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Texas Rangers @ Oakland Athletics

2012-10-02 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 30660 · 87°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph to RF · 2:43

Oakland Athletics defeated Texas Rangers 3–1. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 5th. Travis Blackley earned the win and Grant Balfour picked up the save. Jonny Gomes went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Travis Blackley L: Matt Harrison SV: Grant Balfour

Umpires — HP: Fieldin Culbreth · 1B: Gary Cederstrom · 2B: Adrian Johnson · 3B: Lance Barksdale · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ian Kinsler	3	1	0	0	1	0
Elvis Andrus	3	0	0	0	1	1
Josh Hamilton	4	0	1	1	0	1
Adrian Beltre	4	0	1	0	0	1
Nelson Cruz	4	0	0	0	0	1
Michael Young	3	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Napoli	3	0	0	0	0	1
Geovany Soto	2	0	0	0	0	2
Craig Gentry	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mitch Moreland	1	0	1	0	0	0
David Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Coco Crisp	4	0	0	0	0	1
Stephen Drew	4	0	1	0	0	2
Yoenis Cespedes	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jonny Gomes	2	1	1	1	1	0
Josh Reddick	3	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Donaldson	3	1	1	0	0	0
Brandon Moss	3	1	1	0	0	2
Derek Norris	3	0	1	1	0	1
Adam Rosales	2	0	0	0	0	0
Cliff Pennington	1	0	0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Harrison	6.0	6	1	5
Alexi Ogando	1.0	0	0	2
Michael Kirkman	0.2	0	0	1
Roy Oswalt	0.1	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Travis Blackley	6.0	3	2	5
Sean Doolittle	1.0	1	0	0
Ryan Cook	1.0	1	0	0
Grant Balfour	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ian Kinsler: 5/P5F
Elvis Andrus: 63/G6S
Josh Hamilton: K

Bot 1

Coco Crisp: 63/G6
Stephen Drew: S9/L9S+
Yoenis Cespedes: 4/F34-
Jonny Gomes: W.1-2
Josh Reddick: 43/G4S-

Top 2

Adrian Beltre: D8/F78XD+
Nelson Cruz: 53/G5
Michael Young: S16/G15+.2-3
Mike Napoli: 5/L5+
Geovany Soto: K

Bot 2

Josh Donaldson: 63/G6
Brandon Moss: K
Derek Norris: K

Top 3

Craig Gentry: 8/F8LXD+
Ian Kinsler: W
Elvis Andrus: FLE9
Elvis Andrus: K
Josh Hamilton: D9/L89XD+.1-H
Adrian Beltre: 43/G4MD

Bot 3

Adam Rosales: 63/G6
Coco Crisp: 63/G6
Stephen Drew: K

Top 4

Nelson Cruz: E5/G56
Michael Young: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+
Mike Napoli: K

Bot 4

Yoenis Cespedes: 63/G6
Jonny Gomes: 8/F8LXD+
Josh Reddick: K

Top 5

Geovany Soto: K
Craig Gentry: 53/G5
Ian Kinsler: 63/G6

Bot 5

Josh Donaldson: S8/L8RS+
Brandon Moss: D9/L9S+.1-3
Derek Norris: S9/L9S+.3-H;2-H(E9)(NR)
Adam Rosales: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M
Coco Crisp: 4/F4D-

Top 6

Elvis Andrus: W
Josh Hamilton: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M+
Adrian Beltre: 9/F8RXD+

Bot 6

Stephen Drew: K
Yoenis Cespedes: S7/G56+
Jonny Gomes: POCS2(136)
Jonny Gomes: HR/F7D+
Josh Reddick: 8/F8LXD+

Top 7

Nelson Cruz: 63/G56+
Michael Young: S6/G6
Mike Napoli: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 7

Josh Donaldson: 53/G56
Brandon Moss: K
Derek Norris: E6/TH1/G56.B-2
Cliff Pennington: K

Top 8

Mitch Moreland: S8/L6MD
David Murphy: 43/G4S-.1-2
Ian Kinsler: 53/G6S-.2-3
Elvis Andrus: 53/G56

Bot 8

Coco Crisp: K/UREV
Stephen Drew: 43/G34
Yoenis Cespedes: K

Top 9

Josh Hamilton: 4!3/G4
Adrian Beltre: K
Nelson Cruz: K

Notes & reviews

replay,8,crisc001,OAK,cedeg901,OAK01,F,N,I,,H $on the third pitch, Coco Crisp hit a fly ball down the LF line that was called foul; the Athletics asked about the ruling, so the umpires huddled and crew chief Gary Cederstrom watched the replay and upheld the call

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