Florida 5, Oakland 4
When: 3:35 PM ET, Thursday, June 30, 2011
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature:
64°
Umpires:
Home -
Chris Conroy, 1B -
Tom Hallion, 2B -
Phil Cuzzi, 3B -
Bill Miller
Attendance:
18395
By SportsDirect Inc.
Chris Volstad threw seven superb innings and Hanley Ramirez drove in a pair of runs Thursday, helping the visiting Florida Marlins wrap up the worst month in franchise history with second straight win, 5-4 over the Oakland Athletics.
Logan Morrison and former A’s catcher John Buck each drove in two runs for the Marlins, who finished June 5-23 - by far their worst month in franchise history.
Volstad (4-7) allowed just an unearned run for his second straight win. The righthander’ s strong performance and a four-run fifth inning propelled Florida to its first winning streak since a three-game sweep of San Francisco from May 24-26.
Florida sent nine hitters to the plate in the fifth against Trevor Cahill (8-6) and led 5-1 after seven innings, but it wasn't easy. Nothing has been for the Marlins this month.
Coco Crisp and Kurt Suzuki each homered for Oakland, ending the A’s franchise-record stretch of 32 straight games without multiple home runs. Suzuki’s two-run homer in the ninth cut the lead to 5-4, but Leo Nunez finished it off for his 22nd save in 25 chances.
Cahill had his five-game interleague winning streak snapped. The righthander allowed five runs – four earned - and nine hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Florida
|
10 |
0 |
13 |
.286 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
| Oakland
|
10 |
2 |
17 |
.286 |
12 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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