vs. · Thursday, July 28, 2011 · 12:35 p.m. · No TV

GAME SCORECARD First Pitch: Time of Game: Attendance: Today’s Umpires: About Today’s Game: Offi cial Scorer: David Feldman HP 43 Paul Schrieber Pre-game presentation: Gio Gonzalez, Barons Jewelers Player of the Month for June 1B 75 Chad Fairchild A’s Upcoming Games: 2B 22 Joe West* July 29 MIN LHP Gio Gonzalez (9-7, 2.67) vs. LHP Francisco Liriano (6-8, 4.82) 7:05 p.m. CSNCA 3B 34 Sam Holbrook July 30 MIN RHP Guillermo Moscoso (3-5, 3.47) vs. RHP Nick Blackburn (7-7, 4.21) 6:05 p.m. CSNCA *Crew chief July 31 MIN RHP Brandon McCarthy (3-5, 3.52) vs. RHP Carl Pavano (6-7, 4.60) 1:05 p.m. CSNCA

TAMPA BAY RAYS (53-50) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AB R H RBI 8 Desmond JENNINGS, LF (.444, 0, 3)

22 Johnny DAMON, DH (L) (.275, 9, 45)

3 , 3B (.237, 13, 50)

18 Ben ZOBRIST, 2B (S) (.277, 13, 54)

11 Casey KOTCHMAN, 1B (L) (.325, 4, 29)

2 B.J. UPTON, CF (.227, 15, 53)

20 Matt JOYCE, RF (L) (.283, 15, 48)

38 Robinson CHIRINOS, C (.208, 0, 0)

1 Sean RODRIGUEZ, SS (.209, 4, 17)

TAMPA BAY RAYS IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches Coaching Staff: 70 Joe Maddon, Manager 40 RHP Wade DAVIS (7-7, 4.46) 6 Tom Foley, Third Base 25 George Hendrick, First Base 48 Jim Hickey, Pitching 4 Dave Martinez, Bench 7 Bobby Ramos, Bullpen 17 Derek Shelton, Hitting Bench: Bullpen: Left Left 5 Sam Fuld OF 14 David Price SP Right 57 Jake McGee RP 10 Kelly Shoppach C 74 J.P. Howell RP 16 Justin Ruggiano OF Right Switch 33 James Shields SP 9 Elliot Johnson IF 34 Jeff Niemann SP 43 Kyle Farnsworth RP 2B LOB 47 Brandon Gomes RP 53 Alex Cobb SP 54 Mike Ekstrom RP 3B DP 58 Jeremy Hellickson SP 62 Joel Peralta RP HR E

OAKLAND ATHLETICS (47-57) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AB R H RBI 19 Jemile WEEKS, 2B (S) (.312, 0, 18)

2 Cliff PENNINGTON, SS (S) (.264, 5, 31)

55 Hideki MATSUI, DH (L) (.244, 9, 51)

16 Josh WILLINGHAM, LF (.240, 13, 50)

12 David DeJESUS, RF (L) (.229, 5, 27)

28 Conor JACKSON, 1B (.264, 3, 31)

15 Ryan SWEENEY, CF (L) (.290, 1, 13)

8 Kurt SUZUKI, C (.227, 7, 26)

29 Scott SIZEMORE, 3B (.247, 4, 23)

OAKLAND ATHLETICS PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches Coaching Staff: 6 Bob Melvin, Manager 18 RHP Rich HARDEN (2-1, 4.63) 46 Tye Waller, First Base 37 , Pitching 39 Gerald Perry, Hitting 41 Rick Rodriguez, Bullpen 38 Joel Skinner, Bench 3 Mike Gallego, Third Base Bench: Bullpen: Left Left 36 Eric Sogard IF 47 Gio Gonzalez SP Right 56 Craig Breslow RP None 57 Brian Fuentes RP Switch Right 4 Coco Crisp OF 31 Brad Ziegler RP 11 Landon Powell C 32 Brandon McCarthy SP 40 Andrew Bailey RP 48 Michael Wuertz RP 2B LOB 50 Grant Balfour RP 52 Guillermo Moscoso SP 3B DP 53 Trevor Cahill SP 60 Fautino De Los Santos RP HR E 64 Trystan Magnuson RP