Oakland 9, LA Angels 1

Boxscore | Recap
Sunday, July 17, 2011 4:05 PM
Location - O.co Coliseum
Temperature - 62°
Umpires - Home Plate - Mark Ripperger, First Base - CB Bucknor, Second Base - Dale Scott, Third Base - Jerry Meals,
Attendance - 26115

Final Scoring Summary

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X R H E
LA Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1
Oakland 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 2

Team Records

Team W/L Home Away Streak
LA Angels 51-45 26-22 25-23 L2
Oakland 42-54 26-22 16-32 W2

Recap


Conor Jackson's grand slam highlighted an eight-run first inning and Gio Gonzalez tossed seven scoreless innings as the Oakland Athletics cruised to a 9-1 home victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.
 
Hideki Matsui had a two-run single and rookie Jemile Weeks added an RBI single and scored twice for Oakland, which sent 14 batters to the plate in the first inning.
 
Coco Crisp had two hits and scored a run as the Athletics took three of four from their American League West rival.
 
Staked to an enormous lead, Gonzalez (9-6) scattered four hits and struck out eight.
 
The early offensive onslaught chased Joel Pineiro (5-4), who permitted eight runs on four hits and four walks in just one-third of an inning.
 
Bobby Wilson had an RBI single and Alberto Callaspo had three hits for Los Angeles, which fell for just the sixth time in 21 games.

Top Game Performances

Starting Pitchers
LA Angels   Oakland
Joel Pineiro Player Gio Gonzalez
Loss W/L Win
0.1 IP 7.0
0 Strikeouts 8
4 Hits 4
189.00 ERA 0.00
Hitting
LA Angels   Oakland
Alberto Jose Callaspo Player Conor Jackson
3 Hits 2
0 RBI 4
0 HR 1
3 TB 5
.750 Avg .667

Team Stats Summary

Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Angels 6 0 7 .182 22 10 1 3 0 1
Oakland 8 1 12 .258 21 6 8 9 0 2

Upcoming Games

  • Oakland will play their next game on the road against Detroit. The Athletics have a W/L % of .439 after a win and .436 after a loss.
  • LA Angels will play their next game at home against Texas. The Angels have a W/L % of .481 after a win and .591 after a loss.
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