Oakland 7, Cleveland 3
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(8-4)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 7 2
Cleveland 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 8 0
WP: L. DiNardo (1-0)
LP: F. Carmona (1-1)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 3rd: Oakland
- D. Barton singled to left center, M. Ellis and T. Buck scored
Bot 3rd: Cleveland
- C. Blake grounded out to second, F. Gutierrez scored
Top 4th: Oakland
- C. Denorfia walked, J. Cust scored, J. Hannahan to third, K. Suzuki to second
Bot 6th: Cleveland
- D. Dellucci walked, T. Hafner scored, V. Martinez to third, R. Garko to second
Top 7th: Oakland
- E. Brown singled to center, D. Barton scored, M. Sweeney to second
- B. Crosby homered to deep left, M. Sweeney and E. Brown scored
Bot 9th: Cleveland
- G. Sizemore hit sacrifice fly to deep center, D. Dellucci scored
 Oakland
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
T. Buck rf 3 1 0 0 2 1 3 .175
M. Ellis 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 5 .250
D. Barton 1b 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 .239
M. Sweeney dh 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .278
J. Cust lf 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 .114
    E. Brown ph-lf 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 .250
B. Crosby ss 5 1 1 3 0 0 3 .312
J. Hannahan 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .167
K. Suzuki c 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .308
R. Sweeney cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .348
    C. Denorfia ph-cf 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .333
 Totals 32 7 7 7 10 4 16  
 Batting
2B - M Ellis (3, F Carmona); M Sweeney (2, J Lewis).
HR - B Crosby (1, 7th inning off R Perez 2 on, 0 Out).
RBI - D Barton 2 (4), C Denorfia (3), E Brown (7), B Crosby 3 (8).
2-out RBI - D Barton 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Ellis 3, B Crosby 1.
GIDP - B Crosby, R Sweeney.
Team LOB - 8.
 Fielding
E - J Hannahan (2, ground ball); B Crosby (2, throw).
DP - 1 (M Ellis-B Crosby-D Barton).
 Cleveland
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
G. Sizemore cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .295
A. Cabrera 2b 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 .214
T. Hafner dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .244
V. Martinez c 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .316
J. Peralta ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .293
R. Garko 1b 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .324
F. Gutierrez rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 6 .167
J. Michaels lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .111
    D. Dellucci ph-lf 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 .278
C. Blake 3b 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 .143
 Totals 34 3 8 3 2 6 14  
 Batting
2B - F Gutierrez (1, L DiNardo); R Garko (4, A Brown).
SF - G Sizemore.
RBI - C Blake (6), D Dellucci (1), G Sizemore (5).
2-out RBI - D Dellucci.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Blake 2, F Gutierrez 2, A Cabrera 1.
GIDP - C Blake.
Team LOB - 8.
 Base Running
SB - G Sizemore (3, 2nd base off L DiNardo/K Suzuki).
 
 Fielding
DP - 2 (J Peralta-A Cabrera-R Garko, F Carmona-J Peralta-R Garko).
 Oakland
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
L. DiNardo (W, 1-0) 5.0 6 2 2 0 3 0 6.75
J. Devine (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.00
A. Embree 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.19
A. Brown 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
 Cleveland
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
F. Carmona (L, 1-1) 3.1 2 3 3 8 1 0 2.20
J. Lewis 2.2 2 0 0 1 2 0 3.52
R. Perez 1.0 3 4 4 1 0 1 9.00
M. Kobayashi 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.08
J. Borowski 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13.50
HBP - G Sizemore (by L DiNardo).
Pitches-strikes - L DiNardo 73-52; J Devine 25-13; A Embree 15-10; A Brown 31-21; F Carmona 82-40; J Lewis 56-38; R Perez 21-14; M Kobayashi 6-4; J Borowski 13-10.
Ground balls-fly balls - L DiNardo 12-0; J Devine 1-1; A Embree 1-0; A Brown 1-5; F Carmona 6-3; J Lewis 3-3; R Perez 3-0; M Kobayashi 2-1; J Borowski 1-1.
Batters faced - L DiNardo 22; J Devine 5; A Embree 3; A Brown 8; F Carmona 18; J Lewis 11; R Perez 7; M Kobayashi 3; J Borowski 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Greg Gibson. 1B--Chris Guccione. 2B--Charlie Reliford. 3B--Kerwin Danley.
Time: 3:11.
Attendance: 19,170.
Weather: 45 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 20 mph, out to right.
Game Notes
OAKLAND'S RYAN SWEENEY LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING DUE TO A STRAINED RIGHT QUADRICEPS.

Updated on Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 11:25 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Oakland
B. Crosby Bobby Crosby
1-5, 1 HR
3 RBI
 Cleveland
R. Garko Ryan Garko
2-3