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Texas Rangers @ Oakland Athletics

2008-09-13 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 21102 · 63°F, sunny · Wind 8 mph from LF · 2:28

Oakland Athletics defeated Texas Rangers 7–1. Oakland Athletics put up 5 in the 5th. Josh Outman earned the win. Jack Cust went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Josh Outman L: Scott Feldman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tim McClelland · 1B: Angel Campos · 2B: Mike Everitt · 3B: Mike DiMuro · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gerald Laird	4	0	1	0	0	0
Michael Young	4	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Hamilton	4	0	2	0	0	2
Milton Bradley	2	0	0	0	0	0
Marlon Byrd	4	1	1	0	0	2
Hank Blalock	3	0	1	0	1	1
Nelson Cruz	3	0	1	1	1	0
Chris Davis	3	0	1	0	0	1
German Duran	3	0	0	0	0	0
Taylor Teagarden	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Boggs	0	0	0	0	1	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rajai Davis	4	1	1	0	0	0
Cliff Pennington	3	1	0	0	1	0
Ryan Sweeney	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jack Cust	3	2	1	2	1	1
Aaron Cunningham	4	1	2	2	0	1
Daric Barton	3	1	0	0	1	0
Bobby Crosby	4	0	2	3	0	1
Jack Hannahan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Bowen	3	0	0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Scott Feldman	4.2	7	2	2
Luis Mendoza	1.1	1	1	1
Josh Rupe	1.0	0	0	1
Warner Madrigal	1.0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Josh Outman	5.0	4	2	3
Huston Street	1.0	0	0	1
Jerry Blevins	1.0	1	0	1
Joey Devine	1.0	1	0	0
Brad Ziegler	1.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gerald Laird: 7/F78M
Michael Young: 43/G4
Josh Hamilton: K

Bot 1

Rajai Davis: 63/G6
Cliff Pennington: 3/G3
Ryan Sweeney: D8/L8LXD+
Jack Cust: K

Top 2

Milton Bradley: 53/G56
Marlon Byrd: S8/L6MD
Hank Blalock: SB2
Hank Blalock: W
Nelson Cruz: D9/L9D+.2-H;1XH(942);B-3(THH)
Chris Davis: 43/G34

Bot 2

Aaron Cunningham: 63/G6
Daric Barton: 3/G3
Bobby Crosby: S7/L8LS+
Jack Hannahan: 13/BG

Top 3

German Duran: 7/F78D
Gerald Laird: D7/F8LXD+
Michael Young: 3!/LDP/L3+.2X2(36)

Bot 3

Rob Bowen: 4/P4D
Rajai Davis: 63/G6
Cliff Pennington: 8/F8LXD

Top 4

Josh Hamilton: S9/G34+
Milton Bradley: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Marlon Byrd: 9/P9S

Bot 4

Ryan Sweeney: D98/F89S
Jack Cust: HR/F78D+.2-H
Aaron Cunningham: S8/G4M+
Daric Barton: 7/F78S
Bobby Crosby: K
Jack Hannahan: 8/F8LS

Top 5

Hank Blalock: K
Nelson Cruz: W
Chris Davis: K
German Duran: 46(1)/FO/G4

Bot 5

Rob Bowen: 8/F8LXD
Rajai Davis: S9/L9S+
Cliff Pennington: SB2
Cliff Pennington: W
Ryan Sweeney: 9/F9LS
Jack Cust: W.2-3;1-2
Aaron Cunningham: S9/L9S-.3-H;2-H;1-3
Daric Barton: SB2
Daric Barton: IW
Bobby Crosby: D9/L89XD+.3-H;2-H;1-H;B-3(E9)
Jack Hannahan: 8!/F8LD

Top 6

Gerald Laird: 9/F9S
Michael Young: 43/G4
Josh Hamilton: K

Bot 6

Rob Bowen: K
Rajai Davis: 3/P3F
Cliff Pennington: 63/G6

Top 7

Taylor Teagarden: 4/P3D
Marlon Byrd: K
Hank Blalock: S4/G4
Nelson Cruz: 53/G5S

Bot 7

Ryan Sweeney: 13/G
Jack Cust: 8/L8LXD+
Aaron Cunningham: K

Top 8

Chris Davis: S9/L9M
German Duran: 7/F7D
Gerald Laird: 9/F9S
Michael Young: 43/G4

Bot 8

Daric Barton: 8/F8RXD+
Bobby Crosby: 63/G6
Jack Hannahan: 5/P5F

Top 9

Josh Hamilton: S7/L7LS
Brandon Boggs: W.1-2
Marlon Byrd: K
Hank Blalock: 7/F7D+
Nelson Cruz: 53/G56

Notes & reviews

Bradley ejected by 1B umpire Campos for arguing he was safe at 1st; he had left field as Texas manager briefly argued; Bradely returned to field to resume argument and was ejected; coach Pettis and umpire McClelland restrained Bradley

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