Oakland 5, Detroit 1
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, April 17, 2011
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature:
60°
Umpires:
Home -
Wally Bell, 1B -
Lazaro Diaz, 2B -
Scott Barry, 3B -
John Hirschbeck
Attendance:
16460
By SportsDirect Inc.
Trevor Cahill pitched eight strong innings and Josh Willingham drove in two runs as the Oakland A's defeated the visiting Detroit Tigers, 5-1, on Sunday.
Cahill (2-0) allowed a run and four hits with no walks and nine strikeouts as the A's (8-8) earned a split of the four-game series. Casper Wells homered in the sixth for Detroit’s lone run.
Willingham had a two-run single to cap a three-run fifth inning against Detroit starter Brad Penny (0-2) to provide a 4-0 lead. The Athletics took a 5-1 lead in the sixth when Mark Ellis scored on Cliff Pennington’s sacrifice fly.
Penny gave up five runs and four hits in five-plus innings. He struck out five and walked four.
Ellis had two of Oakland's five hits.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Detroit
|
5 |
1 |
8 |
.156 |
8 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Oakland
|
5 |
0 |
8 |
.179 |
16 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
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