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Chavez knocks in two
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Athletics 7, Angels 3
Eric Chavez watches his RBI single in the first inning. (Ben Margot/AP)
By Jane Lee / MLB.com
Mark Ellis hit a grand slam off the left-field foul pole in the 12th inning. Rich Harden allowed three runs in six innings for a no-decision, striking out the side on nine pitches in the first inning. Eric Chavez had two RBIs, including knocking in the tying run in the seventh inning.
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Series at a glance:
LAA
LA Angels (39-25)
Lost 1 		Oakland 7, LA Angels 3   OAK
Oakland (34-29)
Won 1
June 8, 2008
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   R   H   E 
LA Angels
 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   3 9 1
Oakland
 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4   7 11 2
Standings thru 6/8/08  |  Recap: LAA | OAK  |  Gameday  |  Angels stats  |  Athletics stats
LA AngelsABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Izturis, SS5010120.255
Kendrick, 2B4010220.338
Anderson, LF5120114.263
Guerrero, DH5112125.250
Hunter, CF5110113.268
Kotchman, 1B6010002.308
Matthews, RF4021112.236
Napoli, C3000213.212
Wood, 3B3000011.131
  a-Willits, PH1000002.205
  Quinlan, 3B1000000.299
Totals4239391122 

a-Popped out for Wood in the 8th.

BATTING
HR: Guerrero (8, 4th inning off Harden, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Izturis; Kendrick; Anderson 2; Guerrero 4; Hunter; Kotchman; Matthews 2.
RBI: Guerrero 2 (32), Matthews (29).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Napoli; Guerrero; Willits; Hunter 2.
GIDP: Kotchman.
Team LOB: 12.

BASERUNNING
SB: Matthews (5, 2nd base off Foulke/Suzuki), Hunter (8, 2nd base off Harden/Suzuki), Anderson (4, 2nd base off Street/Suzuki), Izturis (8, 2nd base off Embree/Suzuki).
CS: Matthews (2, 2nd base by Harden/Suzuki).

FIELDING
E: Napoli (2, fielding).
PB: Napoli (4).
 
OaklandABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Hannahan, 3B6110031.240
Crosby, SS4010002.264
  Petit, SS2110000.353
Cust, LF1000311.247
  1-Davis, PR-CF2210010.191
Chavez, DH4032012.313
  2-Brown, E, PR-DH2000012.250
Buck, RF-LF4100214.170
Ellis, 2B6124016.234
Barton, 1B5110023.231
Gonzalez, C, CF-RF5011011.229
Suzuki, C5000022.251
Totals46711751424 


1-Ran for Cust in the 7th. 2-Ran for Chavez in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Hannahan (12, Santana), Barton (8, Santana), Chavez (3, Oliver).
HR: Ellis (6, 12th inning off Bootcheck, 3 on, 2 out).
TB: Hannahan 2; Crosby; Petit; Davis; Chavez 4; Ellis 5; Barton 2; Gonzalez, C.
RBI: Chavez 2 (5), Gonzalez, C (6), Ellis 4 (22).
2-out RBI: Chavez; Ellis 4.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Buck; Ellis 3; Barton.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Davis (10, 2nd base off Oliver/Napoli).

FIELDING
E: Cust (3, fielding), Suzuki (4, throw).
DP: 2 (Petit-Ellis, Petit-Ellis-Barton).
 
LA AngelsIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Santana 6.17223903.01
Oliver (BS, 1)0.11111002.63
Shields 1.10000203.09
Speier 3.00000204.32
Bootcheck (L, 0-1)0.234411110.13
 
OaklandIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Harden 6.06333912.85
Embree 1.01001104.10
Foulke 1.00002002.79
Street 1.02000103.49
Brown, A 1.10002002.29
Ziegler (W, 1-0)1.20001000.00

WP: Embree.
Balk: Santana.
IBB: Napoli (by Foulke).
Pitches-strikes: Santana 111-71, Oliver 12-5, Shields 18-12, Speier 37-24, Bootcheck 24-13, Harden 99-67, Embree 26-13, Foulke 18-7, Street 19-12, Brown, A 26-11, Ziegler 18-12.
Ground outs-fly outs: Santana 2-8, Oliver 1-0, Shields 1-1, Speier 3-4, Bootcheck 0-1, Harden 3-5, Embree 0-2, Foulke 1-2, Street 1-1, Brown, A 2-2, Ziegler 3-1.
Batters faced: Santana 29, Oliver 3, Shields 4, Speier 9, Bootcheck 6, Harden 26, Embree 5, Foulke 5, Street 5, Brown, A 6, Ziegler 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Shields 1-0, Ziegler 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Tim Timmons. 1B: Gary Cederstrom. 2B: Fieldin Culbreth. 3B: Jim Reynolds.
Weather: 73 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 11 mph, Out to RF.
T: 3:53.
Att: 26,332.

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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