Major League Baseball
Oakland Athletics
1
Texas Rangers
3
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TEX | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
David Murphy and Adrian Beltre homered in a three-run first inning, Ross Wolf was strong in his first major league start and the Texas Rangers avoided a sweep with a 3-1 victory against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
B Moss hit sacrifice fly to center, C Crisp scored, Y Cespedes to third.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
A Beltre homered to center (433 feet).
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
D Murphy homered to right (388 feet), E Andrus scored.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
D Norris struck out looking.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
D Norris batting
S Smith flied out to right.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
S Smith batting
J Donaldson lined out to right.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
J Donaldson batting
J Nathan relieved R Ross.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
D Murphy popped out to third.
Pitch 1: in play
D Murphy batting
E Andrus grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 7: in play
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
E Andrus batting
L Garcia flied out to center.
Pitch 1: in play
L Garcia batting
Showing the last 40 of 474 events.
OAK wins series 2-1
Elvis AndrusSS18
David MurphyLF18
Lance BerkmanDH27
Adrian Beltre3B29
Nelson CruzRF32
A.J. PierzynskiC15
Jeff G Baker1B10
Leonys MartinCF17
Leury Garcia2B63
Mitch Moreland1B18
Coco CrispCF4
John JasoDH28
Yoenis CespedesLF52
Brandon Moss1B37
Josh Donaldson3B3
Seth SmithRF12
Derek NorrisC33
Eric Sogard2B4
Adam RosalesSS32
Luke MontzDH72
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