Major League Baseball
Oakland Athletics
2
San Francisco Giants
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Pablo Sandoval hit a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth to help Barry Zito end a six-start winless stretch, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Oakland Athletics 5-2 on Thursday to avoid a season sweep.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
B Crawford grounded into fielder's choice to first, G Blanco out at second, N Noonan to third, N Noonan scored, B Crawford to second on throwing error by shortstop A Rosales.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Y Cespedes singled to right, J Jaso scored, J Lowrie to third.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
B Belt doubled to deep left, P Sandoval and H Pence scored.
P Sandoval singled to center, B Pill and B Crawford scored.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: in play
C Crisp singled to left, D Norris scored, A Griffin to second.
Middle of the 9th
Y Cespedes flied out to center.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Y Cespedes batting
J Lowrie flied out to right.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Lowrie batting
C Crisp flied out to left.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
C Crisp batting
J Arias at third base.
S Romo relieved J Affeldt.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
B Pill struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: ball 1
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
B Pill batting
N Noonan intentionally walked.
Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
Pitch 3: ball 3 (intentional ball)
Pitch 2: ball 2 (intentional ball)
Showing the last 40 of 603 events.
Series tied 1-1
Gregor BlancoCF7
Brandon CrawfordSS35
Pablo Sandoval3B48
Buster PoseyC28
Hunter PenceRF8
Brandon Belt1B13
Andres TorresLF56
Nick Noonan2B76
Barry ZitoP75
Sergio RomoP54
Ramon RamirezP49
George KontosP30
Jeremy AffeldtP41
Joaquin Arias3B1
Brett Pill1B84
Coco CrispCF4
Jed Lowrie2B8
Yoenis CespedesLF52
Josh Donaldson3B3
Nate Freiman1B
Chris YoungRF24
Derek NorrisC33
Adam RosalesSS32
A.J. GriffinP46
Brandon Moss1B37
Hideki OkajimaP39
John JasoPH28
Jerry BlevinsP26
Luke MontzPH72
Pat NeshekP93
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