Major League Baseball
Texas Rangers
5
Oakland Athletics
12
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEX | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| OAK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
The Oakland Athletics captured the AL West with another improbable rally in a season full of them, coming back from four runs down and a 13-game division deficit to stun the two-time defending league champion Texas Rangers 12-5 on Wednesday.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
B Moss singled to right center, C Crisp and S Drew scored, Y Cespedes to second, Y Cespedes scored, B Moss to second on error by right fielder N Cruz.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
D Norris homered to left (389 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
D Norris singled to shallow center, J Donaldson scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Y Cespedes safe at second on error by center fielder J Hamilton, C Crisp and S Drew scored.
C Crisp doubled to deep right, J Donaldson and S Smith scored.
S Smith singled to center, J Reddick scored, J Donaldson to second.
J Reddick doubled to deep center, B Moss scored.
Pitch 4: foul
G Soto singled to center, D Murphy scored, M Napoli to second.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
D Murphy singled to right, N Cruz and M Young scored.
M Young doubled to deep right, J Hamilton scored, N Cruz to third.
Pitch 4: foul
Middle of the 9th
M Young flied out to center.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
M Young batting
N Cruz struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
N Cruz batting
A Beltre flied out to right.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
A Beltre batting
G Balfour relieved S Doolittle.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
J Donaldson struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Donaldson batting
J Reddick flied out to left.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Reddick batting
B Moss singled to right center, C Crisp and S Drew scored, Y Cespedes to second, Y Cespedes scored, B Moss to second on error by right fielder N Cruz.
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OAK wins series 3-0
Coco CrispCF4
Stephen DrewSS10
Yoenis CespedesLF52
Brandon Moss1B37
Josh ReddickRF22
Josh Donaldson3B3
Seth SmithDH12
George KottarasC10
Cliff Pennington2B7
Derek NorrisC33
Ian Kinsler2B3
Elvis AndrusSS18
Josh HamiltonCF32
Adrian BeltreDH29
Nelson CruzRF32
Michael Young3B10
David MurphyLF18
Mike Anthony Napoli1B5
Geovany SotoC18
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