OAK 27 vs BAL 29

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2005 Oakland A's At 2005 Baltimore Orioles                5/14/2005
 
  A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG     Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Kendall C         5  0  1  0 .208     B.Roberts 2B        4  0  0  0 .260  
  M.Kotsay CF         5  0  2  1 .176     M.Mora 3B           3  0  0  0 .270  
  B.Crosby SS         5  0  0  0 .361   B-C.Gomez PR          0  0  0  0 .277  
  E.Chavez 3B         4  0  2  0 .192     M.Tejada SS         4  0  1  0 .243  
  B.Kielty DH         4  0  1  0 .214     R.Palmeiro 1B       3  1  1  1 .271  
  S.Hatteberg 1B      4  1  1  0 .206     S.Sosa DH           3  0  0  0 .204  
  J.Payton LF         3  0  2  0 .162     J.Lopez C           3  0  0  0 .270  
A-M.Scutaro PH,LF     0  0  0  0 .000     J.Gibbons RF        2  0  0  0 .181  
  N.Swisher RF        4  0  1  0 .274     B.Surhoff LF        3  0  2  0 .258  
  M.Ellis 2B          3  1  1  1 .319     L.Matos CF          3  0  0  0 .293  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  2 11  2                 Totals      28  1  4  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Payton In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Mora In 9th Inning
 
INJURY: Melvin Mora INJURED (for 0 more games) in 9th inning
 
A's............. 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  2 11  0
Orioles......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  4  0
 
A's (15-12)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
K.Saarloos WIN(2-1)       8       4   1   1   1   3   1  96   0.92
H.Street SAVE(6th)        1       0   0   0   0   0   0  11   3.72
Totals                    9       4   1   1   1   3   1
 
Orioles (11-18)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Chen                    7       5   0   0   1   4   0 100   4.53
B.Ryan LOSS(0-1) BS(1st)  2       6   2   2   0   1   0  41   2.08
Totals                    9      11   2   2   1   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 47,775 DATE-  TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Joe West, Brian Gorman, Mike Dimuro, Mark Carlson
T- 3:06
LEFT ON BASE- A's:10  Orioles: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 2  Orioles: 1
DOUBLES- J.Payton(2nd), M.Tejada(12th)
HOME RUNS- R.Palmeiro(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Scutaro
WALKS- M.Ellis, J.Gibbons
HIT BY PITCH- M.Mora
STRIKE OUTS- J.Kendall-2, E.Chavez, S.Hatteberg, N.Swisher, S.Sosa, J.Lopez,
             J.Gibbons
GIDP- B.Crosby, M.Tejada, L.Matos
WILD PITCHES- B.Ryan
 
Kirk Saarloos came through with a solid 8 innings as the Oakland A's rallied
impressively to win in dramatic style over Baltimore Orioles, 2 to
1.
 
Oakland scored the decisive runs in a big top of the 9th inning with 2 runs on
4 hits.  Scott Hatteberg led off and started the attack as he hit a single.
Marco Scutaro next to the plate and he laid down a sacrifice bunt.  B.J. Ryan
then bounced one in the dirt for a wild pitch.  Nick Swisher got his turn
next, but he was a strikeout victim.  Mark Ellis came to the plate and
smacked a single knocking in a run.  Jason Kendall added to the rally and
lined a one-base hit.  Mark Kotsay came next and he laced a base-hit scoring
the final run of the inning.  Baltimore was out-hit by Oakland, 11 hits to 4.
 
Saarloos(2-1) was the winner allowing 1 run in 8 innings. Saarloos got relief
help from Huston Street who gained credit for his 6th save.  Ryan(0-1) took
the loss in relief.  He allowed 2 runs and 6 hits in 2 innings.  
 
Lee Michaels was all smiles after the game, 'To pull a game out in your last
at bats, is a beautiful feeling - and did you see how quiet it got out there?
You could have heard a pin drop when we took the lead.  But, hey, that's what
makes baseball so great - as the great sage Yogi Berra says, 'it's not over
'til its over.'

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