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Oakland Athletics @ Philadelphia Phillies

2017-09-15 · Night game · Citizens Bank Park · Att: 24061 · 81°F, cloudy · Wind 6 mph to CF · 2:43

Oakland Athletics defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–0. Oakland Athletics opened the scoring in the 1st — Matt Olson homers (19) on a fly ball to right field. Jed Lowrie scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Matt Olson homers (19) on a fly ball to right field. Jed Lowrie scores — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Daniel Mengden L: Mark Leiter SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Shane Livensparger · 1B: Jerry Layne · 2B: Dan Bellino · 3B: Mike Estabrook · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Joyce	5	1	1	2	0	0
Marcus Semien	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jed Lowrie	3	1	1	0	1	0
Matt Olson	4	1	1	2	0	1
Ryon Healy	4	0	2	0	0	2
Bruce Maxwell	4	0	0	0	0	4
Chad Pinder	4	0	0	0	0	3
Boog Powell	4	0	2	0	0	2
Daniel Mengden	2	1	1	0	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Cesar Hernandez	4	0	1
Odubel Herrera	3	0	1
Aaron Altherr	3	0	1
Rhys Hoskins	3	0	2
Nick Williams	3	0	0
Maikel Franco	3	0	0
Andrew Knapp	3	0	1
J. P. Crawford	3	2	0
Mark Leiter	0	0	0
Freddy Galvis	1	0	0
Hyun Soo Kim	1	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Daniel Mengden	9.0	2	0	7

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Leiter	6.0	7	1	9
Ricardo Pinto	1.0	1	0	1
Kevin Siegrist	1.0	0	0	2
Zac Curtis	1.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matt Joyce: 43/G4-
Marcus Semien: K
Jed Lowrie: W
Matt Olson: HR/F9D+.1-H
Ryon Healy: S9/L89M
Bruce Maxwell: K

Bot 1

Cesar Hernandez: 43/G4
Odubel Herrera: 43/G4-
Aaron Altherr: 63/G6

Top 2

Chad Pinder: K
Boog Powell: K
Daniel Mengden: S67/G6+
Matt Joyce: HR/F9LD+.1-H
Marcus Semien: 9/L89D+

Bot 2

Rhys Hoskins: K
Nick Williams: 43/G4+
Maikel Franco: 53/G56+

Top 3

Jed Lowrie: 43/G34+
Matt Olson: 5/F5F-
Ryon Healy: K

Bot 3

Andrew Knapp: 3/G3-
J. P. Crawford: S7/L78S
Mark Leiter: 14/SH/BG15S-.1-2
Cesar Hernandez: 13/G13-

Top 4

Bruce Maxwell: K
Chad Pinder: K
Boog Powell: S8/G6M+
Daniel Mengden: 53/G5-

Bot 4

Odubel Herrera: K
Aaron Altherr: K
Rhys Hoskins: K

Top 5

Matt Joyce: 43/G4+
Marcus Semien: 8/F8RXD+
Jed Lowrie: S8/L8LS.BX2(84)

Bot 5

Nick Williams: 43/G4
Maikel Franco: 4/F4-
Andrew Knapp: K

Top 6

Matt Olson: K
Ryon Healy: S7/L56D-
Bruce Maxwell: K
Chad Pinder: 43/G4

Bot 6

J. P. Crawford: S9/G34+
Freddy Galvis: 7/L7D+
Cesar Hernandez: 36(1)3/GDP/G3S

Top 7

Boog Powell: D9/L9LM+
Daniel Mengden: FC3/SH.2-3
Matt Joyce: 36(1)/FO/G3S-
Marcus Semien: K
Jed Lowrie: 8/F8LD

Bot 7

Odubel Herrera: 13/G13S-
Aaron Altherr: 7/F7D
Rhys Hoskins: 43/G4MD+

Top 8

Matt Olson: 43/G4
Ryon Healy: K
Bruce Maxwell: K

Bot 8

Nick Williams: 9/F89D
Maikel Franco: 9/F3D
Andrew Knapp: 63/G4

Top 9

Chad Pinder: K
Boog Powell: K
Daniel Mengden: W
Matt Joyce: 43/G34

Bot 9

J. P. Crawford: 43/G4
Hyun Soo Kim: K
Cesar Hernandez: K

Notes & reviews

Phillies challenged call that Lowrie was safe at 2nd; call was overturned - single and out stretching
Athletics challenged call that Powell was out at 3rd; call was overturned - safe on fielder's choice

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