Oakland 5, Arizona 4
When: 10:05 PM ET, Friday, July 1, 2011
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature:
75°
Umpires:
Home -
Mark Carlson, 1B -
Jeff Kellogg, 2B -
D.J. Reyburn, 3B -
Eric Cooper
Attendance:
12216
By SportsDirect Inc.
Rich Harden pitched six solid innings in his first start of the season to lead the Oakland Athletics to a 5-4 victory over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday.
Harden (1-0), who was on the disabled list with a strained right shoulder, struck out six, and allowed two runs and four hits as Oakland won for only the third time in nine games.
Kelly Johnson hit a two-run homer in the eighth off Brian Fuentes to pull the Diamondbacks within 5-4, but Joey Devine got the last two outs of the eighth and Andrew Bailey worked a perfect ninth for his seventh save.
Cliff Pennington and Coco Crisp had back-to-back run-scoring singles in the fifth to give Oakland a 3-1 lead. Hideki Matsui followed with a two-run double to right to cap the four-run inning.
Wily Mo Pena hit a homer in the second and Stephen Drew had a run-scoring single in the sixth for the Diamondbacks, who have lost five of their last six games.
Arizona starter Josh Collmenter (4-5) gave up five runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Arizona
|
6 |
2 |
13 |
.188 |
5 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Oakland
|
11 |
0 |
14 |
.333 |
14 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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