Major League Baseball
Oakland Athletics
0
Tampa Bay Rays
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Alex Cobb pitched a four-hitter for his first major league shutout and the surging Tampa Bay Rays beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0 on Thursday night to pull within 2½ games of the first-place New York Yankees in the AL East.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
E Longoria singled to center, M Joyce scored.
M Joyce doubled to deep right, J Molina and S Fuld scored.
S Fuld singled to right, L Scott scored, J Molina to second.
R Roberts hit sacrifice fly to center, J Keppinger scored, L Scott to third.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (bunted foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Middle of the 9th
Y Cespedes struck out looking.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
Y Cespedes batting
J Reddick grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, S Drew out at second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Reddick batting
S Drew walked.
Pitch 6: ball 4
Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 3: ball 3
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
S Drew batting
J Keppinger at third base.
C Pena at first base.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
L Scott flied out to center.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 1
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
L Scott batting
J Keppinger walked.
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OAK wins series 2-1
Sam FuldLF23
B.J. UptonCF0
Matt JoyceRF7
Evan Longoria3B3
Ben ZobristSS18
Jeff Keppinger3B7
Luke ScottDH30
Ryan Roberts2B12
José MolinaC
Carlos Pena1B21
Coco CrispCF4
Stephen DrewSS10
Josh ReddickRF22
Yoenis CespedesLF52
Chris Carter1B48
Seth SmithDH12
Josh Donaldson3B3
Derek NorrisC33
Cliff Pennington2B7
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