April 25, 2008 Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners Play by Play and Box Score

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CLE 6
NYY 4 LAA 4
@DET 3 KCR 8
TOR 4 OAK 4
@SEA 3 TBR 5
BOS 4
(11) TEX 6
MIN 5
(10) LAD 8
COL 7
(13) FLA 3
@MIL 0
(10) ATL 6
@NYM 3 PHI 6
@PIT 5 ARI 5
@SDP 1 SFG 3
CIN 1 HOU 3
@STL 2 WSN 5
CHC 3

Standings at end of play this day

Safeco Field, Attendance: 40,845

Friday, April 25, 2008, 10:10pm
Time of Game: 3:14

Athletics

15-9

Won 3

1st

Bob Geren

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Athletics       3  0  1   0  0  0   0  0  0    4  3  1
Mariners        1  0  0   0  0  2   0  0  0    3  8  0

W: D Eveland (3-1), L: M Batista (2-3), S: H Street (7)

Mariners

11-13

Lost 3

3rd, 4 GB

Jim Riggleman

BATTING

Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Suzuki C                    4   1   1   0    1   1  .313  .752   23    7   0   
D Barton 1B                   3   1   0   0    1   0  .253  .727   14    9   1   
M Ellis 2B                    4   0   0   0    0   0  .237  .699   14    1   5   
F Thomas DH                   3   1   1   1    1   0  .167  .639   13    0   0   
J Cust LF                     2   0   0   0    1   0  .155  .613   12    0   0   
  R Davis CF                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .174  .469    2    2   0   
E Brown RF-LF                 3   1   1   1    1   0  .278  .736   15    3   0   2B
B Crosby SS                   3   0   0   0    1   0  .287  .776   26    2   3   
R Sweeney CF-RF               2   0   0   1    1   2  .264  .638   18    1   0   SB,SF
D Murphy 3B                   4   0   0   0    0   4  .240  .776   25    1   0   

D Eveland P                                                              0   1
  S Casilla P                                                            1   0
  A Embree P                                                             0   0
  A Brown P                                                              0   0
  H Street P                                                             0   0
Totals                       29   4   3   3    7   7              162   27  10

BATTING

2B: E Brown (4, off C Baek).

SF: R Sweeney (1, off C Baek).

TB: E Brown 2; F Thomas; K Suzuki.

RBI: E Brown (20); R Sweeney (7); F Thomas (12).

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 1 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 1. B Crosby-M Ellis-D Barton.

E: B Crosby (5).

BASERUNNING

SB: R Sweeney (1, 2nd base off M Lowe/J Burke).

Seattle Mariners             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
I Suzuki CF                   4   1   1   0    1   0  .260  .717   27    4   0   SB
J Lopez 2B                    5   1   4   0    0   0  .319  .735   22    1   2   2B
R Ibanez LF                   4   1   2   1    0   0  .326  .940   22    2   0   SF
A Beltre 3B                   4   0   0   0    1   2  .279  .861   22    1   2   
J Vidro DH                    3   0   0   1    0   0  .195  .552   11    0   0   SF
  M Cairo PR-DH               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .167         0   0   
R Sexson 1B                   3   0   1   1    0   2  .200  .741   17    5   0   SF
K Johjima C                   2   0   0   0    0   0  .194  .509   19    6   0   HBP
  G Norton PH                 0   0   0   0    1   0  .375 1.000    5    0   0   
  J Burke C                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .214  .696         1   0   
W Bloomquist RF               2   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .453    7    3   0   
  B Wilkerson PH-RF           1   0   0   0    1   1  .174  .548   13    0   0   
Y Betancourt SS               4   0   0   0    0   1  .282  .678   16    3   1   GDP

M Batista P                                                              1   0
  C Baek P                                                               0   0
  M Lowe P                                                               0   0
Totals                       32   3   8   3    4   6              181   27   5

BATTING

2B: J Lopez (3, off D Eveland).

SF: J Vidro (1, off D Eveland); R Ibanez (3, off D Eveland); R Sexson (1, off S Casilla).

HBP: K Johjima (1, by S Casilla).

TB: J Lopez 5; R Ibanez 2; R Sexson; I Suzuki.

GIDP: Y Betancourt (2).

RBI: R Ibanez (20); R Sexson (16); J Vidro (16).

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 0 for 6.

BASERUNNING

SB: I Suzuki (6, 2nd base off H Street/K Suzuki).

PITCHING

Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Eveland, W (3-1)             5.1   6   3   3    1   3   0   2.48   23   98-62   43· 4·15   10· 7· 2· 0     46    -     1.23  -0.03
S Casilla, H (5)               1.1   1   0   0    0   2   0   0.00    6   31-18   12· 4· 2    1· 1· 1· 0          2-1    2.01   0.10
A Embree, H (4)                0.1   1   0   0    0   0   0   4.09    2    8-5     4· 1· 0    1· 1· 0· 0          1-0    2.70   0.05
A Brown, H (1)                 1     0   0   0    2   1   0   0.00    5   27-13    9· 2· 2    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    4.20   0.14
H Street, S (7)                1     0   0   0    1   0   0   4.76    4   14-7     5· 2· 0    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    4.53   0.20
Totals                         9     8   3   3    4   6   0          40  178-105  73·13·19   16·10· 3· 0          3-1

Seattle Mariners              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M Batista, L (2-3)             1     2   3   3    5   2   0   5.26   10   47-21   11· 3· 7    1· 1· 1· 0     34    -     1.49  -0.27
C Baek                         6     1   1   1    1   4   0   6.35   20   73-48   24·10·14    4· 9· 2· 0          1-0    0.64   0.14
M Lowe                         2     0   0   0    1   1   0   4.91    7   32-18   13· 1· 4    1· 3· 1· 0          0-0    0.82   0.09
Totals                         9     3   4   4    7   7   0          37  152-87   48·14·25    6·13· 4· 0          1-0

M Batista faced 1 batter in the 2nd inning.

Balks: None.

WP: M Batista (2).

IBB: None.

HBP: S Casilla (1; K Johjima).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Dana DeMuth, 1B - Lance Barksdale, 2B - Doug Eddings, 3B - .

Time of Game: 3:14.

Attendance: 40,845.

Weather: 54° F, Wind 3mph from Left to Right, Overcast, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Oakland Athletics             Seattle Mariners                     
1. K Suzuki             C     1. I Suzuki             CF 
2. D Barton             1B    2. J Lopez              2B 
3. M Ellis              2B    3. R Ibanez             LF 
4. F Thomas             DH    4. A Beltre             3B 
5. J Cust               LF    5. J Vidro              DH 
6. E Brown              RF    6. R Sexson             1B 
7. B Crosby             SS    7. K Johjima            C  
8. R Sweeney            CF    8. W Bloomquist         RF 
9. D Murphy             3B    9. Y Betancourt         SS 

   D Eveland            P        M Batista            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   1  4-3  123  2   39%  84% Y Betancourt    A Brown         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS)
   b 8   1  4-3  12-  9  -15%  45% B Wilkerson     A Brown         Walk; Cairo to 3B; Norton to 2B
   b 9   2  4-3  -2-  4   14% 100% A Beltre        H Street        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   b 9   0  4-3  ---  7  -13%  67% I Suzuki        H Street        Walk
   b 9   0  4-3  1--  1   12%  79% J Lopez         H Street        Foul Bunt Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Miguel Batista facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  8   54%  K Suzuki        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
          1--  4   59%  D Barton        Walk; Suzuki to 2B
   O      12-  2   54%  M Ellis         Popfly: P (Front of Home)
   R      12-  2   63%  F Thomas        Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Suzuki Scores; Barton to 2B
          12-  6   69%  J Cust          Walk; Barton to 3B; Thomas to 2B
   R      123  5   76%  E Brown         Walk; Barton Scores; Thomas to 3B; Cust to 2B
   R      123      82%  B Crosby        Wild Pitch; Thomas Scores; Cust to 3B; Brown to 2B
          -23  6   83%  " "             Walk
   O      123  4   78%  R Sweeney       Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  6   74%  D Murphy        Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Mariners Batting, Behind 0-3, Dana Eveland facing 1-2-3
          ---  7   71%  I Suzuki        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
          1--  7   62%  J Lopez         Single to LF (Ground Ball); Suzuki to 3B
   RO     1-3  5   65%  R Ibanez        Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Suzuki Scores
   O      1--  4   68%  A Beltre        Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  1   70%  J Vidro         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 1.

Top of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Ahead 3-1, Miguel Batista facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   73%  K Suzuki        Walk
                  Cha Seung Baek replaces Miguel Batista pitching
   O      1--  4   70%  D Barton        Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   O      1--  6   68%  M Ellis         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          1--  4   70%  F Thomas        Walk; Suzuki to 2B
   O      12-  2   67%  J Cust          Popfly: SS (Deep SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Mariners Batting, Behind 1-3, Dana Eveland facing 6-7-8
          ---  1   63%  R Sexson        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  9   66%  K Johjima       Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  3   69%  W Bloomquist    Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      1--  4   72%  Y Betancourt    Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 1.

Top of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Ahead 3-1, Cha Seung Baek facing 6-7-8
          ---  2   77%  E Brown         Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  4   76%  B Crosby        Flyball: RF; Brown to 3B
   RO     --3  7   78%  R Sweeney       Lineout: RF/Sacrifice Fly (CF-RF); Brown Scores
   O      ---  4   77%  D Murphy        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Mariners 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Mariners Batting, Behind 1-4, Dana Eveland facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  7   80%  I Suzuki        Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home)
          ---  4   76%  J Lopez         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  4   79%  R Ibanez        Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B); Lopez to 3B
   O      --3  5   82%  A Beltre        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Mariners 1.

Top of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 4-1, Cha Seung Baek facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   81%  K Suzuki        Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B)
   O      ---  1   80%  D Barton        Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
   O      ---  2   79%  M Ellis         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Mariners 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Mariners Batting, Behind 1-4, Dana Eveland facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   82%  J Vidro         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6   83%  R Sexson        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   84%  K Johjima       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Mariners 1.

Top of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 4-1, Cha Seung Baek facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   83%  F Thomas        Flyball: RF
   O      ---  4   82%  J Cust          Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  4   82%  E Brown         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Mariners 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Mariners Batting, Behind 1-4, Dana Eveland facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4   84%  W Bloomquist    Popfly: 1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  2   86%  Y Betancourt    Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
   O      ---  1   87%  I Suzuki        Foul Bunt Popfly: C (Behind Home)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Mariners 1.

Top of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 4-1, Cha Seung Baek facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   86%  B Crosby        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   85%  R Sweeney       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   85%  D Murphy        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Mariners 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Mariners Batting, Behind 1-4, Dana Eveland facing 2-3-4
          ---  6   80%  J Lopez         Single to CF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
          1--  4   72%  R Ibanez        Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF Line); Lopez to 2B
          12-  5   61%  A Beltre        Walk; Lopez to 3B; Ibanez to 2B
   RO     123  1   65%  J Vidro         Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (CF-RF); Lopez Scores; Ibanez to 3B
                  Santiago Casilla replaces Dana Eveland pitching
   RO     1-3  4   64%  R Sexson        Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Ibanez Scores; Beltre to 2B
          -2-  6   62%  K Johjima       Hit By Pitch
                  Brad Wilkerson pinch hits for Willie Bloomquist batting 8th
   O      12-  4   70%  B Wilkerson     Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, Mariners 3.

Top of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 4-3, Cha Seung Baek facing 1-2-3
                  Brad Wilkerson moves to RF
   O      ---  4   67%  K Suzuki        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   66%  D Barton        Popfly: SS (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  4   64%  M Ellis         Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Mariners 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Mariners Batting, Behind 3-4, Santiago Casilla facing 9-1-2
                  Emil Brown moves to LF; Rajai Davis replaces Jack Cust playing CF batting 5th; Ryan Sweeney moves to RF
   O      ---  8   69%  Y Betancourt    Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   73%  I Suzuki        Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
          ---  4   70%  J Lopez         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
                  Alan Embree replaces Santiago Casilla pitching
          1--  7   66%  R Ibanez        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak SS); Lopez to 2B
   O      12-  1   75%  A Beltre        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, Mariners 3.

Top of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 4-3, Mark Lowe facing 4-5-6
                  Mark Lowe replaces Cha Seung Baek pitching
   O      ---  4   73%  F Thomas        Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  2   71%  R Davis         Lineout: CF
   O      ---  4   70%  E Brown         Popfly: SS (Weak SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Mariners 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Mariners Batting, Behind 3-4, Andrew Brown facing 5-6-7
                  Andrew Brown replaces Alan Embree pitching
          ---  5   60%  J Vidro         Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball to Weak SS)
   O      1--  6   69%  R Sexson        Strikeout Swinging
                  Greg Norton pinch hits for Kenji Johjima batting 7th; Miguel Cairo pinch runs for Jose Vidro batting 5th
          1--  5   60%  G Norton        Walk; Cairo to 2B
          12-  9   45%  B Wilkerson     Walk; Cairo to 3B; Norton to 2B
   OO     123  2   84%  Y Betancourt    Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, Mariners 3.

Top of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 4-3, Mark Lowe facing 7-8-9
                  Jamie Burke replaces Greg Norton playing C batting 7th
   O      ---  6   82%  B Crosby        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  4   84%  R Sweeney       Walk
          1--      86%  D Murphy        Sweeney Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   83%  " "             Strikeout Looking
   O      -2-  6   80%  K Suzuki        Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Mariners 3.

Bottom of the 9th, Mariners Batting, Behind 3-4, Huston Street facing 1-2-3
                  Huston Street replaces Andrew Brown pitching
          ---  7   67%  I Suzuki        Walk
   O      1--  1   79%  J Lopez         Foul Bunt Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      1--  2   90%  R Ibanez        Flyball: CF (Short CF)
          1--      86%  A Beltre        Suzuki Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4  100%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Mariners 3.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation