Oakland 8, LA Angels 4
Preview - Box Score - Recap

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  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LA Angels 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 7 1
Oakland 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 X 8 9 0
WP: S. Casilla (3-1)
LP: S. Shields (3-4)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 3rd: Oakland
- M. Kotsay ground rule double to deep right center, D. Murphy scored, T. Buck to third
- J. Cust grounded out to second, T. Buck scored, M. Kotsay to third
- M. Piazza grounded out to shortstop, M. Kotsay scored
Top 6th: LA Angels
- O. Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to center, R. Willits scored
- V. Guerrero homered to deep right, C. Figgins scored
Top 8th: LA Angels
- V. Guerrero homered to deep left
Bot 8th: Oakland
- M. Scutaro singled to right, J. Furmaniak to third, J. Furmaniak scored, M. Scutaro to second on right fielder V. Guerrero's throwing error
- D. Johnson doubled to deep center, M. Scutaro scored
- D. Murphy singled to left, D. Johnson scored, K. Suzuki to second
- T. Buck doubled to deep left center, D. Murphy and K. Suzuki scored
 LA Angels
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
R. Willits lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .302
C. Figgins 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .339
O. Cabrera dh 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 .305
V. Guerrero rf 4 2 3 3 0 0 1 .330
R. Quinlan 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .254
G. Matthews Jr. cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .275
M. Izturis ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .261
M. Brown 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000
R. Budde c 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
    G. Anderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .288
    J. Mathis c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214
 Totals 31 4 7 4 3 6 15  
 Batting
2B - V Guerrero (35, L DiNardo).
HR - V Guerrero 2 (18, 6th inning off L DiNardo 1 on, 2 Out, 8th inning off S Casilla 0 on, 2 Out).
SF - O Cabrera.
RBI - O Cabrera (63), V Guerrero 3 (90).
2-out RBI - V Guerrero 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Izturis 1, R Willits 2.
GIDP - R Budde.
Team LOB - 4.
 Base Running
SB - M Izturis (3, 3rd base off H Street/K Suzuki), M Brown (1, 2nd base off H Street/K Suzuki).
CS - C Figgins (8, 2nd base by L DiNardo/K Suzuki).
 
 Fielding
E - V Guerrero (6, throw).
 Oakland
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
T. Buck rf-lf 4 1 1 2 1 2 0 .280
M. Kotsay cf 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 .230
J. Cust lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .257
    N. Swisher rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257
M. Piazza dh 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 .299
    J. Furmaniak pr-dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M. Ellis 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .260
M. Scutaro 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .246
D. Johnson 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 5 .237
K. Suzuki c 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 .217
    R. Bowen c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
D. Murphy ss 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 .205
 Totals 33 8 9 7 3 5 16  
 Batting
2B - M Kotsay (14, D Moseley); D Johnson (16, S Shields); T Buck (18, G Jones).
RBI - M Kotsay (20), J Cust (51), M Piazza (21), D Johnson (39), D Murphy (7), T Buck 2 (30).
2-out RBI - D Johnson, D Murphy, T Buck 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Kotsay 1, K Suzuki 3.
Team LOB - 6.
 Fielding
DP - 1 (D Murphy-M Ellis-D Johnson).
 LA Angels
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
D. Moseley 5.1 4 3 3 3 3 0 4.43
C. Bootcheck 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.68
J. Speier 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.00
S. Shields (L, 3-4) 0.2 4 5 5 0 0 0 3.00
G. Jones 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 10.38
 Oakland
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
L. DiNardo 6.0 5 3 3 2 2 1 3.19
H. Street 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3.18
S. Casilla (W, 3-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2.30
A. Embree 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.38
HBP - D Murphy (by D Moseley); K Suzuki (by S Shields).
Pitches-strikes - D Moseley 75-41; C Bootcheck 6-5; J Speier 13-8; S Shields 23-14; G Jones 9-5; L DiNardo 95-59; H Street 23-13; S Casilla 18-9; A Embree 13-8.
Ground balls-fly balls - D Moseley 6-7; C Bootcheck 0-2; J Speier 0-2; S Shields 0-2; G Jones 0-0; L DiNardo 10-5; H Street 1-0; S Casilla 1-1; A Embree 1-1.
Batters faced - D Moseley 24; C Bootcheck 2; J Speier 3; S Shields 7; G Jones 2; L DiNardo 23; H Street 5; S Casilla 4; A Embree 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Ed Rapuano. 1B--Ed Hickox. 2B--C.B. Bucknor. 3B--Joe West.
Time: 2:51.
Attendance: 21,552.
Weather: 67 degrees, clear.
Wind: 12 mph, left to right.

Updated on Saturday, Aug 4, 2007 1:13 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 LA Angels
V. Guerrero V. Guerrero
3-4, 2 HR
3 RBI
 Oakland
T. Buck T. Buck
1-4
2 RBI