April 12, 2008 Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians Play by Play and Box Score

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BOS 4
NYY 3 CHW 7
DET 0 OAK 7
@CLE 3 MIN 2
@KCR 0 SEA 8
LAA 3 BAL 3
@TBR 2 TOR 4
@TEX 1 ARI 10
COL 3 HOU 5
FLA 0 LAD 11
SDP 1 MIL 5
@NYM 3 PHI 7
CHC 1 PIT 4
CIN 3 STL 8
@SFG 7
(10) ATL 10
@WSN 2

Standings at end of play this day

Jacobs Field, Attendance: 19,170

Saturday, April 12, 2008, 7:05pm
Time of Game: 3:11

Athletics

8-4

Won 5

1st

Bob Geren

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

W: L DiNardo (1-0), L: F Carmona (1-1)

Indians

4-7

Lost 3

4th, 2½ GB

Eric Wedge

BATTING

Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Buck RF                     3   1   0   0    2   1  .175  .569   26    2   0   
M Ellis 2B                    4   1   1   0    1   0  .250  .872   27    2   4   2B
D Barton 1B                   4   1   1   2    1   0  .239  .716   18   11   0   
M Sweeney DH                  5   1   2   0    0   0  .278  .719   11    0   0   2B
J Cust LF                     1   1   0   0    2   1  .114  .568   14    0   0   
  E Brown PH-LF               2   1   1   1    0   1  .250  .678    5    0   0   
B Crosby SS                   5   1   1   3    0   0  .313  .835   24    1   2   HR,GDP
J Hannahan 3B                 3   0   0   0    1   1  .167  .545   19    0   4   
K Suzuki C                    2   0   0   0    2   0  .308  .759   17    7   0   
R Sweeney CF                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .348  .853    3    0   0   GDP
  C Denorfia PH-CF            2   0   1   1    1   0  .333  .708   14    4   0   

L DiNardo P                                                              0   0
  J Devine P                                                             0   0
  A Embree P                                                             0   0
  A Brown P                                                              0   0
Totals                       32   7   7   7   10   4              178   27  10

BATTING

2B: M Sweeney (2, off J Lewis); M Ellis (3, off F Carmona).

HR: B Crosby (1, off R Perez; 7th inn, 2 on, 0 outs to Deep LF Line).

TB: B Crosby 4; M Sweeney 3; M Ellis 2; D Barton; C Denorfia; E Brown.

GIDP: R Sweeney (2); B Crosby (1).

RBI: B Crosby 3 (8); D Barton 2 (4); C Denorfia (3); E Brown (7).

2-out RBI: D Barton 2.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 3 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 1. M Ellis-B Crosby-D Barton.

E: J Hannahan (2); B Crosby (2).

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Sizemore CF                 3   0   1   1    0   0  .295  .794   18    1   0   SB,HBP,SF
A Cabrera 2B                  5   0   0   0    0   2  .214  .512   23    4   4   
T Hafner DH                   4   1   1   0    0   1  .244  .793   17    0   0   
V Martinez C                  4   0   1   0    0   0  .316  .684   11    5   0   
J Peralta SS                  4   0   0   0    0   2  .293  .895   15    2   6   
R Garko 1B                    3   0   2   0    1   0  .324  .971   20   12   0   2B
F Gutierrez RF                4   1   1   0    0   1  .167  .542   14    1   0   2B
J Michaels LF                 2   0   1   0    0   0  .111  .315    9    2   0   
  D Dellucci PH-LF            1   1   1   1    1   0  .278  .924    8    0   0   
C Blake 3B                    4   0   0   1    0   0  .143  .411   10    0   1   GDP

F Carmona P                                                              0   1
  J Lewis P                                                              0   1
  R Perez P                                                              0   0
  M Kobayashi P                                                          0   0
  J Borowski P                                                           0   0
Totals                       34   3   8   3    2   6              145   27  13

BATTING

2B: R Garko (4, off A Brown); F Gutierrez (1, off L DiNardo).

SF: G Sizemore (1, off A Brown).

HBP: G Sizemore (3, by L DiNardo).

TB: R Garko 3; F Gutierrez 2; G Sizemore; V Martinez; T Hafner; D Dellucci; J Michaels.

GIDP: C Blake (2).

RBI: G Sizemore (5); D Dellucci (1); C Blake (6).

2-out RBI: D Dellucci.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 0 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 2. J Peralta-A Cabrera-R Garko; F Carmona-J Peralta-R Garko.

BASERUNNING

SB: G Sizemore (3, 2nd base off L DiNardo/K Suzuki).

PITCHING

Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
L DiNardo, W (1-0)             5     6   2   2    0   3   0   6.75   22   73-52   30· 4·18   12· 2· 4· 0     50    -     1.10   0.03
J Devine, H (1)                1     0   0   0    2   1   0   0.00    5   25-13    5· 1· 7    1· 1· 0· 0          2-1    3.96   0.10
A Embree                       1     0   0   0    0   2   0   5.19    3   15-10    5· 3· 2    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.30   0.02
A Brown                        2     2   1   0    0   0   0   0.00    8   31-21   16· 2· 3    2· 6· 0· 0          0-0    0.25   0.03
Totals                         9     8   3   2    2   6   0          38  144-96   56·10·30   16· 9· 4· 0          2-1

Cleveland Indians             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
F Carmona, L (1-1)             3.1   2   3   3    8   1   0   2.20   18   82-40   26· 3·11    4· 3· 2· 0     37    -     1.16  -0.25
J Lewis                        2.2   2   0   0    1   2   0   3.52   11   56-38   23· 9· 6    5· 3· 0· 0          3-0    1.00   0.19
R Perez                        1     3   4   4    1   0   1   9.00    7   21-14    8· 3· 3    3· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.76  -0.27
M Kobayashi                    1     0   0   0    0   0   0   2.08    3    6-4     3· 0· 1    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.06   0.00
J Borowski                     1     0   0   0    0   1   0  13.50    3   13-10    6· 1· 3    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.03   0.00
Totals                         9     7   7   7   10   4   1          42  178-106  66·16·24   15· 9· 4· 0          3-0

L DiNardo faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: L DiNardo (1; G Sizemore).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Greg Gibson, 1B - Chris Guccione, 2B - Charlie Reliford, 3B - Kerwin Danley.

Time of Game: 3:11.

Attendance: 19,170.

Weather: 45° F, Wind 20mph out to Rightfield, Overcast, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Oakland Athletics             Cleveland Indians                    
1. T Buck               RF    1. G Sizemore           CF 
2. M Ellis              2B    2. A Cabrera            2B 
3. D Barton             1B    3. T Hafner             DH 
4. M Sweeney            DH    4. V Martinez           C  
5. J Cust               LF    5. J Peralta            SS 
6. B Crosby             SS    6. R Garko              1B 
7. J Hannahan           3B    7. F Gutierrez          RF 
8. K Suzuki             C     8. J Michaels           LF 
9. R Sweeney            CF    9. C Blake              3B 

   L DiNardo            P        F Carmona            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 3   2  0-0  -23  4   18%  69% D Barton        F Carmona       Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Buck Scores; Ellis Scores
   b 6   2  3-1  123  7  -13%  56% D Dellucci      J Devine        Walk; Hafner Scores; Martinez to 3B; Garko to 2B
   b 6   2  3-2  123  3   13%  69% C Blake         J Devine        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
   b 6   1  3-1  123  5   12%  69% F Gutierrez     J Devine        Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
   b 5   0  3-1  1--  2   11%  76% C Blake         L DiNardo       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Fausto Carmona facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   48%  T Buck          Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  9   50%  M Ellis         Walk
   O      1--  1   47%  D Barton        Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      1--  3   45%  M Sweeney       Lineout: SS (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Lenny DiNardo facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   47%  G Sizemore      Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  4   49%  A Cabrera       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   50%  T Hafner        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Indians 0.

Top of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Fausto Carmona facing 5-6-7
          ---  5   54%  J Cust          Walk
   OO     1--  4   46%  B Crosby        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  5   45%  J Hannahan      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Lenny DiNardo facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   47%  V Martinez      Groundout: C unassisted (Front of Home)
   O      ---  4   49%  J Peralta       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   50%  R Garko         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Indians 0.

Top of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Fausto Carmona facing 8-9-1
          ---  6   54%  K Suzuki        Walk
   OO     1--  3   46%  R Sweeney       Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (P's Left)
          ---  4   47%  T Buck          Walk
          1--  4   51%  M Ellis         Double to LF (Fly Ball to LF Line); Buck to 3B
   RR     -23  4   69%  D Barton        Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Buck Scores; Ellis Scores
   O      1--  2   67%  M Sweeney       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-2, Lenny DiNardo facing 7-8-9
          ---  2   60%  F Gutierrez     Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  3   62%  J Michaels      Groundout: 2B-1B; Gutierrez to 3B
   RO     --3  2   61%  C Blake         Groundout: 2B-1B; Gutierrez Scores
          ---  1   59%  G Sizemore      Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  3   62%  A Cabrera       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak 3B)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 1.

Top of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 2-1, Fausto Carmona facing 5-6-7
          ---  6   66%  J Cust          Walk
   O      1--  6   62%  B Crosby        Popfly: 2B
          1--  5   66%  J Hannahan      Walk; Cust to 2B
          12-  5   72%  K Suzuki        Walk; Cust to 3B; Hannahan to 2B
                  Chris Denorfia pinch hits for Ryan Sweeney batting 9th
   R      123  5   80%  C Denorfia      Walk; Cust Scores; Hannahan to 3B; Suzuki to 2B
                  Jensen Lewis replaces Fausto Carmona pitching
   O      123  4   74%  T Buck          Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  6   69%  M Ellis         Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
                  1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Indians Batting, Behind 1-3, Lenny DiNardo facing 3-4-5
                  Chris Denorfia moves to CF
   O      ---  3   72%  T Hafner        Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep 2B)
   O      ---  2   74%  V Martinez      Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
          ---  2   72%  J Peralta       Reached on E5 (Ground Ball)
          1--  5   69%  R Garko         Single to RF (Line Drive); Peralta to 3B
   O      1-3  4   75%  F Gutierrez     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 1.

Top of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 3-1, Jensen Lewis facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   73%  D Barton        Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  3   76%  M Sweeney       Double to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  3   74%  J Cust          Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  5   71%  B Crosby        Groundout: P-1B (Weak SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 1-3, Lenny DiNardo facing 8-9-1
          ---  6   66%  J Michaels      Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short CF-RF)
   OO     1--  2   76%  C Blake         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
          ---  4   74%  G Sizemore      Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF)
          1--      73%  A Cabrera       Sizemore Steals 2B
   O      -2-  2   78%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 1.

Top of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 3-1, Jensen Lewis facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   76%  J Hannahan      Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  1   75%  K Suzuki        Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
          ---  7   76%  C Denorfia      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
          1-- 11   77%  T Buck          Walk; Denorfia to 2B
   O      12-  6   74%  M Ellis         Flyball: LF (Short LF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 1-3, Lenny DiNardo facing 3-4-5
          ---  4   68%  T Hafner        Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  2   59%  V Martinez      Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Hafner to 2B
                  Joey Devine replaces Lenny DiNardo pitching
   O      12-  4   67%  J Peralta       Strikeout Swinging
          12-  6   58%  R Garko         Walk; Hafner to 3B; Martinez to 2B
   O      123  5   69%  F Gutierrez     Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
                  David Dellucci pinch hits for Jason Michaels batting 8th
   R      123  7   56%  D Dellucci      Walk; Hafner Scores; Martinez to 3B; Garko to 2B
   O      123  3   69%  C Blake         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 2.

Top of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 3-2, Rafael Perez facing 3-4-5
                  Rafael Perez replaces Jensen Lewis pitching; David Dellucci moves to LF
          ---  6   73%  D Barton        Walk
          1--  2   82%  M Sweeney       Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Barton to 3B
                  Emil Brown pinch hits for Jack Cust batting 5th
   R      1-3  1   87%  E Brown         Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); Barton Scores; Sweeney to 2B
   RRR    12-  1   97%  B Crosby        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Sweeney Scores; Brown Scores
   O      ---  4   96%  J Hannahan      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   96%  K Suzuki        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   96%  C Denorfia      Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Indians 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-7, Alan Embree facing 1-2-3
                  Alan Embree replaces Joey Devine pitching; Emil Brown moves to LF
   O      ---  5   97%  G Sizemore      Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  6   98%  A Cabrera       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   98%  T Hafner        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Indians 2.

Top of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 7-2, Masahide Kobayashi facing 1-2-3
                  Masahide Kobayashi replaces Rafael Perez pitching
   O      ---  2   98%  T Buck          Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  2   98%  M Ellis         Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  2   98%  D Barton        Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Indians 2.

Bottom of the 8th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-7, Andrew Brown facing 4-5-6
                  Andrew Brown replaces Alan Embree pitching
   O      ---  3   99%  V Martinez      Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   99%  J Peralta       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          ---  5   99%  R Garko         Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   O      -2-  3   99%  F Gutierrez     Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, Indians 2.

Top of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 7-2, Joe Borowski facing 4-5-6
                  Joe Borowski replaces Masahide Kobayashi pitching
   O      ---  1   99%  M Sweeney       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  4   99%  E Brown         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  8   99%  B Crosby        Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Indians 2.

Bottom of the 9th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-7, Andrew Brown facing 8-9-1
          ---  1   98%  D Dellucci      Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS); Dellucci to 2B/Adv on E6 (throw)
   O      -2-  3   99%  C Blake         Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF); Dellucci to 3B
   RO     --3  4  100%  G Sizemore      Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Dellucci Scores/unER
   O      ---  7  100%  A Cabrera       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
        1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Indians 3.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation