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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oakland 5, Boston 0
When: 10:05 PM ET, Friday, September 10, 2010
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Layne, 1B - Mike Winters, 2B - Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B - Brian Runge
Attendance: 19139
Oakland scored five quick runs against American League ERA leader Clay Buchholz and Trevor Cahill pitched seven shutout innings as the Athletics posted a 5-0 victory over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Friday night.

Kurt Suzuki had a two-run double in Oakland’s three-run first inning and Daric Barton had a two-run single in the second that pushed Buchholz (15-7) to the showers with none out in the second.

Meanwhile, Cahill (16-6) stymied Boston hitters, giving up three hits. He struck out four and walked two.

Craig Breslow pitched the eighth and Henry Rodriguez worked the ninth to complete Oakland’s 14th shutout of the season.

Buchholz gave up five runs and five hits and walked four in his one-plus innings of work.

Oakland leadoff hitter Coco Crisp went 3-for-3 with a walk, three stolen bases and a run scored.

Athletics designated hitter Jack Cust also reached base four times on a double and three walks.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Boston   Oakland
Clay Buchholz Player Trevor Cahill
Loss W/L Win
1.0 IP 7.0
1 Strikeouts 4
5 Hits 3
45.00 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Boston   Oakland
Josh Reddick Player Coco Crisp
1 Hits 3
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
.333 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Boston 3 0 4 .103 9 6 0 3 0 0
Oakland 8 0 10 .286 17 6 4 8 4 0