Major League Baseball
Texas Rangers
3
Oakland Athletics
4
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| OAK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Coco Crisp's latest clutch hit helped put Oakland back in the playoffs for the first time in six years, and the Athletics beat the first-place Rangers 4-3 on Monday night to remain in contention for a division crown.
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
M Napoli homered to left center (396 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
B Moss hit sacrifice fly to center, C Crisp scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
C Crisp doubled to deep left center, A Rosales scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
M Young homered to right center (397 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
E Andrus singled to center, M Napoli scored, M Moreland to third.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
M Napoli struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Napoli batting
D Murphy struck out looking.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
D Murphy batting
M Young struck out swinging.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
M Young batting
G Balfour relieved R Cook.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
C Pennington grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Norris out at second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
C Pennington batting
D Norris singled to right.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
D Norris batting
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OAK wins series 3-0
Coco CrispCF4
Jonny GomesDH31
Yoenis CespedesLF52
Chris Carter1B48
Josh ReddickRF22
Josh Donaldson3B3
Stephen DrewSS10
Derek NorrisC33
Adam Rosales2B32
Brandon Moss1B37
Cliff Pennington2B7
Ian Kinsler2B3
Elvis AndrusSS18
Josh HamiltonCF32
Adrian BeltreDH29
Nelson CruzRF32
Michael Young3B10
David MurphyLF18
Mike Anthony NapoliC5
Mitch Moreland1B18
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