Final
Texas leads 2-0 (as of 7/17)
| Game 1: Monday, July 16 | ||
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| Texas | 4 | Final |
| Oakland | 1 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, July 17 | ||
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| Texas | 11 | Final |
| Oakland | 4 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, July 18 | ||
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| Texas | 0 | Final |
| Oakland | 6 | |
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10:05 PM ET, July 17, 2007
O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
| Texas Rangers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| K Lofton CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .309 | ||
| M Young SS | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .290 | ||
| M Teixeira 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .305 | ||
| B Wilkerson PR-1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 | ||
| S Sosa DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .243 | ||
| M Byrd RF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .361 | ||
| F Catalanotto LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .227 | ||
| a-D Relaford PH-2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .176 | ||
| G Laird C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .228 | ||
| R Vazquez 3B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 | ||
| J Hairston 2B-LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 | ||
| Totals | 39 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 18 | |||
| a-grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop for F Catalanotto in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: M Young 2 (25, C Gaudin 2) 3B: K Lofton (3, C Gaudin); R Vazquez (2, C Gaudin) RBI: M Young 3 (54), S Sosa (64), R Vazquez (15), J Hairston (13), G Laird (29) S: R Vazquez, J Hairston SF: S Sosa, J Hairston 2-out RBI: M Young 2 GIDP: M Byrd Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D Relaford 2, S Sosa 4, M Byrd 1 Team LOB: 14 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: M Byrd (1, 2nd base off A Brown/K Suzuki) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: R Vazquez (5, throw) DP: 1 (M Teixeira-M Young-R Tejeda). | ||||||||||
| Texas Rangers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| R Tejeda | 4.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 93-51 | 6.68 | |
| W Eyre (W, 4-6) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16-8 | 3.78 | |
| C Wilson (H, 15) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17-10 | 2.81 | |
| R Mahay (S, 1) | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27-18 | 2.12 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 153-87 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: R Tejeda 23; W Eyre 4; C Wilson 4; R Mahay 11 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Tejeda 3-8; W Eyre 2-0; C Wilson 0-2; R Mahay 3-4 Game Scores: R Tejeda 39 | ||||||||||
| Oakland Athletics | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| T Buck RF-CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .277 | ||
| S Stewart LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .304 | ||
| J Cust DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .262 | ||
| D Johnson 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .252 | ||
| B Crosby SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .223 | ||
| M Kotsay CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .225 | ||
| B Kielty RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 | ||
| M Ellis 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .261 | ||
| M Scutaro 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .244 | ||
| K Suzuki C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .226 | ||
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |||
| BATTING 2B: S Stewart (12, R Mahay) HR: J Cust (16, 5th inning off R Tejeda 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: K Suzuki (5), J Cust 3 (45) SF: J Cust, K Suzuki GIDP: D Johnson Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Cust 1, M Ellis 1, D Johnson 3, T Buck 1 Team LOB: 11 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: J Kennedy (4, throw); B Crosby (14, ground ball) DP: 1 (B Crosby-M Ellis-D Johnson). PB: K Suzuki. | ||||||||||
| Oakland Athletics | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| C Gaudin (L, 11-13) | 6.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 109-58 | 3.39 | |
| A Brown | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-6 | 10.12 | |
| J Kennedy | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28-13 | 4.60 | |
| J Marshall | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22-15 | 5.87 | |
| S Komine | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13-8 | 4.70 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 179-100 | ||
| PITCHING WP: C Gaudin IBB: M Teixeira 2 (By C Gaudin) HBP: M Teixeira (By J Marshall) Batters faced: C Gaudin 31; A Brown 3; J Kennedy 7; J Marshall 7; S Komine 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Gaudin 9-5; A Brown 0-0; J Kennedy 3-0; J Marshall 3-0; S Komine 1-3 Game Scores: C Gaudin 34 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| TEX | OAK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | M Young doubled to deep right center, K Lofton scored. | 1 | 0 | |
| 4th | K Suzuki hit sacrifice fly to left, M Kotsay scored. | 1 | 1 | |
| 5th | J Hairston scored, K Lofton to third, M Young to second on wild pitch by C Gaudin. | 2 | 1 | |
| 5th | S Sosa hit sacrifice fly to right, K Lofton scored. | 3 | 1 | |
| 5th | J Cust homered to left center, S Stewart scored. | 3 | 3 | |
| 6th | R Vazquez tripled to deep right, G Laird scored. | 4 | 3 | |
| 6th | J Hairston hit sacrifice fly to right, R Vazquez scored. | 5 | 3 | |
| 6th | J Cust hit sacrifice fly to right, M Scutaro scored, K Suzuki to third. | 5 | 4 | |
| 7th | G Laird reached on infield single to shortstop, M Byrd scored, F Catalanotto to second. | 6 | 4 | |
| 7th | R Vazquez sacrificed into fielder's choice to pitcher, F Catalanotto to third, G Laird to second, R Vazquez to first, F Catalanotto and G Laird scored, R Vazquez to second on throwing error by pitcher | 8 | 4 | |
| 7th | M Young singled to center, R Vazquez scored. | 9 | 4 | |
| 7th | M Byrd safe at first on error by shortstop B Crosby, M Young scored, M Teixeira to third, S Sosa to second. | 10 | 4 | |
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Game Information
| Stadium | O.co Coliseum, Oakland, CA |
| Attendance | 20,209 (57.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:27 |
| Weather | 68 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 15 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Ed Montague, First Base - Chris Guccione, Second Base - Bill Miller, Third Base - Marvin Hudson |