Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 60°
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - John Hirschbeck
Attendance: 16460
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
Starting Pitchers
| Detroit | Oakland | |
| Brad Penny | Player | Trevor Cahill |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 5.0 | IP | 8.0 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 9 |
| 4 | Hits | 4 |
| 9.00 | ERA | 1.12 |
Hitting
| Detroit | Oakland | |
| Casper Wells | Player | Mark Ellis |
| 1 | Hits | 2 |
| 1 | RBI | 0 |
| 1 | HR | 0 |
| 4 | TB | 4 |
| .333 | Avg | .500 |
Team Stats Summary