Oakland Athletics vs. Texas Rangers - Box Score - September 23, 2008 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 23, 2008

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 9/23)

Game 1: Monday, September 22
Oakland	4	Final in 11
Texas	3	Final in 11
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Game 2: Tuesday, September 23
Oakland	4	Final
Texas	6	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, September 24
Oakland	4	Final
Texas	14	Final
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Athletics 4

(75-82, 32-44 away)

Rangers 6

(76-82, 39-41 home)

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8:05 PM ET, September 23, 2008

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	1
TEX	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	-	6	13	0

W: J. Wright (8-7)

L: A. Embree (2-5)

S: F. Francisco (5)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
T Buck LF	3	1	2	2	1	1	0	.193
C Pennington 2B	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	.250
R Sweeney RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.290
J Cust DH	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	.231
B Crosby SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.242
C Gonzalez CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.243
D Barton 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.215
J Baisley 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.310
R Bowen C	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.172
a-A Cunningham PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.268
Totals	32	4	6	4	3	6	13
a-struck out swinging for R Bowen in the 9th
BATTING 2B: J Baisley (1, D Nippert) HR: J Cust (31, 2nd inning off D Nippert 0 on, 0 Out); T Buck (5, 3rd inning off D Nippert 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Cust (74), T Buck 2 (19), C Pennington (7) S: R Bowen Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: R Sweeney 2 Team LOB: 5
FIELDING E: R Bowen (2, dropped foul ball) DP: 1 (B Crosby-C Pennington-D Barton). PB: R Bowen. Outfield Assist: T Buck (J Arias at 3rd base); C Gonzalez (M Bradley at 2nd base).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Outman	6.0	10	3	3	2	4	0	90-53	4.58
A Embree (L, 2-5; B, 5)	1.0	3	3	3	0	2	1	23-15	4.96
G Gonzalez	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-6	8.42
Totals	8.0	13	6	6	2	6	1	125-74
PITCHING HBP: M Bradley (By J Outman) Batters faced: J Outman 28; A Embree 6; G Gonzalez 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Outman 5-7; A Embree 1-0; G Gonzalez 1-2 Game Scores: J Outman 42

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Arias 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.270
G Duran 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224
M Young SS	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.280
J Hamilton CF	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	.303
M Bradley DH	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	.323
M Byrd LF	4	1	2	2	0	0	3	.297
H Blalock 1B	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	.286
N Cruz RF	4	0	2	0	0	2	2	.316
G Laird C	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.278
T Metcalf 3B	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	.216
Totals	33	6	13	6	2	6	15
BATTING 2B: H Blalock (17, J Outman); J Arias (6, J Outman); N Cruz (7, J Outman) HR: H Blalock (10, 7th inning off A Embree 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: T Metcalf (12), M Bradley (76), M Byrd 2 (51), H Blalock 2 (32) SF: T Metcalf 2-out RBI: M Byrd, H Blalock 2 GIDP: M Byrd Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Arias 1, T Metcalf 2, M Byrd 1 Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: M Bradley (5, 2nd base off A Embree/R Bowen); M Byrd (7, 2nd base off A Embree/R Bowen)

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Nippert	6.1	6	4	4	3	4	2	101-63	6.40
J Wright (W, 8-7)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-5	5.18
W Madrigal (H, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-8	4.79
F Francisco (S, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-7	3.18
Totals	9.0	6	4	4	3	6	2	129-83
PITCHING Batters faced: D Nippert 28; J Wright 2; W Madrigal 3; F Francisco 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Nippert 5-10; J Wright 2-0; W Madrigal 1-1; F Francisco 0-2 Game Scores: D Nippert 46

Scoring Summary

			OAK	TEX
	2nd	J Cust homered to right.	1	0
	2nd	T Metcalf hit sacrifice fly to center, H Blalock scored.	1	1
	3rd	T Buck homered to right, J Baisley scored.	3	1
	3rd	M Bradley singled to deep center, M Young scored, J Hamilton to third, M Bradley out stretching at second.	3	2
	3rd	M Byrd singled to shallow right, J Hamilton scored.	3	3
	7th	C Pennington grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Barton scored, T Buck out at second, R Bowen to third.	4	3
	7th	M Byrd singled to left center, M Bradley scored.	4	4
	7th	H Blalock homered to right, M Byrd scored.	4	6
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