Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oakland 6, Texas 5
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, July 27, 2008
Where: McAfee Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Gary Darling, 1B - Angel Campos, 2B - Bill Miller, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 21135
Where: McAfee Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Gary Darling, 1B - Angel Campos, 2B - Bill Miller, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 21135
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the Oakland Athletics have a 32-26 record at home this season. The Texas Rangers have a 29-30 record on the road.
- Oakland has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Athletics have won 2 of their last 10 games.
- Texas has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Rangers have won 5 of their last 10 games.
- Jerry Blevins pitched 1.1 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 0.79. Huston Street closed out the game to get the save and has 18 saves for the season. Eric Hurley took the loss for Texas.
- Kurt Suzuki, Jack Cust hit homeruns for Oakland.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Texas | Oakland | |
| Eric Hurley | Player | Dana Eveland |
| Loss | W/L | Loss |
| 2.0 | IP | 4.2 |
| 1 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 4 | Hits | 8 |
| 27.00 | ERA | 9.64 |
Hitting
| Texas | Oakland | |
| Gerald Laird | Player | Kurt Suzuki |
| 3 | Hits | 3 |
| 0 | RBI | 3 |
| 0 | HR | 1 |
| 3 | TB | 6 |
| .750 | Avg | .750 |
Team Stats Summary