Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
September 3, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 2006 at Network Associates Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 1, Oakland Athletics 10

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 3 0 1 0
  Fahey pr,2b 1 0 1 0
Mora 3b 3 1 0 0
Markakis rf 4 0 0 0
Tejada dh 3 0 3 1
  Fiorentino ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Millar 1b 4 0 0 0
Newhan cf 4 0 1 0
Tatis lf 3 0 1 0
Gomez ss 3 0 1 0
Ardoin c 3 0 0 0
Penn p 0 0 0 0
  Ortiz p 0 0 0 0
  Abreu p 0 0 0 0
  Chen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 8 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kendall c 4 2 3 1
  Melhuse ph,c 1 0 1 0
Ellis 2b 5 2 3 2
Payton cf 4 1 1 0
  Bocachica cf 0 0 0 0
Thomas dh 4 0 0 0
  Brown ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 3 2 2 2
  Perez 3b 2 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 3 1 2 4
Swisher lf 4 1 2 0
Kielty rf 5 0 0 0
Scutaro ss 3 1 1 1
Loaiza p 0 0 0 0
  Witasick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 16 10
Baltimore 100 000 000180
Oakland 900 100 00x10160
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Penn  L (0-1) 0.2 8 8 8 0 0
  Ortiz   3.1 5 2 2 1 5
  Abreu   3.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Chen   1.0 1 0 0 3 0
Totals
8.0
16
10
10
5
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza  W (9-7) 8.0 8 1 1 1 4
  Witasick   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 4. Chavez-Ellis-Johnson, Scutaro-Ellis-Johnson, Ellis-Scutaro-Johnson, Scutaro-Ellis-Johnson, Oakland 4. Chavez-Ellis-Johnson, Scutaro-Ellis-Johnson, Ellis-Scutaro-Johnson, Scutaro-Ellis-Johnson.  2B–Baltimore Tejada (34,off Loaiza); Tatis (5,off Loaiza)., Oakland Swisher (19,off Penn); Melhuse (7,off Abreu); Perez (5,off Chen)..  3B–Oakland Scutaro (4,off Penn).  HR–Oakland Johnson (8,1st inning off Penn 3 on 1 out); Ellis (11,1st inning off Ortiz 1 on 2 out); Chavez (17,4th inning off Ortiz 0 on 2 out)..  Team LOB–5.  Team–10.  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Mark Wegner, 3B–Marvin Hudson.  T–2:36.  A–26,280.
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