Major League Baseball
Oakland Athletics
12
Detroit Tigers
4
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| DET | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Seth Smith homered, doubled and drove in four runs, and the Oakland Athletics avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Detroit Tigers 12-4 Thursday in a matchup of AL playoff contenders.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Donaldson doubled to deep right, S Smith scored.
S Smith doubled to deep right, J Reddick, B Moss and D Barton scored.
D Barton walked, C Pennington scored, J Reddick to third, B Moss to second.
Y Cespedes hit sacrifice fly to center, G Kottaras scored, C Pennington to third, J Reddick to second.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: in play
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
A Dirks homered to right (358 feet).
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
G Kottaras tripled to deep center, S Smith and J Donaldson scored.
J Donaldson singled to left, B Moss scored, S Smith to second.
B Moss doubled to deep right, Y Cespedes scored, B Moss to third advancing on throw.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
P Fielder doubled to deep right center, M Cabrera scored.
End of the 9th
M Cabrera flied out to center.
Pitch 1: in play
M Cabrera batting
O Infante doubled to deep left.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 3: ball 3
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
O Infante batting
A Jackson grounded out to second.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
A Jackson batting
G Laird struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: ball 1
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
G Laird batting
E Scribner relieved S Doolittle.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
G Kottaras grounded out to first.
Pitch 1: in play
G Kottaras batting
J Donaldson doubled to deep right, S Smith scored.
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DET wins series 2-1
Austin JacksonCF16
Omar Rafael Infante2B14
Miguel Cabrera3B24
Prince Fielder1B84
Delmon YoungDH27
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Avisail GarciaRF24
Andy DirksLF
Gerald LairdC18
Stephen DrewSS10
Josh ReddickCF22
Yoenis CespedesDH52
Brandon MossRF37
Chris Carter1B48
Seth SmithLF12
Josh Donaldson3B3
George KottarasC10
Cliff Pennington2B7
Daric Barton1B37
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