampa Bay	2	Final
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Athletics 4

(69-57, 30-30 away)

Rays 2

(70-57, 35-30 home)

Alerts

Coverage: SUN

1:10 PM ET, August 25, 2012

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	0
TB	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2

W: B. McCarthy (7-5)

L: J. Hellickson (8-9)

S: G. Balfour (14)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Crisp CF	4	1	3	0	0	0	16	.257	.317	.401
S Drew SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	25	.235	.350	.294
Y Cespedes LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	.296	.358	.501
S Smith DH	4	1	1	1	0	2	16	.241	.344	.430
C Carter 1B	4	1	1	2	0	1	12	.259	.374	.552
J Reddick RF	4	0	3	0	0	0	20	.252	.321	.484
J Donaldson 3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	16	.225	.250	.345
G Kottaras C	3	0	0	0	0	1	16	.154	.241	.269
a-D Norris PH-C	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.206	.280	.360
C Pennington 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	22	.198	.263	.285
Totals	35	4	9	3	0	10	161
a-struck out looking for G Kottaras in the 9th
BATTING 2B: C Crisp 2 (17, J Hellickson, J Howell); J Reddick (23, J McGee) HR: C Carter (11, 1st inning off J Hellickson 1 on, 2 Out); S Smith (12, 3rd inning off J Hellickson 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: C Carter 2 (26), S Smith (40) 2-out RBI: C Carter 2 GIDP: J Donaldson Athletics RISP: 2-8 (Y Cespedes 0-1, D Norris 0-1, J Donaldson 0-1, C Pennington 0-1, C Carter 1-1, S Smith 0-1, G Kottaras 0-1, S Drew 1-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: S Drew (1, 2nd base off J Hellickson/J Lobaton) CS: C Crisp (4, 3rd base by J Howell/J Lobaton)

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B McCarthy (W, 7-5)	7.0	4	2	2	2	7	1	107-68	3.12
S Doolittle (H, 9)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12-9	3.38
G Balfour (S, 14)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-6	2.58
Totals	9.0	4	2	2	2	10	1	126-83
PITCHING HBP: C Pena (By B McCarthy) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B McCarthy 19/28; S Doolittle 3/3; G Balfour 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B McCarthy 22-16-14-16; S Doolittle 4-3-1-1; G Balfour 2-1-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B McCarthy 7-7; S Doolittle 0-1; G Balfour 1-1 Game Scores: B McCarthy 66

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jennings LF	4	1	1	1	0	1	16	.244	.311	.387
S Fuld CF-RF	3	0	0	0	1	1	17	.298	.344	.386
M Joyce RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	15	.256	.354	.451
a-B Upton PH-CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.246	.301	.409
E Longoria 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2	19	.292	.377	.472
B Zobrist SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	15	.263	.373	.469
L Scott DH	4	1	1	0	0	1	12	.229	.280	.443
C Pena 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	11	.190	.321	.343
R Roberts 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	9	.228	.324	.348
J Lobaton C	2	0	0	1	0	0	9	.233	.333	.329
Totals	30	2	4	2	2	10	126
a-struck out swinging for M Joyce in the 8th
BATTING 2B: B Zobrist (32, B McCarthy) HR: D Jennings (10, 5th inning off B McCarthy 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Lobaton (19), D Jennings (38) SF: J Lobaton Rays RISP: 1-6 (B Zobrist 0-1, C Pena 0-1, R Roberts 1-1, D Jennings 0-1, S Fuld 0-1, L Scott 0-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: S Fuld (5, 2nd base off B McCarthy/G Kottaras)
FIELDING E: J Lobaton (4, throw); E Longoria (7, ground ball) DP: 1 (B Zobrist-R Roberts-C Pena).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Hellickson (L, 8-9)	5.0	6	4	4	0	5	2	97-60	3.42
B Badenhop	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	3.17
J Howell	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	18-10	2.56
K Farnsworth	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-9	3.18
J McGee	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	27-17	2.27
Totals	9.0	9	4	4	0	10	2	161-102
PITCHING HBP: J Donaldson (By J Hellickson) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Hellickson 11/22; B Badenhop 1/3; J Howell 2/3; K Farnsworth 3/3; J McGee 2/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Hellickson 14-14-17-15; B Badenhop 2-1-1-2; J Howell 6-0-2-2; K Farnsworth 1-5-1-2; J McGee 5-7-3-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Hellickson 4-6; B Badenhop 2-1; J Howell 0-1; K Farnsworth 1-1; J McGee 0-0 Game Scores: J Hellickson 44

Scoring Summary

			OAK	TB
	1st	S Smith struck out swinging, S Drew stole second, C Crisp scored, S Drew to third on throwing error by catcher J Lobaton.	1	0
	1st	C Carter homered to left (401 feet), S Drew scored.	3	0
	2nd	J Lobaton hit sacrifice fly to left, L Scott scored.	3	1
	3rd	S Smith homered to right (354 feet).	4	1
	5th	D Jennings homered to left center (407 feet).	4	2
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Game Information

Stadium	Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
Attendance	18,187 (53.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:53
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Marty Foster, First Base - Jeff Kellogg, Second Base - Vic Carapazza, Third Base - Eric Cooper