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Oakland Athletics @ Texas Rangers

2013-09-13 · Night game · Rangers Ballpark in Arlington · Att: 40180 · 92°F, sunny · Wind 5 mph from LF · 4:09

Oakland Athletics defeated Texas Rangers 9–8. Oakland Athletics put up 3 in the 1st. Dan Straily earned the win and Sean Doolittle picked up the save. Josh Donaldson went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	3	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	9	14
TEX	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	8	8

W: Dan Straily L: Derek Holland SV: Sean Doolittle

Umpires — HP: Rob Drake · 1B: Joe West · 2B: Sam Holbrook · 3B: Andy Fletcher · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Coco Crisp	4	1	1	1	1	0
Josh Donaldson	3	2	2	3	2	1
Jed Lowrie	4	0	1	0	1	0
Yoenis Cespedes	4	1	1	3	1	1
Nate Freiman	2	0	1	0	0	1
Alberto Callaspo	4	1	1	0	1	0
Chris Young	5	1	1	0	0	1
Derek Norris	4	1	3	0	0	0
Kurt Suzuki	4	1	2	1	1	0
Brandon Moss	3	1	1	1	0	0
Seth Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ian Kinsler	2	2	0	1	3	0
Elvis Andrus	4	2	1	2	1	0
Alex Rios	5	0	1	2	0	2
Adrian Beltre	4	1	3	1	1	1
A. J. Pierzynski	2	1	0	1	1	1
Mitch Moreland	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Adduci	3	1	1	0	1	0
David Murphy	1	0	0	0	1	1
Leonys Martin	4	1	1	1	0	0
Craig Gentry	1	0	0	0	0	0
Engel Beltre	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jurickson Profar	2	0	0	0	0	2
Jeff Baker	1	0	0	0	0	1
Robinson Chirinos	1	0	1	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dan Straily	5.2	2	4	4
Jerry Blevins	0.2	0	1	0
Dan Otero	0.2	0	0	1
Brett Anderson	0.0	0	2	0
Jesse Chavez	0.2	2	0	2
Ryan Cook	0.0	2	1	0
Sean Doolittle	1.1	2	0	3

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Derek Holland	3.0	8	1	2
Nick Tepesch	1.0	3	3	0
Ross Wolf	2.0	2	1	0
Neftali Feliz	1.0	1	1	1
Travis Blackley	1.0	0	0	1
Jason Frasor	0.2	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Coco Crisp: S8/L6+
Josh Donaldson: W.1-2
Jed Lowrie: 8/F8LD
Yoenis Cespedes: HR/F78XD+.2-H;1-H
Nate Freiman: K
Alberto Callaspo: 7/F78XD+

Bot 1

Ian Kinsler: W
Elvis Andrus: W.1-2
Alex Rios: 8/F8RXD+
Adrian Beltre: S9/L34D+.2-H;1-3
A. J. Pierzynski: 7/SF/F7D+.3-H
Mitch Moreland: 9/L89M

Top 2

Chris Young: 63/G6
Derek Norris: S7/L56+
Kurt Suzuki: 7/F7D+
Coco Crisp: SB2
Coco Crisp: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 2

Jim Adduci: 53/G56S
David Murphy: K
Leonys Martin: 5/F5F-

Top 3

Josh Donaldson: HR/F7D+
Jed Lowrie: S8/L8RS
Yoenis Cespedes: K
Nate Freiman: S9/G34+.1-2
Alberto Callaspo: 65(2)/FO/G56.1-2
Chris Young: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 3

Ian Kinsler: E5/G5
Elvis Andrus: 13/G13+.1-2
Alex Rios: K
Adrian Beltre: K

Top 4

Derek Norris: S8/G6+
Kurt Suzuki: S8/L8LS.1-2
Coco Crisp: 7/F7S-
Josh Donaldson: D8/F8RXD+.2-H;1-H
Jed Lowrie: 7/F7S-
Yoenis Cespedes: IW
Brandon Moss: 7/F7D

Bot 4

A. J. Pierzynski: 63/G6
Mitch Moreland: K
Jim Adduci: 43/G4

Top 5

Alberto Callaspo: W
Chris Young: S7/L78S.1-2
Derek Norris: S9/L4D.2-3;1-2
Kurt Suzuki: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Coco Crisp: 8/SF/F8LD.3-H
Josh Donaldson: W.2-3;1-2
Jed Lowrie: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 5

David Murphy: W
Leonys Martin: 5/P
Ian Kinsler: 2/F2LF-
Elvis Andrus: 8/F8RD

Top 6

Yoenis Cespedes: 9/F9D
Brandon Moss: HR/F89D+
Alberto Callaspo: S9/L34D+
Chris Young: 64(1)/FO/L6-
Derek Norris: 9/F89M

Bot 6

Alex Rios: 8/F8LM
Adrian Beltre: S5/G56S-
A. J. Pierzynski: HP.1-2
Mitch Moreland: 5/IF/P56-
Jim Adduci: W.2-3;1-2
Craig Gentry: 53/G56

Top 7

Kurt Suzuki: S9/L34D+
Coco Crisp: 9/F9M
Josh Donaldson: K
Jed Lowrie: W.1-2
Yoenis Cespedes: 3/F3-

Bot 7

Leonys Martin: 9/F89M
Ian Kinsler: W
Elvis Andrus: 6/F6MD-
Alex Rios: K

Top 8

Brandon Moss: 43/G34
Alberto Callaspo: 7!/L7D+
Chris Young: K

Bot 8

Adrian Beltre: W
A. J. Pierzynski: W.1-2
Engel Beltre: K
Jim Adduci: S9/G34.2-3;1-2
Jurickson Profar: K
Leonys Martin: S3/G3.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ian Kinsler: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Elvis Andrus: S9/G4+.3-H;2-H;1-2
Alex Rios: PB.2-3;1-2
Alex Rios: S8/G6M.3-H;2-H
Adrian Beltre: S7/L7S+.1X3(75)

Top 9

Seth Smith: 9/F89XD+
Kurt Suzuki: 8/F8RXD+
Coco Crisp: W
Josh Donaldson: CS2(24)

Bot 9

A. J. Pierzynski: K
Jeff Baker: K
Robinson Chirinos: D9/F9LD
Jurickson Profar: K

Notes & reviews

Athletics pitcher Brett Anderson left the game due to back spasms
Rangers right fielder Alex Rios ejected by 3B umpire Andy Fletcher
Rangers pitcher Matt Garza ejected by 1B umpire Joe West for yelling from the bench; the Rangers were upset about the call at 3B in the previous inning on Alex Rios

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