Major League Baseball
Texas Rangers
8
Oakland Athletics
3
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEX | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| OAK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Nelson Cruz shook off talk of a pending suspension to hit a tying two-run homer, Jurickson Profar added another two-run shot and the surging Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 8-3 on Friday night for their fifth straight win.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: in play
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
A Pierzynski singled to right, E Andrus and I Kinsler scored.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
C Crisp doubled to deep right, J Reddick scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
J Profar homered to left (384 feet), C Gentry scored.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
A Pierzynski singled to center, E Andrus scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
A Beltre grounded out to shortstop, L Martin scored.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 6: foul
End of the 9th
Y Cespedes flied out to right.
Pitch 7: in play
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
E Sogard to second on fielder's indifference.
Pitch 1: ball 1
Y Cespedes batting
J Lowrie popped out to second.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Lowrie batting
E Sogard singled to right.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
E Sogard batting
C Crisp lined out to center.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Crisp batting
J Soria relieved N Cotts.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
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TEX wins series 2-1
Coco CrispCF4
Eric Sogard2B4
Jed LowrieSS8
Yoenis CespedesLF52
Brandon Moss1B37
Josh Donaldson3B3
Josh ReddickRF22
Seth SmithDH12
Derek NorrisC33
Chris YoungPH24
Alberto CallaspoDH5
Leonys MartinRF17
Elvis AndrusSS18
Ian Kinsler2B3
Adrian Beltre3B29
A.J. PierzynskiC15
Nelson CruzRF32
Jeff G Baker1B10
Craig GentryCF71
Jurickson ProfarDH17
David MurphyLF18
Mitch Moreland1B18
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