Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Oakland 4,
Texas 3
When: 8:05 PM ET, Monday, September 22, 2008
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Bill Hohn, 1B - Ron Kulpa, 2B - Dan Iassogna, 3B - Casey Moser
Attendance: 14925
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Bill Hohn, 1B - Ron Kulpa, 2B - Dan Iassogna, 3B - Casey Moser
Attendance: 14925
Final Scoring Summary
Oakland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Travis Buck | RF-LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .182 |
| Aaron Cunningham | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .271 |
| Carlos Gonzalez | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .247 |
| Ryan Sweeney | CF-RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .293 |
| Jack Cust | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .230 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .279 |
| Bobby Crosby | SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .243 |
| Cliff Pennington | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .262 |
| Daric Barton | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .215 |
| Jeff Baisley | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .280 |
| Totals | 42 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jack Cust (19), Bobby Crosby (39), Cliff Pennington (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Travis Buck, Ryan Sweeney 2, Jack Cust 2, Bobby Crosby 3, Cliff Pennington 3, Daric Barton, Jeff Baisley 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Travis Buck (17), Jack Cust (73), Cliff Pennington (6) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jack Cust (25) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Travis Buck (11), Carlos Gonzalez 2 (33), Kurt Suzuki (50), Jeff Baisley (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Carlos Gonzalez (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Cliff Pennington 2 (4, 2nd off Francisco/Teagarden, 2nd off Millwood/Teagarden) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Aaron Cunningham (2) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Aaron Cunningham (Davis at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Greg Smith | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.07 |
| Jerry Blevins (H 5) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.72 |
| Huston Street (H 4) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.73 |
| Joey Devine (H 11) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.60 |
| Brad Ziegler (BS 2) | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.92 |
| Alan Embree (W 2-4) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.60 |
| Santiago Casilla (SV 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.22 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Greg Smith 97-64, Jerry Blevins 10-6, Huston Street 18-10, Joey Devine 19-12, Brad Ziegler 15-9, Alan Embree 11-8, Santiago Casilla 22-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Greg Smith 6-7, Jerry Blevins 1-1, Huston Street 0-1, Joey Devine 0-2, Brad Ziegler 2-0, Alan Embree 2-1, Santiago Casilla 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Greg Smith 22, Jerry Blevins 3, Huston Street 3, Joey Devine 4, Brad Ziegler 4, Alan Embree 5, Santiago Casilla 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Alan Embree 1-0 | ||||||||
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| German Duran | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .226 |
| Ramon Vazquez | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 |
| Gerald Laird | PH-C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
| Michael Young | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Josh Hamilton | CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .303 |
| Milton Bradley | DH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .318 |
| Marlon Byrd | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .295 |
| Brandon Boggs | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .228 |
| Hank Blalock | 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .282 |
| Nelson Cruz | RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .309 |
| Chris Davis | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .275 |
| Taylor Teagarden | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .349 |
| Frank Catalanotto | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| Joaquin Arias | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
| Totals | 41 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - German Duran (6) | |||||||||
| 3B - Frank Catalanotto (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Hank Blalock (9) | |||||||||
| TB - German Duran 3, Michael Young, Milton Bradley 2, Hank Blalock 6, Nelson Cruz, Chris Davis, Frank Catalanotto 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - German Duran (15), Milton Bradley (75), Hank Blalock (30) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Gerald Laird (48), Josh Hamilton 2 (62) | |||||||||
| SF - Milton Bradley (6) | |||||||||
| GIDP - German Duran (4), Chris Davis (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Josh Hamilton (6) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kevin Millwood | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5.03 |
| Jamey Wright | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.23 |
| Frank Francisco | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.23 |
| Warner Madrigal | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.93 |
| Luis Mendoza (L 3-8) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.66 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Kevin Millwood 111-75, Jamey Wright 8-6, Frank Francisco 25-10, Warner Madrigal 17-11, Luis Mendoza 23-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kevin Millwood 8-6, Jamey Wright 2-0, Frank Francisco 0-2, Warner Madrigal 0-2, Luis Mendoza 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kevin Millwood 29, Jamey Wright 3, Frank Francisco 6, Warner Madrigal 4, Luis Mendoza 5 | ||||||||