Oakland Athletics vs. Texas Rangers - Box Score - September 24, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 24, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

Texas leads 1-0 (as of 9/24)

Game 1: Monday, September 24
Oakland	4	Final
Texas	5	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, September 25
Oakland	3	Final in 10
Texas	2	Final in 10
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Game 3: Wednesday, September 26
Oakland	9	Final
Texas	3	Final
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Game 4: Thursday, September 27
Oakland	7	Final
Texas	9	Final
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Athletics 4

(86-67, 42-36 away)

Rangers 5

(91-62, 48-27 home)

Alerts

Coverage: FOX SW

8:05 PM ET, September 24, 2012

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	8	2
TEX	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	5	9	0

W: J. Nathan (3-4)

L: T. Ross (2-11)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
S Drew SS	4	0	1	0	1	0	24	.248	.313	.385
J Gomes DH	3	0	0	0	0	3	16	.254	.373	.485
a-S Smith PH-DH	2	0	0	0	0	2	12	.245	.340	.432
Y Cespedes CF	4	1	1	1	0	0	15	.290	.352	.493
C Carter 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2	21	.244	.355	.522
D Barton 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.282
B Moss LF	2	2	1	0	2	1	21	.275	.347	.575
J Donaldson 3B	4	1	1	2	0	0	14	.243	.292	.410
J Reddick RF	3	0	0	0	1	0	17	.242	.306	.458
D Norris C	4	0	1	0	0	1	15	.186	.268	.309
C Pennington 2B	4	0	2	1	0	2	25	.222	.281	.323
Totals	34	4	8	4	4	11	180
a-struck out swinging for J Gomes in the 7th
BATTING 2B: C Pennington (18, R Oswalt); B Moss (13, R Ross) HR: J Donaldson (8, 2nd inning off D Holland 1 on, 0 Out); Y Cespedes (21, 3rd inning off D Holland 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Donaldson 2 (28), Y Cespedes (77), C Pennington (28) 2-out RBI: Y Cespedes, C Pennington Athletics RISP: 2-8 (D Norris 1-1, J Donaldson 0-2, J Reddick 0-1, C Pennington 1-1, C Carter 0-1, S Drew 0-2) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING CS: S Drew (1, 2nd base by J Nathan/M Napoli)
FIELDING E: J Donaldson (12, throw); C Carter (6, ground ball)

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Straily	6.2	5	2	1	2	8	1	99-59	3.60
J Blevins	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	6-2	2.66
P Neshek (B, 2)	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	6-5	1.53
R Cook	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-8	2.23
T Ross (L, 2-11)	0.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	12-6	6.50
Totals	8.1	9	5	4	4	9	2	136-80
PITCHING J Blevins pitched to 1 batter in the 7th IBB: J Hamilton (By T Ross) HBP: M Young (By D Straily) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Straily 12/29; J Blevins 0/1; P Neshek 1/2; R Cook 0/3; T Ross 2/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Straily 15-14-14-16; J Blevins 0-2-0-0; P Neshek 1-0-2-2; R Cook 1-1-5-1; T Ross 2-0-0-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Straily 4-7; J Blevins 0-0; P Neshek 0-1; R Cook 1-1; T Ross 1-0 Game Scores: D Straily 64

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
I Kinsler 2B	4	0	2	0	1	1	21	.263	.329	.432
E Andrus SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	16	.287	.347	.381
J Hamilton CF	3	2	1	1	2	1	18	.287	.360	.593
A Beltre 3B	5	1	3	3	0	1	16	.316	.353	.561
N Cruz RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	9	.259	.321	.453
M Young DH	2	1	0	0	1	1	15	.275	.309	.363
D Murphy LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	9	.311	.387	.490
M Napoli C	4	0	0	0	0	2	20	.229	.348	.452
M Moreland 1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	12	.279	.324	.481
C Gentry PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.374	.395
Totals	34	5	9	5	4	9	136
BATTING 2B: A Beltre (31, D Straily); N Cruz (41, D Straily) HR: J Hamilton (43, 5th inning off D Straily 0 on, 1 Out); A Beltre (35, 7th inning off P Neshek 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: M Moreland (49), J Hamilton (124), A Beltre 3 (98) S: E Andrus 2-out RBI: M Moreland, A Beltre 2 Rangers RISP: 2-7 (M Young 0-1, A Beltre 1-2, I Kinsler 0-1, M Napoli 0-1, M Moreland 1-1, E Andrus 0-1) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING Picked Off: A Beltre (2nd base by D Norris)
FIELDING DP: 1 (M Napoli-E Andrus).

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Holland	3.0	4	3	3	2	4	2	77-44	4.50
R Oswalt	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	29-23	6.07
R Ross	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	31-23	1.86
K Uehara	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-8	2.08
M Adams	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	11-7	2.79
J Nathan (W, 3-4)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	18-9	2.64
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	4	11	2	180-114
PITCHING Balk: R Ross First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Holland 9/15; R Oswalt 3/7; R Ross 4/6; K Uehara 1/3; M Adams 3/4; J Nathan 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Holland 11-8-17-8; R Oswalt 11-3-4-5; R Ross 3-3-11-6; K Uehara 2-3-2-1; M Adams 2-1-2-2; J Nathan 2-4-3-0 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Holland 3-2; R Oswalt 3-1; R Ross 2-1; K Uehara 0-1; M Adams 1-1; J Nathan 0-0 Game Scores: D Holland 41

Scoring Summary

			OAK	TEX
	2nd	J Donaldson homered to left center (447 feet), B Moss scored.	2	0
	2nd	M Moreland singled to shallow left center, M Young scored, D Murphy to third.	2	1
	3rd	Y Cespedes homered to left (450 feet).	3	1
	5th	J Hamilton homered to right center (442 feet).	3	2
	6th	C Pennington singled to left, B Moss scored, D Norris to second.	4	2
	7th	A Beltre homered to right (384 feet), J Hamilton scored.	4	4
	9th	A Beltre singled to center, C Gentry scored, I Kinsler to third, J Hamilton to second.	4	5
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Game Information

Stadium	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, TX
Attendance	43,044 (89.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:13
Weather	91 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	15 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Ron Kulpa, First Base - Wally Bell, Second Base - Jim Wolf, Third Base - Paul Emmel