October 14, 2012: A's 4 Tigers 1 (series tied, 1-1)

Brett Anderson pitches 7 shutout innings to lead the A's to a game 2 victory that ties up the ALCS. The A's first got on the board in the 2nd on a Seth Smith solo homer, and added 3 in the 6th on 4 hits and 2 walks.

BOXSCORE: 2012 Oakland Athletics At 2012 Detroit Tigers            10/14/2012
 
  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Crisp CF          3  0  1  0 .308     A.Jackson CF        4  1  1  0 .367  
  S.Drew SS           4  1  2  1 .280     O.Infante 2B        4  0  1  0 .286  
  Y.Cespedes LF       5  0  1  1 .185     M.Cabrera 3B        1  0  0  1 .261  
  B.Moss 1B           5  0  1  0 .231     P.Fielder 1B        4  0  0  0 .222  
  J.Reddick RF        4  0  2  1 .259     D.Young DH          4  0  0  0 .154  
  J.Donaldson 3B      5  0  1  0 .154     J.Peralta SS        3  0  0  0 .240  
  S.Smith DH          3  1  1  1 .235   A-A.Avila PH          1  0  0  0 .000  
  G.Kottaras C        2  1  0  0 .182     A.Dirks LF          4  0  1  0 .400  
  C.Pennington 2B     4  1  1  0 .222     A.Garcia RF         2  0  1  0 .500  
                                        B-Q.Berry PH          0  0  0  0 .333  
                                          G.Laird C           3  0  0  0 .250  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  4 10  4                 Totals      30  1  4  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Peralta In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Garcia In 9th Inning
 
Athletics....... 0 1 0  0 0 3  0 0 0  -  4 10  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  1  4  0
 
Athletics (5-2)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Anderson WIN(1-0)       7       2   0   0   4   4   0 103   0.00
E.Scribner                1       2   1   1   0   0   0  19  10.13
R.Cook SAVE(2nd)          1       0   0   0   1   1   0  16   0.00
Totals                    9       4   1   1   5   5   0
 
Tigers (4-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Sanchez LOSS(0-2)       5 1/3   7   4   4   6   6   1 106  10.13
P.Coke                    0 1/3   2   0   0   0   1   0  11   0.00
A.Alburquerq              3       1   0   0   4   4   0  53   0.00
O.Dotel                   0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.38
Totals                    9      10   4   4  10  11   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,305 DATE- Sunday, October 14th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Dan Iassogna, C.B. Bucknor, Dale Scott, Bill Miller
T- 3:25
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:15  Tigers: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0  Tigers: 1
DOUBLES- J.Donaldson(2nd), A.Jackson(4th)
HOME RUNS- S.Smith(2nd)
RBIs- S.Drew(3rd), Y.Cespedes(4th), J.Reddick(5th), S.Smith(4th),
      M.Cabrera(8th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Crisp(2nd), C.Pennington-2(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Crisp
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Cabrera
WALKS- C.Crisp-2, S.Drew, J.Reddick, S.Smith-2, G.Kottaras-3, C.Pennington,
       M.Cabrera-2, A.Garcia, Q.Berry, G.Laird
STRIKE OUTS- Y.Cespedes, B.Moss-3, J.Reddick-2, J.Donaldson-2, S.Smith,
             G.Kottaras, C.Pennington, M.Cabrera, P.Fielder, D.Young, A.Avila,
             A.Garcia
GIDP- G.Kottaras
WILD PITCHES- P.Coke
2-out RBI- J.Reddick
RLISP 2-out- J.Reddick, S.Drew, O.Infante-2, Y.Cespedes-2, S.Smith, J.Donaldson,
             B.Moss, D.Young, C.Crisp-2
WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Yoenis Cespedes robbed Delmon Young of an extra base hit.
 
Shortstop Stephen Drew had 2 base hits as the Oakland Athletics topped the
Detroit Tigers by a score of 4 to 1 at Comerica Park.
 
Brett Anderson(1-0) put on a good performance.  He allowed just 2 hits and 4
walks in 7 innings.  Oakland had 10 hits overall, while Detroit had 4.
 
Ryan Cook was credited with his 2nd save.  Anibal Sanchez(0-2) suffered the
loss.  He allowed 7 hits and 6 walks in 5 and 1/3 innings.