[1]BOXSCORE: 2005 Baltimore Orioles At 2005 Oakland Athletics 10/5/2005 [1] Orioles AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG J.Kendall C 4 0 1 0 .111 R.Freel CF 3 1 0 0 .286 L.Merloni 1B 3 0 0 0 .000 E.Young LF 3 0 0 0 .000 C-B.Roberts 2B 1 0 0 0 .200 E.Byrnes RF 4 0 0 0 .000 M.Mora DH 3 1 0 0 .125 M.Tejada SS 3 1 2 1 .333 V.Guerrero RF 3 0 0 0 .167 R.Hernandez C 4 1 2 1 .500 C.Beltran CF 3 1 1 1 .250 K.Ginter 2B 4 0 1 1 .250 A.Beltre 3B 4 0 0 0 .333 E.Chavez 3B 4 0 1 0 .125 F.Menechino 2B 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Giambi 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 A-R.Palmeiro PH,1B 2 1 1 2 .200 C.Snyder DH 3 0 0 0 .000 G.Kapler LF 2 0 1 0 .500 B-L.Bigbie PH,LF 2 1 1 1 .429 C.Guzman SS 4 0 0 0 .143 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 32 4 5 4 Totals 32 3 6 3 A-Pinch Hit For Menechino In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Kapler In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Merloni In 7th Inning Orioles......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 - 4 5 0 Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 3 6 0 [1]Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET R.Johnson WIN(1-0) 8 1/3 5 3 3 1 11 0 3.24 A1 D5 J.Rincon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 D6 D6 B.Wagner SAVE(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 D7 [1]Totals 9 6 3 3 1 11 0 [1]Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET B.Zito 6 2 0 0 2 3 0 0.00 A1 C4 O.Dotel LOSS(0-1) BS 0 1/3 2 3 3 1 0 2 81.00 C5 C8 T.Harikkala 2 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.37 C9 [1]Totals 9 5 4 4 3 3 2 ATTENDANCE- 47,514 DATE- TIME- Night T- 3:12 LEFT ON BASE- Orioles: 5 Athletics: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 0 Athletics: 0 DOUBLES- C.Beltran(2nd), G.Kapler(1st), M.Tejada(1st), R.Hernandez(1st) HOME RUNS- R.Palmeiro(1st), L.Bigbie(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- E.Young WALKS- V.Guerrero, C.Beltran, F.Menechino, R.Freel HIT BY PITCH- M.Mora, M.Tejada STRIKE OUTS- M.Mora, C.Beltran-2, R.Freel, E.Young-2, E.Byrnes-2, R.Hernandez, K.Ginter-3, E.Chavez, C.Snyder WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Miguel Tejada robbed Vladimir Guerrero of a base hit. Randy Johnson dominated striking out 11 Oakland batters as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics by a score of 4 to 3 at Network Asc Coliseum. Johnson(1-0) contributed a very nicely pitched game. He gave up just 5 hits and 1 walk in 8 and 1/3 innings. The game was a scoreless duel until the 6th inning. Billy Wagner earned the save, his 1st. Octavio Dotel(0-1) ended up with the loss in relief. He surrendered 3 runs and 2 hits in 1/3 of an inning. Chris Speer was impressed with Johnson and his 11 strikeouts. 'It's tough to generate runs if you can't make contact with the ball.' [2] [1]SCORESHEET: 2005 Baltimore Orioles at 2005 Oakland Athletics J.Kendal-A1 A1:Si B1:G/63 C1:G/63 D1:F/9 L.Merlon-A1 A2:L/5 B2:G/63 *6*:L/6 *8*:G/43 B.Robert-D2 M.Mora-A1 A3:K *4*:G/63 C3:L/6 D3:HBP V.Guerre-A1 A4:W>12 b B4:L/6 C4:F/9 D4:G/63>1 1 2 C.Beltra-A1 A5:K B5:K *7*:W>b1 D5:Do>2# A.Beltre-A1 *2*:L/5 *5*:F/9 C6:G/43>1 D6:F/8 2 F.Menech-A1 A7:G/13 B7:W>b1 C7:HR>2# *9*:G/63 R.Palmei-C7 b# G.Kapler-A1 A8:F/9 B8:Do>13 C8:HR>b# D8:G/31 L.Bigbie-C8 C.Guzman-A1 *3*:L/6 B9:FC/32> C9:G/43 D9:G/3 3o 23 R.Freel-A1 A1:K B1:F/8 *6*:W>b1 D1:F/8 E.Young-A1 A2:G/43 *4*:K C2:Sac/14 D2:K >12 E.Byrnes-A1 A3:F/9 B3:K C3:L/6 *9*:K M.Tejada-A1 *2*:G/43 B4:HBP C4:Si>2# D4:Do R.Hernan-A1 A5:Si B5:K C5:G/63 D5:Do>2# K.Ginter-A1 A6:K *5*:K *7*:K D6:Si>2# E.Chavez-A1 A7:F/9 B7:Si C7:K D7:P/4 J.Giambi-A1 *3*:F/9 B8:L/4 C8:F/8 D8:P/4 C.Snyder-A1 A9:K B9:L/5 *8*:G/43