Major League Baseball
Texas Rangers
1
Oakland Athletics
3
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Travis Blackley allowed one run over six innings, helping the Oakland Athletics move into a first-place tie in the AL West with Texas and set up a one-game showdown for the division title with a 3-1 victory over the Rangers on Tuesday night.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
J Gomes homered to left (381 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
D Norris singled to right, J Donaldson scored, B Moss scored on error by right fielder N Cruz.
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
J Hamilton doubled to deep right, I Kinsler scored.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: in play
Middle of the 9th
N Cruz struck out swinging.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
N Cruz batting
A Beltre struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Beltre batting
J Hamilton grounded out to second.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Hamilton batting
G Balfour relieved R Cook.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
Y Cespedes struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
Pitch 1: ball 1
Y Cespedes batting
R Oswalt relieved M Kirkman.
S Drew grounded out to second.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: ball 1
Showing the last 40 of 519 events.
OAK wins series 3-0
Coco CrispCF4
Stephen DrewSS10
Yoenis CespedesLF52
Jonny GomesDH31
Josh ReddickRF22
Josh Donaldson3B3
Brandon Moss1B37
Derek NorrisC33
Adam Rosales2B32
Cliff Pennington2B7
Ian Kinsler2B3
Elvis AndrusSS18
Josh HamiltonCF32
Adrian BeltreDH29
Nelson CruzRF32
Michael Young3B10
Mike Anthony NapoliC5
Geovany SotoC18
Craig GentryCF71
Mitch Moreland1B18
David MurphyLF18
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