OAK 22 vs. HOU 30

BOXSCORE: 2012 Oakland A's At 2012 Houston Astros                   5/31/2012
 
  A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG     Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Crisp CF          4  1  0  0 .290     J.Schafer CF        4  1  1  0 .226  
  J.Weeks 2B          4  0  1  0 .200     J.Altuve 2B         4  0  1  0 .254  
  J.Reddick RF        5  0  0  0 .167     J.Lowrie SS         3  0  1  1 .132  
  Y.Cespedes LF       5  2  3  1 .333     B.Wallace DH        3  0  0  0 .216  
  B.Moss 1B           5  1  2  2 .328     J.Martinez LF       4  0  1  0 .281  
  J.Donaldson 3B      3  0  2  0 .246     S.Moore 3B,1B       4  0  2  0 .313  
E-B.Inge PR,3B        0  0  0  0 .214     S.Pearce 1B         2  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Carter DH         2  0  0  0 .288   A-J.Maxwell PH,RF     2  0  0  0 .306  
  D.Norris C          4  0  0  1 .169     J.Castro C          2  0  0  0 .170  
  C.Pennington SS     3  0  2  0 .200   B-M.Dominguez PH,3B   1  0  0  0 .172  
                                          B.Bogusevic RF      2  0  0  0 .217  
                                        C-M.Downs PH          1  0  0  0 .160  
                                        D-C.Snyder C          0  0  0  0 .171  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  4 10  4                 Totals      32  1  6  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Pearce In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Castro In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Bogusevic In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Downs In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Donaldson In 8th Inning
 
INJURY: Josh Donaldson INJURED (for 0 more games) in 8th inning
 
A's............. 0 2 0  1 0 0  0 0 1  -  4 10  2
Astros.......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  6  1
 
A's (14-8)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Griffin WIN(2-1)        6       5   1   1   1   5   0  79   4.24
J.Norberto HOLD(4th)      1       0   0   0   0   1   0  14   3.97
R.Cook HOLD(6th)          1       0   0   0   0   0   0  11   0.69
G.Balfour SAVE(10th)      1       1   0   0   0   2   0  17   1.74
Totals                    9       6   1   1   1   8   0
 
Astros (12-18)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Lyles LOSS(1-3)         6       5   3   3   4   6   1  90   6.03
F.Rodriguez               2       3   1   1   0   3   0  39  10.67
W.Wright                  1       2   0   0   0   1   0  22   4.67
Totals                    9      10   4   4   4  10   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 13,336 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Ted Barrett, Brian Runge, Marvin Hudson, Tim McClelland
T- 3:08
LEFT ON BASE- A's:10  Astros: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 0  Astros: 1
ERRORS- B.Moss, B.Inge, F.Rodriguez
DOUBLES- B.Moss(3rd), J.Lowrie(3rd)
HOME RUNS- B.Moss(5th)
RBIs- Y.Cespedes(6th), B.Moss-2(12th), D.Norris(5th), J.Lowrie(8th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Crisp-2(8th)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Pennington
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Weeks
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Lowrie
WALKS- C.Crisp, C.Carter-2, C.Pennington, B.Wallace
HIT BY PITCH- J.Donaldson
STRIKE OUTS- J.Reddick-4, Y.Cespedes, B.Moss-2, C.Carter-2, D.Norris, J.Altuve,
             B.Wallace-2, J.Martinez, S.Moore, J.Maxwell-2, B.Bogusevic
GIDP- D.Norris
2-out RBI- Y.Cespedes
RLISP 2-out- S.Moore-2, J.Reddick-2, J.Martinez, C.Pennington, Y.Cespedes,
             M.Downs, D.Norris, B.Moss-2, J.Maxwell
TEAM RISP- A's: 1 for 15  Astros: 1 for 6
 
First baseman Brandon Moss left the yard and had 2 RBI as the Oakland A's
topped the Houston Astros by a score of 4 to 1 at Minute Maid Park.
 
Oakland scored 2 runs in the decisive 2nd inning.  That was all the offense
they were to need.  Oakland had 10 hits for the game and Houston had 6.
 
A.J. Griffin(2-1) got the win allowing 1 run in 6 innings. Griffin got help
from Grant Balfour who earned his 10th save.  Jordan Lyles(1-3) was given the
loss.  He surrendered 3 runs and 5 hits in 6 innings.