Oakland 5, Texas 4
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(19-29)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 10 0
Texas 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 10 2
WP: A. Bailey (4-0)
LP: F. Francisco (1-1)
(30-20)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Oakland
- A. Kennedy homered to deep right center
Top 6th: Oakland
- J. Giambi homered to deep center
Top 7th: Oakland
- O. Cabrera scored, A. Kennedy to second on balk
- J. Cust singled to center, A. Kennedy scored
Bot 7th: Texas
- J. Saltalamacchia doubled to deep left, M. Byrd and H. Blalock scored
Bot 8th: Texas
- H. Blalock singled to right, M. Young scored, N. Cruz to third
- M. Byrd singled to third, N. Cruz scored, H. Blalock to second
Top 9th: Oakland
- A. Kennedy homered to deep right
 Oakland
  AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg 
O. Cabrera ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .236
A. Kennedy 2b 5 3 3 2 2 0 1 0 3 .390
J. Cust dh 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .252
M. Holliday lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .270
J. Giambi 1b 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 4 .220
    B. Crosby 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .204
K. Suzuki c 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .285
R. Sweeney cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250
A. Cunningham rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .050
J. Hannahan 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 .194
 Totals 37 5 10 4 3 2 9 1 18  
 Batting
2B - O Cabrera (6, D Holland).
HR - A Kennedy 2 (4, 1st inning off K Millwood 0 on, 1 Out, 9th inning off F Francisco 0 on, 1 Out), J Giambi (6, 6th inning off K Millwood 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - A Kennedy 2 (15), J Giambi (23), J Cust (26).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Giambi 1, O Cabrera 1, A Kennedy 2.
GIDP - J Giambi, K Suzuki.
Team LOB - 8.
 Base Running
SB - M Holliday (4, 2nd base off K Millwood/J Saltalamacchia).
 
 Fielding
DP - 1 (A Kennedy-O Cabrera-B Crosby).
 Texas
  AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg 
I. Kinsler 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .279
M. Young 3b 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333
A. Jones dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 .282
N. Cruz rf 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 .296
H. Blalock 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .258
    C. Davis 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194
M. Byrd cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .304
D. Murphy lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 .226
J. Saltalamacchia c 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 .255
E. Andrus ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .283
    J. Hamilton ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240
    O. Vizquel pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
 Totals 35 4 10 4 0 3 10 0 17  
 Batting
2B - A Jones (9, D Braden); M Byrd (18, D Braden); J Saltalamacchia (7, C Breslow).
RBI - J Saltalamacchia 2 (23), H Blalock (28), M Byrd (24).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - H Blalock 1, I Kinsler 1, N Cruz 1, J Saltalamacchia 1.
GIDP - I Kinsler.
Team LOB - 7.
 Base Running
CS - D Murphy (3, 2nd base by D Braden/K Suzuki).
 
 Fielding
E - H Blalock (1, ground ball); I Kinsler (4, catch).
DP - 2 (I Kinsler-E Andrus-H Blalock, M Young-I Kinsler-H Blalock).
 Oakland
  IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA 
D. Braden 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 1.42 3.63  
C. Breslow (H, 4) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.27 5.03  
M. Wuertz (H, 5) 1.0 1 2 2 1 3 0 0.95 2.59  
A. Bailey (W, 4-0; BS, 3) 1.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0.99 2.23  
 Texas
  IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA 
K. Millwood 6.0 5 2 2 2 5 2 1.23 3.23  
D. Holland 2.0 4 2 2 0 3 0 1.56 5.96  
F. Francisco (L, 1-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0.86 0.48  
BALK - D Holland.
HBP - M Holliday (by K Millwood).
Pitches-strikes - D Braden 82-56; C Breslow 8-5; M Wuertz 25-15; A Bailey 18-13; K Millwood 116-68; D Holland 34-21; F Francisco 16-10.
Ground balls-fly balls - D Braden 2-9; C Breslow 0-1; M Wuertz 0-0; A Bailey 3-1; K Millwood 8-6; D Holland 3-0; F Francisco 1-1.
Batters faced - D Braden 24; C Breslow 2; M Wuertz 5; A Bailey 7; K Millwood 27; D Holland 9; F Francisco 4.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Gerry Davis. 1B--Brian Gorman. 2B--C.B. Bucknor. 3B--Mike Everitt.
Time: 2:57.
Attendance: 22,952.
Weather: 91 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 9 mph, right to left.

Updated on Sunday, May 31, 2009 6:17 pm ET

 
 Top Batters
 Oakland
A. Kennedy Adam Kennedy
3-5, 2 HR
2 RBI
 Texas
M. Byrd Marlon Byrd
2-4
1 RBI