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| Final - 9.11.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Athletics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
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Angels Go Gutless in Loss to Oakland
The Angels squandered numerous opportunities to win a ballgame, going 2 for 10 with runners in scoring position in a 6-5 loss to the A's.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| LA Angels | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Oakland Athletics | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coco Crisp, CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .252 |
| Seth Smith, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .247 |
| Collin Cowgill, LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Josh Reddick, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .248 |
| Yoenis Cespedes, DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .288 |
| Brandon Moss, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .262 |
| Josh Donaldson, 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .242 |
| George Kottaras, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .216 |
| Stephen Drew, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .229 |
| Cliff Pennington, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .218 |
| Totals | 34 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
Batting
Home runs - Cespedes, Moss
Triples - Crisp
Sacrifice flies - Drew
Team LOB - 5
Fielding
Errors - Donaldson, Drew
Home runs - Cespedes, Moss
Triples - Crisp
Sacrifice flies - Drew
Team LOB - 5
Fielding
Errors - Donaldson, Drew
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Straily (W, 2-0) | 6.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3.42 | 0 | 104-70 |
| Pat Neshek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.66 | 0 | 2-1 |
| Sean Doolittle | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.25 | 0 | 11-9 |
| Grant Balfour | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.97 | 0 | 22-11 |
| Jerry Blevins (S, 4-1; S,1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.51 | 0 | 8-6 |
| Los Angeles Angels | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Trout, CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .332 |
| Torii Hunter, RF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .307 |
| Albert Pujols, DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Peter Bourjos, PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| Kendrys Morales, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .277 |
| Howie Kendrick, 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .285 |
| Erick Aybar, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 |
| Vernon Wells, LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .228 |
| Alberto Callaspo, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .249 |
| Chris Iannetta, C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .246 |
| Totals | 37 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
Batting
Home runs - Hunter, Wells
Grounded into DP - Kendrick
Hit by pitch - Iannetta
Stolen Bases - Aybar
Team LOB - 9
Fielding
Errors - Hunter
Home runs - Hunter, Wells
Grounded into DP - Kendrick
Hit by pitch - Iannetta
Stolen Bases - Aybar
Team LOB - 9
Fielding
Errors - Hunter
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Williams (L, 6-8) | 3.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4.75 | 0 | 66-51 |
| Nick Maronde | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 11-6 |
| Garrett Richards | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.43 | 0 | 21-15 |
| Scott Downs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.85 | 0 | 9-8 |
| Jordan Walden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.63 | 0 | 20-12 |
| Kevin Jepsen | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.18 | 0 | 17-10 |
GAME NOTES
Pitching notes: P.Neshek pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. G.Balfour pitched to 4 batters in the 9th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Paul Schrieber, First Base Umpire - Mike Everitt, Second Base Umpire - Laz Diaz, Third Base Umpire - Tim Welke
Duration: 3:15
Pitching notes: P.Neshek pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. G.Balfour pitched to 4 batters in the 9th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Paul Schrieber, First Base Umpire - Mike Everitt, Second Base Umpire - Laz Diaz, Third Base Umpire - Tim Welke
Duration: 3:15
