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Anaheim Angels @ Oakland Athletics

2015-06-21 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 29137 · 63°F, sunny · Wind 13 mph to RF · 2:58

Oakland Athletics defeated Los Angeles Angels 3–2. Oakland Athletics opened the scoring in the 3rd — Billy Burns singles on a soft line drive to left fielder Daniel Robertson. Sam Fuld scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Albert Pujols homers (21) on a fly ball to left center field. Johnny Giavotella scores — worth 12% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ANA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	8
OAK	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		3	8

W: Scott Kazmir L: Garrett Richards SV: Tyler Clippard

Umpires — HP: Chris Segal · 1B: Marvin Hudson · 2B: Jim Joyce · 3B: Greg Gibson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Anaheim Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Giavotella	4	1	0	0	1	1
Kole Calhoun	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Trout	4	0	2	0	0	1
Albert Pujols	3	1	1	2	1	0
David Freese	4	0	1	0	0	2
Erick Aybar	4	0	1	0	0	1
Carlos Perez	4	0	1	0	0	2
Dan Robertson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Efren Navarro	4	0	1	0	0	2
Matt Joyce	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Burns	4	0	1	1	0	0
Marcus Semien	4	0	0	0	0	1
Stephen Vogt	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ben Zobrist	4	1	1	0	0	0
Josh Reddick	4	0	1	0	0	1
Brett Lawrie	4	0	2	1	0	0
Ike Davis	3	0	1	1	0	1
Mark Canha	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Fuld	2	1	1	0	1	0

Anaheim Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Garrett Richards	6.0	8	2	3
Trevor Gott	1.0	0	0	0
Joe Smith	1.0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Scott Kazmir	7.1	6	3	6
Tyler Clippard	1.2	2	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Giavotella: 2/F2RF-
Kole Calhoun: S9/G34
Mike Trout: S9/L89S.1-2
Albert Pujols: 8/F8RXD+.2-3
David Freese: K

Bot 1

Billy Burns: 4/F6MD-
Marcus Semien: 63/G56
Stephen Vogt: W
Ben Zobrist: 3/G34S

Top 2

Erick Aybar: 8/F8LXD+
Carlos Perez: K
Dan Robertson: 7/F7M

Bot 2

Josh Reddick: K
Brett Lawrie: D9/L3D+
Ike Davis: CS3(15)/MREV
Ike Davis: 43/G4D

Top 3

Efren Navarro: 13/G15-
Johnny Giavotella: 53/G56
Kole Calhoun: W
Mike Trout: S9/L89S.1-2
Albert Pujols: 9/L89M

Bot 3

Mark Canha: 53/G56-
Sam Fuld: D9/G3
Billy Burns: S7/L5.2-H
Marcus Semien: K
Stephen Vogt: 43/G4

Top 4

David Freese: K
Erick Aybar: S8/L4MD
Carlos Perez: 5/F5DF-.1-2
Dan Robertson: 3/G34

Bot 4

Ben Zobrist: 6/L6+
Josh Reddick: S7/L8LM
Brett Lawrie: 64(1)/FO/G6
Ike Davis: K

Top 5

Efren Navarro: S8/G4M
Johnny Giavotella: K
Kole Calhoun: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 5

Mark Canha: 9/F89D+
Sam Fuld: W
Billy Burns: 4(1)/FO/G4MS-
Marcus Semien: 3/F4S-

Top 6

Mike Trout: K
Albert Pujols: W
David Freese: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 6

Stephen Vogt: S7/L78S-
Ben Zobrist: S8/G4M.1-3
Josh Reddick: 4/L4+
Brett Lawrie: S7/G56+.3-H;1-2
Ike Davis: S7/F8LXD+.2-H;1-2
Mark Canha: 8/F8LD
Sam Fuld: 3/G3

Top 7

Erick Aybar: 63/G56
Carlos Perez: S9/G4
Dan Robertson: 64(1)/FO/G6
Efren Navarro: K23

Bot 7

Billy Burns: 7/L7S
Marcus Semien: 8/F8RXD+
Stephen Vogt: 8/F8LM

Top 8

Johnny Giavotella: W
Kole Calhoun: 7/F7S
Mike Trout: 7/F78D
Albert Pujols: HR/F78D+.1-H
David Freese: S9/L34D-
Erick Aybar: K

Bot 8

Ben Zobrist: 7/F8LM
Josh Reddick: 7/L7LS
Brett Lawrie: 8/F8LD

Top 9

Carlos Perez: K
Matt Joyce: E3/G3
Efren Navarro: K
Johnny Giavotella: 7/F7D+

Notes & reviews

replay,2,davii001,OAK,joycj901,OAK01,,N,M,OAK,A $when Brett Lawrie was called out at 3B, Athletics manager Bob Melvin challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay; Lawrie was safe but slid off the bag

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