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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cleveland 4, Oakland 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Bruce Dreckman, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Rob Drake, 3B - Gary Darling
Attendance: 15202

Jack Hannahan's one-out single in the bottom of the 16th inning gave the Cleveland Indians a 4-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.

Hannahan, who hit solo homers in the second and sixth innings, lined a 1-1 pitch from Josh Outman (3-4) into right field to score pinch-runner Cord Phelps, who barely beat a strong throw from David DeJesus with a headfirst slide.

Jim Thome started the rally with a one-out single and pinch-runner Phelps moved to second on Carlos Santana's single.

The win moved the Indians into second place in the American League Central, 5 1/2 games behind Detroit.

The Indians have won five of six while the Athletics have lost five straight. The teams combined for 34 strikeouts.

Frank Herrmann (4-0) pitched four scoreless innings for the win.

Kurt Suzuki hit a solo home run with one out in the fourth to give Oakland a 3-2 lead.

Oakland's Rich Harden allowed three runs in six innings. Athletics relievers retired 24 straight batters before Jason Donald doubled to lead off the 15th.

Ubaldo Jimenez allowed a run in the second, third and fourth, but retired the last seven hitters he faced, including all six of his strikeouts. He allowed six hits in six innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   Cleveland
Rich Harden Player Ubaldo Jimenez
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 6.0
6 Strikeouts 6
6 Hits 6
4.50 ERA 4.50
Hitting
Oakland   Cleveland
Brandon Allen Player Jack Hannahan
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 3
0 HR 2
2 TB 9
.333 Avg .429
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 12 1 17 .211 29 15 3 5 4 0
Cleveland 11 2 21 .200 14 19 4 3 0 0