Tampa Bay Rays vs Oakland Athletics
August 12, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 2008 at Network Associates Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Tampa Bay Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Rays 1, Oakland Athletics 2

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 0 0 1
Upton cf 3 0 1 0
Pena 1b 4 0 0 0
Baldelli rf 3 0 1 0
  Gross rf 0 0 0 0
Aybar 3b 2 0 1 0
Ruggiano lf 3 0 0 0
  Hinske ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Navarro c 4 0 0 0
Zobrist ss 3 1 1 0
Bartlett dh 4 0 2 0
Kazmir p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Sweeney rf 4 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 4 0 1 0
Thomas dh 4 0 1 0
Brown lf 2 1 0 0
Crosby ss 3 1 1 2
Gonzalez C. cf 3 0 0 0
Suzuki c 2 0 1 0
Barton 1b 3 0 0 0
Pennington 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hannahan 3b 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez G. p 0 0 0 0
  Blevins p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 4 2
Tampa Bay 001 000 000160
Oakland 020 000 00x241
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kazmir  L (8-6) 5.0 2 2 2 2 6
  Howell  2 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Balfour  1 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
7.0
4
2
2
2
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Gonzalez  W (1-1) 5.0 5 1 1 4 5
  Blevins  2 0.0 0 0 1 0 0
  Devine  1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
7.0
6
1
1
5
5

  E–Barton (9).  DP–Oakland 1. E. Brown-Crosby-Ellis.  2B–Tampa Bay Bartlett (14,off G. Gonzalez); Zobrist (3,off G. Gonzalez), Oakland Thomas (6,off Kazmir).  HR–Oakland Crosby (7,2nd inning off Kazmir 1 on 0 out).  SF–Iwamura (3,off G. Gonzalez).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Suzuki (8,by Kazmir).  Team–5.  SB–Ellis (13,2nd base off Balfour/Navarro).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Paul Nauert, 2B–James Hoye, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:32.  A–14,284.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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