August 16, 2008 Chicago White Sox at Oakland Athletics Play by Play and Box Score

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TOR 4
@BOS 1 LAA 4
@CLE 3 DET 5
BAL 3 MIN 7
SEA 6 NYY 3
KCR 2
(13) CHW 2
@OAK 1 TEX 3
TBR 0 ATL 11
SFG 5 STL 9
@CIN 3 FLA 2
CHC 1 ARI 11
@HOU 5 MIL 4
@LAD 3
(10) NYM 7
@PIT 4 SDP 8
PHI 3 COL 13
@WSN 6

Standings at end of play this day

Network Associates Coliseum, Attendance: 22,206

Saturday, August 16, 2008, 3:55pm
Time of Game: 3:01

White Sox

69-54

Won 1

2nd, ½ GB

Ozzie Guillen

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
White Sox       0  2  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    2 11  1
Athletics       0  0  1   0  0  0   0  0  0    1  6  0

W: J Danks (10-5), L: G Smith (5-12), S: B Jenks (25)

Athletics

56-66

Lost 1

3rd, 20½ GB

Bob Geren

BATTING

Chicago White Sox            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
O Cabrera SS                  5   0   2   0    0   1  .269  .673   20    0   3   2B
N Swisher CF                  4   0   0   0    1   0  .228  .752   17    1   0   
  B Anderson PR-CF            0   0   0   0    0   0  .241  .736         1   0   
C Quentin LF                  3   0   2   0    2   0  .290  .965   23    2   0   2B
J Dye RF                      5   0   0   0    0   0  .299  .920   17    0   0   
K Griffey DH                  5   0   2   0    0   1  .245  .767   11    0   0   
  D Wise PR-DH                0   0   0   0    0   0  .286  .789         0   0   
P Konerko 1B                  4   1   1   0    1   0  .225  .706   22   10   0   2B,GDP,IW
A Ramirez 2B                  4   0   1   0    0   1  .306  .794   14    1   3   
J Uribe 3B                    4   1   1   1    0   2  .233  .655   22    4   1   2B
T Hall C                      3   0   2   1    0   1  .289  .694   16    8   0   HBP

J Danks P                                                                0   1
  D Carrasco P                                                           0   1
  M Thornton P                                                           0   0
  B Jenks P                                                              0   0
Totals                       37   2  11   2    4   6              162   27   9

BATTING

2B: O Cabrera (22, off G Smith); P Konerko (13, off G Smith); C Quentin (22, off S Casilla); J Uribe (15, off G Smith).

IBB: P Konerko (3, by A Embree).

HBP: T Hall (2, by S Casilla).

TB: O Cabrera 3; C Quentin 3; P Konerko 2; J Uribe 2; K Griffey 2; T Hall 2; A Ramirez.

GIDP: P Konerko (14).

RBI: J Uribe (23); T Hall (6).

Team LOB: 13.

With RISP: 2 for 13.

FIELDING

DP: 3. J Uribe; J Uribe-P Konerko; O Cabrera-A Ramirez-P Konerko.

E: N Swisher (5).

Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
M Ellis 2B                    4   0   0   0    1   0  .232  .688   18    1   2   
K Suzuki C                    2   1   1   0    2   0  .292  .747   13    6   0   2B
F Thomas DH                   3   0   0   0    1   1  .248  .758   21    0   0   GDP
  E Patterson PR-DH           0   0   0   0    0   0  .208  .611         0   0   SB
E Brown RF                    4   0   2   1    0   0  .250  .691   17    3   0   
J Cust LF                     3   0   1   0    1   2  .232  .823   18    0   0   
B Crosby SS                   4   0   0   0    0   2  .251  .686   16    4   2   GDP
D Barton 1B                   4   0   1   0    0   1  .207  .610   10    5   0   2B
R Davis CF                    3   0   1   0    0   2  .216  .532   15    6   0   2B
  C Gonzalez PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .265  .705    2    0   0   
C Pennington 3B               1   0   0   0    1   0  .000  .125   13    2   1   SH
  J Hannahan PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .223  .640    2    0   0   

G Smith P                                                                0   0
  S Casilla P                                                            0   0
  A Embree P                                                             0   0
  J Devine P                                                             0   0
  D Meyer P                                                              0   0
Totals                       30   1   6   1    6   8              145   27   5

BATTING

2B: K Suzuki (19, off J Danks); D Barton (11, off J Danks); R Davis (4, off J Danks).

SH: C Pennington (1, off J Danks).

TB: R Davis 2; K Suzuki 2; D Barton 2; E Brown 2; J Cust.

GIDP: F Thomas (7); B Crosby (15).

RBI: E Brown (54).

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 2 for 10.

FIELDING

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

BASERUNNING

SB: E Patterson (4, 2nd base off D Carrasco/T Hall).

PITCHING

Chicago White Sox             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Danks, W (10-5)              6     6   1   1    5   5   0   3.11   27  108-62   37·16· 9    6· 5· 6· 0     56    -     1.46   0.27
D Carrasco, H (6)              1     0   0   0    1   0   0   2.63    4   15-9     5· 0· 4    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.74   0.11
M Thornton, H (14)             1     0   0   0    0   3   0   2.82    3   11-9     1· 4· 4    0· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.91   0.14
B Jenks, S (25)                1     0   0   0    0   0   0   1.83    3    9-4     3· 0· 1    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    2.78   0.19
Totals                         9     6   1   1    6   8   0          37  143-84   46·20·18    9· 8· 6· 0           -

Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
G Smith, L (5-12)              5     8   2   2    2   1   0   3.91   24  100-59   40· 2·17    4· 9· 8· 0     42    -     1.13   0.01
S Casilla                      1.1   2   0   0    0   1   0   3.08    7   18-11    6· 5· 0    4· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.45   0.03
A Embree                       0.2   0   0   0    1   2   0   5.05    3   11-6     1· 2· 3    0· 0· 0· 0          1-0    1.58   0.08
J Devine                       1     0   0   0    0   2   0   0.94    3   14-10    4· 3· 3    0· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.75   0.05
D Meyer                        1     1   0   0    1   0   0   3.09    5   14-7     4· 1· 2    0· 2· 2· 0          0-0    0.99   0.04
Totals                         9    11   2   2    4   6   0          42  157-93   55·13·25    8·12·11· 0          1-0

Balks: None.

WP: G Smith (5).

IBB: A Embree (4; P Konerko).

HBP: S Casilla (2; T Hall).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tim Tschida, 1B - Adrian Johnson, 2B - Jim Joyce, 3B - Jeff Nelson.

Time of Game: 3:01.

Attendance: 22,206.

Weather: 66° F, Wind 11mph in from Leftfield, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Chicago White Sox             Oakland Athletics                    
1. O Cabrera            SS    1. M Ellis              2B 
2. N Swisher            CF    2. K Suzuki             C  
3. C Quentin            LF    3. F Thomas             DH 
4. J Dye                RF    4. E Brown              RF 
5. K Griffey            DH    5. J Cust               LF 
6. P Konerko            1B    6. B Crosby             SS 
7. A Ramirez            2B    7. D Barton             1B 
8. J Uribe              3B    8. R Davis              CF 
9. T Hall               C     9. C Pennington         3B 

   J Danks              P        G Smith              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 3   0  2-1  123  4   21%  58% B Crosby        J Danks         Line Drive Double Play: 3B unassisted (Weak 3B); Thomas out at 3B/3B
   b 4   1  2-1  123  6   20%  65% F Thomas        J Danks         Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   t 2   1  0-0  -2-  7   11%  63% J Uribe         G Smith         Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Konerko Scores
   b 3   0  2-1  12-  3   -9%  37% J Cust          J Danks         Single to 2B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B); Thomas to 3B; Brown to 2B
   b 9   0  2-1  ---  2    8%  89% C Gonzalez      B Jenks         Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Greg Smith facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  4   54%  O Cabrera       Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF)
   O      1--  3   50%  N Swisher       Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
          1--      52%  C Quentin       Wild Pitch; Cabrera to 2B
          -2-  6   54%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  2   50%  J Dye           Flyball: CF (Deep CF); Cabrera to 3B
   O      1-3  3   45%  K Griffey       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, John Danks facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   47%  M Ellis         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
          ---  6   45%  K Suzuki        Walk
   O      1--  4   48%  F Thomas        Strikeout Swinging
          1--  5   46%  E Brown         Single to CF (Line Drive); Suzuki to 2B
   O      12-  6   50%  J Cust          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

Top of the 2nd, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Greg Smith facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   56%  P Konerko       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
   O      -2-  5   52%  A Ramirez       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   R      -2-  7   63%  J Uribe         Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Konerko Scores
   R      -2-  6   71%  T Hall          Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Uribe Scores
   O      1--  7   69%  O Cabrera       Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      1--  4   67%  N Swisher       Lineout: 3B (Weak 3B)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Behind 0-2, John Danks facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   70%  B Crosby        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   65%  D Barton        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  5   69%  R Davis         Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  9   68%  C Pennington    Walk
   O      12-  3   72%  M Ellis         Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

Top of the 3rd, White Sox Batting, Ahead 2-0, Greg Smith facing 3-4-5
          ---  6   75%  C Quentin       Walk
   O      1--  4   72%  J Dye           Lineout: CF
          1--  1   75%  K Griffey       Single to RF (Line Drive); Quentin to 2B
   OO     12-  1   69%  P Konerko       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Behind 0-2, John Danks facing 2-3-4
          ---  2   61%  K Suzuki        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B)
          -2-  4   53%  F Thomas        Reached on E8 (Fly Ball); Suzuki to 3B
   R      1-3  1   46%  E Brown         Single to CF (Line Drive); Suzuki Scores; Thomas to 2B
          12-  3   37%  J Cust          Single to 2B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B); Thomas to 3B; Brown to 2B
   OO     123  4   58%  B Crosby        Line Drive Double Play: 3B unassisted (Weak 3B); Thomas out at 3B/3B
   O      12-  3   63%  D Barton        Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

Top of the 4th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 2-1, Greg Smith facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   61%  A Ramirez       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6   59%  J Uribe         Strikeout Looking
          ---  3   60%  T Hall          Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
          1--  3   64%  O Cabrera       Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Hall to 3B
   O      -23  2   58%  N Swisher       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-2, John Danks facing 8-9-1
          ---  5   50%  R Davis         Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
   O      -2-  2   52%  C Pennington    Bunt Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home); Davis to 3B
          --3  4   49%  M Ellis         Walk
          1-3  4   45%  K Suzuki        Walk; Ellis to 2B
   OO     123  6   65%  F Thomas        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

Top of the 5th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 2-1, Greg Smith facing 3-4-5
          ---  3   68%  C Quentin       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  5   65%  J Dye           Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      1--  1   62%  K Griffey       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   O      1--  8   60%  P Konerko       Lineout: SS (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-2, John Danks facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   63%  E Brown         Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
          ---  6   59%  J Cust          Walk
   OO     1--  4   67%  B Crosby        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

Top of the 6th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 2-1, Santiago Casilla facing 7-8-9
                  Santiago Casilla replaces Greg Smith pitching
          ---  1   71%  A Ramirez       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  3   67%  J Uribe         Popfly: SS (Weak SS)
          1--  1   71%  T Hall          Hit By Pitch; Ramirez to 2B
   O      12-  4   66%  O Cabrera       Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  3   62%  N Swisher       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-2, John Danks facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  1   66%  D Barton        Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  5   68%  R Davis         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   70%  C Pennington    Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

Top of the 7th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 2-1, Santiago Casilla facing 3-4-5
          ---  1   77%  C Quentin       Double to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  5   72%  J Dye           Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  Alan Embree replaces Santiago Casilla pitching
   O      -2-  4   69%  K Griffey       Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  4   70%  P Konerko       Intentional Walk
   O      12-  3   65%  A Ramirez       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-2, D.J. Carrasco facing 1-2-3
                  D.J. Carrasco replaces John Danks pitching
   O      ---  4   70%  M Ellis         Groundout: P-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  1   73%  K Suzuki        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  7   70%  F Thomas        Walk
                  Eric Patterson pinch runs for Frank Thomas batting 3rd
          1--      68%  E Brown         Patterson Steals 2B
   O      -2-  3   76%  " "             Flyball: CF (Short CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

Top of the 8th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 2-1, Joey Devine facing 8-9-1
                  Joey Devine replaces Alan Embree pitching
   O      ---  6   73%  J Uribe         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   72%  T Hall          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   71%  O Cabrera       Lineout: SS (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-2, Matt Thornton facing 5-6-7
                  Matt Thornton replaces D.J. Carrasco pitching
   O      ---  3   77%  J Cust          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   81%  B Crosby        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   84%  D Barton        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

Top of the 9th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 2-1, Dan Meyer facing 2-3-4
                  Dan Meyer replaces Joey Devine pitching
          ---  5   87%  N Swisher       Walk
                  Brian N. Anderson pinch runs for Nick Swisher batting 2nd
   O      1--  2   84%  C Quentin       Flyball: RF
   O      1--  1   83%  J Dye           Lineout: RF (Deep RF Line)
          1--  2   84%  K Griffey       Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Anderson to 3B
                  Dewayne Wise pinch runs for Ken Griffey batting 5th
   O      1-3  4   81%  P Konerko       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-2, Bobby Jenks facing 8-9-1
                  Bobby Jenks replaces Matt Thornton pitching; Brian N. Anderson moves to CF; Carlos Gonzalez pinch hits for Rajai Davis batting 8th
   O      ---  2   89%  C Gonzalez      Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
                  Jack Hannahan pinch hits for Cliff Pennington batting 9th
   O      ---  2   96%  J Hannahan      Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  5  100%  M Ellis         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation