Oakland Athletics vs. New York Yankees - Box Score - September 23, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 23, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

NY Yankees won 2-1

Game 1: Friday, September 21
Oakland	1	Final in 10
NY Yankees	2	Final in 10
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Game 2: Saturday, September 22
Oakland	9	Final in 14
NY Yankees	10	Final in 14
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Game 3: Sunday, September 23
Oakland	5	Final
NY Yankees	4	Final
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Athletics 5

(86-66, 42-35 away)

Yankees 4

(88-64, 48-30 home)

Alerts

Coverage: TBS

1:05 PM ET, September 23, 2012

Yankee Stadium, New York, NY

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	8	2
NYY	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	3

W: J. Blevins (5-1)

L: H. Kuroda (14-11)

S: G. Balfour (20)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
S Drew SS	4	1	1	0	1	1	20	.248	.310	.389
S Smith LF	4	0	0	0	0	3	19	.246	.342	.434
a-J Weeks PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.221	.305	.305
D Barton 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.282
Y Cespedes CF	5	0	1	1	0	1	14	.290	.353	.489
B Moss 1B-LF	3	0	1	0	1	1	20	.273	.341	.571
J Gomes DH	2	0	0	0	2	0	17	.257	.377	.490
J Reddick RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	20	.243	.306	.460
J Donaldson 3B	4	2	2	0	0	1	12	.243	.292	.400
G Kottaras C	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	.216	.284	.473
C Pennington 2B	4	2	3	3	0	0	14	.219	.279	.319
Totals	35	5	8	4	4	8	153
a-struck out swinging for S Smith in the 9th
BATTING 2B: B Moss (12, H Kuroda) HR: C Pennington (6, 2nd inning off H Kuroda 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: C Pennington 3 (27), Y Cespedes (76) 2-out RBI: C Pennington GIDP: J Gomes Athletics RISP: 3-10 (Y Cespedes 1-1, B Moss 0-1, J Reddick 0-2, C Pennington 2-2, S Smith 0-1, J Gomes 0-1, G Kottaras 0-1, S Drew 0-1) Team LOB: 7
FIELDING E: S Smith (2, bobble); S Doolittle (2, throw) DP: 1 (S Drew-C Pennington-B Moss).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Griffin	4.1	7	4	4	3	4	1	103-67	2.80
J Blevins (W, 5-1)	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	22-16	2.51
R Cook (H, 18)	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	20-15	2.26
S Doolittle (H, 14)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18-13	3.32
G Balfour (S, 20)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-8	2.75
Totals	9.0	10	4	4	4	9	1	175-119
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Griffin 12/22; J Blevins 3/5; R Cook 4/6; S Doolittle 3/4; G Balfour 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Griffin 15-11-26-15; J Blevins 5-3-5-3; R Cook 1-3-6-5; S Doolittle 1-1-9-2; G Balfour 3-0-3-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Griffin 6-3; J Blevins 0-2; R Cook 2-1; S Doolittle 1-1; G Balfour 0-2 Game Scores: A Griffin 34

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jeter DH	4	0	2	0	1	0	21	.322	.366	.439
I Suzuki LF	5	0	1	0	0	0	18	.283	.309	.393
A Rodriguez 3B	5	0	0	0	0	3	17	.275	.352	.443
R Cano 2B	4	1	1	0	1	2	31	.295	.365	.522
N Swisher 1B	3	1	2	2	1	1	19	.262	.352	.460
C Granderson CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	18	.230	.320	.482
R Martin C	3	1	1	0	1	0	25	.205	.310	.385
C Dickerson PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.625
C Stewart C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.286	.324
R Ibanez RF	4	0	2	1	0	1	10	.231	.302	.442
E Nunez SS	4	0	0	1	0	1	16	.263	.311	.363
Totals	36	4	10	4	4	9	175
BATTING 2B: R Ibanez (18, A Griffin) HR: N Swisher (22, 4th inning off A Griffin 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: N Swisher 2 (85), R Ibanez (57), E Nunez (9) GIDP: R Martin Yankees RISP: 2-9 (D Jeter 0-2, E Nunez 0-2, C Granderson 0-1, I Suzuki 0-1, N Swisher 1-2, R Ibanez 1-1) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: I Suzuki (27, 2nd base off A Griffin/G Kottaras)
FIELDING E: E Nunez 2 (7, throw, ground ball); C Rapada (3, throw) DP: 2 (E Nunez-R Cano-N Swisher, A Rodriguez-N Swisher).

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
H Kuroda (L, 14-11)	5.2	7	5	4	3	5	1	102-62	3.34
C Rapada	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-6	2.87
D Phelps	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	27-17	3.21
B Logan	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	11-8	3.69
C Eppley	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	3.53
Totals	9.0	8	5	4	4	8	1	153-95
PITCHING WP: H Kuroda 2 First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: H Kuroda 17/27; C Rapada 0/2; D Phelps 3/6; B Logan 2/3; C Eppley 1/1 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: H Kuroda 15-16-12-19; C Rapada 4-0-2-0; D Phelps 5-0-7-5; B Logan 3-4-0-1; C Eppley 0-0-1-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: H Kuroda 9-3; C Rapada 0-1; D Phelps 2-1; B Logan 0-1; C Eppley 1-0 Game Scores: H Kuroda 39

Scoring Summary

			OAK	NYY
	1st	S Drew scored, B Moss to third, J Gomes to second on wild pitch by H Kuroda.	1	0
	2nd	C Pennington homered to right (368 feet), J Donaldson scored.	3	0
	4th	N Swisher homered to right (384 feet), R Cano scored.	3	2
	4th	R Ibanez doubled to right, C Granderson scored, R Martin to third.	3	3
	4th	E Nunez grounded out to second, R Martin scored, R Ibanez to third.	3	4
	5th	Y Cespedes singled to right center, C Pennington scored, S Drew to third.	4	4
	6th	C Pennington singled to left, J Donaldson scored.	5	4
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Game Notes

YANKEES DESIGNATED HITTER DEREK JETER SINGLED IN THE THIRD INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 17 GAMES.

Game Information

Stadium	Yankee Stadium, New York, NY
Attendance	43,867 (87.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:45
Weather	67 degrees, sunny
Wind	11 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mike Estabrook, First Base - Larry Vanover, Second Base - Dan Bellino, Third Base - Fieldin Culbreth