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Athletics
@ Braves
Turner Field
May 16, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Oakland Athletics, played on May 16, 2008 at Turner Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 16, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Atlanta Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 16, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Atlanta Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dana Eveland |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jair Jurrjens |
| Ballpark | Turner Field |
| City | Atlanta |
| State | GA |
| Attendance | 31,004 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 2 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Hohn 1B: Dan Iassogna 2B: Damien Beal 3B: Dale Scott |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jack Hannahan | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Crosby | Shortstop |
| Jack Cust | Left Fielder |
| Emil Brown | Right Fielder |
| Daric Barton | First Baseman |
| Kurt Suzuki | Catcher |
| Ryan Sweeney | Center Fielder |
| Donnie Murphy | Second Baseman |
| Dana Eveland | Pitcher |
| Bob Geren | Manager |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Yunel Escobar | Shortstop |
| Omar Infante | Second Baseman |
| Chipper Jones | Third Baseman |
| Mark Teixeira | First Baseman |
| Jeff Francoeur | Right Fielder |
| Brian McCann | Catcher |
| Matt Diaz | Left Fielder |
| Gregor Blanco | Center Fielder |
| Jair Jurrjens | Pitcher |
| Bobby Cox | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Braves
Turner Field
May 16, 2008
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hannahan vs. Jurrjens
Hannahan hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Crosby vs. Jurrjens
Crosby hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Hannahan moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Cust vs. Jurrjens
Cust hits a fly ball into left field. Diaz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Jurrjens
Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Francoeur settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Barton vs. Jurrjens
Barton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Infante fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Eveland
Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Infante vs. Eveland
Infante hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Eveland
Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Jurrjens
Suzuki hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Sweeney vs. Jurrjens
Sweeney hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Blanco. Sweeney reaches second base with a double. There goes Suzuki trying to get to home. Blanco throws the ball in to Infante who relays the ball to McCann who tags Suzuki, who came all the way from first, for the out. Sweeney moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Murphy vs. Jurrjens
Murphy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Eveland vs. Jurrjens
Eveland bunts towards the mound. Jurrjens fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Jurrjens. Sweeney scores. Murphy moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Hannahan vs. Jurrjens
Hannahan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Teixeira scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hannahan for the out. Murphy scores. Eveland moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Crosby vs. Jurrjens
Crosby hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. There goes Eveland trying to get to home. Francoeur throws the ball in to McCann who tags Eveland who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Teixeira vs. Eveland
Teixeira hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Francoeur vs. Eveland
Francoeur hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McCann vs. Eveland
McCann hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Cust. McCann reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Diaz vs. Eveland
Diaz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Blanco vs. Eveland
Blanco strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Jurrjens
Cust takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Jurrjens
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Jurrjens
Barton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cust moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Suzuki vs. Jurrjens
Suzuki strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sweeney vs. Jurrjens
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Escobar fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jurrjens vs. Eveland
Jurrjens strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Eveland
Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Infante vs. Eveland
Infante hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Jurrjens
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Eveland vs. Jurrjens
Eveland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hannahan vs. Jurrjens
Hannahan hits a fly ball into center field. Blanco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Crosby vs. Jurrjens
Crosby hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Francoeur. Crosby reaches second base with a double. Eveland moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Cust vs. Jurrjens
Cust is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Brown vs. Jurrjens
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Eveland
Jones takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Teixeira vs. Eveland
Teixeira hits a popup towards short. Crosby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Francoeur vs. Eveland
Francoeur hits a line drive into left field. Cust settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
McCann vs. Eveland
McCann strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Jurrjens
Barton hits a fly ball into right field. Francoeur settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Jurrjens
Suzuki hits a fly ball into right field. Francoeur settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Jurrjens
Sweeney hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Eveland
Diaz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eveland fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Blanco vs. Eveland
Blanco strikes out. There goes Diaz. The throw from Suzuki to Crosby, and back to Barton, who tags Diaz out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gotay vs. Eveland
Ruben Gotay pinch hits for Jair Jurrjens.
Gotay takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Escobar vs. Eveland
Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Ohman
Will Ohman now pitching.
Murphy hits a line drive towards short. Escobar reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Eveland vs. Ohman
Eveland takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Hannahan vs. Ohman
Hannahan strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Crosby vs. Ohman
Crosby takes first base on ball four. Eveland moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Cust vs. Ohman
Cust strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Infante vs. Eveland
Infante hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Eveland
Jones hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Infante moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Teixeira vs. Eveland
Teixeira hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Infante moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Francoeur vs. Eveland
Francoeur hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Infante scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
McCann vs. Eveland
McCann hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Brown. McCann reaches second base with a double. Francoeur goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Kotsay vs. Devine
Joey Devine now pitching. Mark Kotsay pinch hits for Matt Diaz.
Kotsay strikes out. Suzuki drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Kotsay out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Bennett
Mark Kotsay now playing center field. Gregor Blanco now playing left field. Jeff Bennett now pitching.
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Bennett
Barton hits a fly ball into center field. Kotsay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Bennett
Suzuki strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Blanco vs. Devine
Blanco takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Glavine vs. Devine
Tom Glavine pinch hits for Jeff Bennett.
Glavine bunts, foul, towards third. Hannahan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Escobar vs. Devine
There goes Blanco. The throw from Suzuki and he is safe. Blanco steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Escobar vs. Devine
Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. Blanco moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Infante vs. Devine
Infante strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Acosta
Manny Acosta now pitching.
Sweeney hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Acosta
Murphy bunts towards the mound. Acosta fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Sweeney vs. Acosta
Mike Sweeney pinch hits for Joey Devine.
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Embree
Alan Embree now pitching.
Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Teixeira vs. Embree
Teixeira hits a fly ball into center field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Francoeur vs. Embree
Francoeur strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCann vs. Embree
McCann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jones moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Kotsay vs. Embree
Kotsay hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Sweeney. Kotsay reaches second base with a double. Jones scores. McCann moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Blanco vs. Embree
Blanco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murphy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hannahan vs. Acosta
Hannahan strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Crosby vs. Acosta
Crosby hits a popup, foul, towards first. Teixeira settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Acosta
Cust hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Acosta fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/16/2008 -- Oakland at Atlanta (N)
Oakland AB R H RBI Atlanta AB R H RBI
Hannahan J, 3b 5 0 1 1 Escobar Y, ss 4 0 0 0
Crosby B, ss 4 0 3 0 Infante O, 2b 4 1 1 0
Cust J, lf 3 0 0 0 Jones C, 3b 3 1 2 0
Brown E, rf 4 0 0 0 Teixeira M, 1b 4 0 0 0
Barton D, 1b 4 0 1 0 Francoeur J, rf 4 1 1 1
Suzuki K, c 4 0 1 0 McCann B, c 4 0 3 1
Sweeney R, cf 4 1 2 0 Diaz M, lf 1 0 1 0
Murphy D, 2b 3 1 0 0 Kotsay M, ph-cf 2 0 1 1
Eveland D, p 1 0 1 0 Blanco G, cf-lf 3 0 0 0
Devine J, p 0 0 0 0 Jurrjens J, p 1 0 0 0
Sweeney M, ph 1 0 0 0 Gotay R, ph 0 0 0 0
Embree A, p 0 0 0 0 Ohman W, p 0 0 0 0
Bennett J, p 0 0 0 0
Glavine T, ph 1 0 0 0
Acosta M, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 2 9 1 31 3 9 3
Oakland 020 000 000 -- 2
Atlanta 000 002 01x -- 3
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Eveland D 5.2 6 2 2 3 4
Devine J 1.1 0 0 0 1 2
Embree A (L) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO
Jurrjens J 5.0 8 2 0 3 3
Ohman W 1.0 0 0 0 2 2
Bennett J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Acosta M (W) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
E -- Jurrjens J
DP -- Oakland 2, Atlanta 1
LOB -- Oakland 10, Atlanta 8
2B -- Sweeney R, McCann B 2, Crosby B, Kotsay M
SB -- Blanco G
CS -- Diaz M
SH -- Eveland D
T -- 3:02
A -- 31004
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