Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Oakland 02100000014111
Texas 11000000103111
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Oakland 75-81 43-38 32-43 W4
Texas 75-82 38-41 37-41 L5
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this loss, the Texas Rangers have a 38-41 record at home this season. The Oakland Athletics have a 32-43 record on the road.
  • Texas has a streak of 5 straight up losses. The Rangers have won 3 of their last 10 games.
  • Oakland has a streak of 4 straight up wins. The Athletics have won 8 of their last 10 games.
  • Alan Embree pitched 1.1 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 4.60. Santiago Casilla closed out the game to get the save and has 2 saves for the season. Luis Mendoza took the loss for Texas.
  • Hank Blalock had the only homerun for Texas.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   Texas
Greg Smith Player Kevin Millwood
Loss W/L Loss
5.0 IP 7.0
1 Strikeouts 6
6 Hits 8
3.60 ERA 2.57
Hitting
Oakland   Texas
Jeff BaisleyPlayer Hank Blalock
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 1
0 HR 1
2 TB 6
.500 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 11 0 14 .262 20 10 3 5 2 1
Texas 11 1 17 .268 19 8 3 3 0 1