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Oakland Athletics @ Texas Rangers

2015-05-03 · Day game · Rangers Ballpark in Arlington · Att: 36006 · 77°F, sunny · Wind 11 mph R to L · 3:21

Oakland Athletics defeated Texas Rangers 7–1. Oakland Athletics opened the scoring in the 5th — Josh Reddick reaches on a throwing error by shortstop Elvis Andrus. Eric Sogard scores. Josh Reddick to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Stephen Vogt homers (6) on a line drive to right field. Josh Reddick scores. Mark Canha scores — worth 15% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Craig Gentry (P): Balls and strikes.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	7	10
TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4

W: Sonny Gray L: Yovani Gallardo SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Andy Fletcher · 1B: Jerry Meals · 2B: Paul Emmel · 3B: Jordan Baker · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Burns	4	0	1	0	1	0
Marcus Semien	5	1	2	0	0	0
Josh Reddick	4	2	2	2	1	0
Mark Canha	3	1	0	0	2	1
Stephen Vogt	3	2	2	4	2	0
Ike Davis	5	0	0	0	0	0
Brett Lawrie	4	0	2	0	0	0
Sam Fuld	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Sogard	4	1	1	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Leonys Martin	5	1	1	0	0	2
Elvis Andrus	2	0	0	0	3	0
Prince Fielder	3	0	2	0	2	0
Adrian Beltre	5	0	0	0	0	2
Shin-Soo Choo	3	0	1	1	1	1
Kyle Blanks	3	0	0	0	2	1
Carlos Peguero	3	0	0	0	1	2
Carlos Corporan	3	0	0	0	0	2
Rougned Odor	4	0	0	0	0	3

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sonny Gray	6.2	2	7	10
Dan Otero	0.1	0	0	0
Chad Smith	1.0	2	2	2
R. J. Alvarez	1.0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Yovani Gallardo	6.2	7	4	1
Alex Claudio	0.1	1	0	0
Roman Mendez	1.2	2	2	1
Stolmy Pimentel	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Burns: 8/L8LM
Marcus Semien: S7/L78S+
Josh Reddick: 7/F7M
Mark Canha: W.1-2
Stephen Vogt: 3/G3

Bot 1

Leonys Martin: K
Elvis Andrus: 13/G13
Prince Fielder: S8/L8RM+
Adrian Beltre: 13/G13-

Top 2

Ike Davis: 8/L8RM
Brett Lawrie: S4/G4S-
Sam Fuld: 36(1)/FO/G34S
Eric Sogard: 43/G4

Bot 2

Shin-Soo Choo: W
Kyle Blanks: 8/F8RD+
Carlos Peguero: K
Carlos Corporan: K

Top 3

Billy Burns: S14/G13
Marcus Semien: 8/F8LXD+
Josh Reddick: W.1-2
Mark Canha: 9/L9M
Stephen Vogt: CS2(26).2-3

Bot 3

Rougned Odor: K
Leonys Martin: 13/G13S-
Elvis Andrus: W
Prince Fielder: W.1-2
Adrian Beltre: 4/F34

Top 4

Stephen Vogt: W
Ike Davis: 7/F7LSF
Brett Lawrie: 64(1)/FO/G6-
Sam Fuld: K

Bot 4

Shin-Soo Choo: D7/F7D+
Kyle Blanks: WP.2-3
Kyle Blanks: W
Carlos Peguero: K+SB2
Carlos Corporan: HP
Rougned Odor: 32(3)/FO/G34S.2-3;1-2
Leonys Martin: 43/G4

Top 5

Eric Sogard: S9/L89S-
Billy Burns: 13/G13S-.1-2
Marcus Semien: 7/F7LD+
Josh Reddick: E6/G6M.2-H(UR)(NR);B-2
Mark Canha: 63/G56

Bot 5

Elvis Andrus: 53/G5S
Prince Fielder: 63/G4MS-
Adrian Beltre: 4/F4D-

Top 6

Stephen Vogt: HR/F9D+
Ike Davis: 8/F8RXD+
Brett Lawrie: S8/G6M
Sam Fuld: 5/L56S
Eric Sogard: 3/G3S-

Bot 6

Shin-Soo Choo: K
Kyle Blanks: W
Carlos Peguero: E7/MREV/F78D+.1-2
Carlos Corporan: K
Rougned Odor: K23

Top 7

Billy Burns: 53/G5L
Marcus Semien: 53/G56-
Josh Reddick: S7/L78S
Mark Canha: W.1-2
Stephen Vogt: HR/F9D+.2-H;1-H
Ike Davis: 163/L15+

Bot 7

Leonys Martin: K
Elvis Andrus: W
Prince Fielder: W.1-2
Adrian Beltre: K
Shin-Soo Choo: 8/F8RD

Top 8

Brett Lawrie: 7/F78XD+
Sam Fuld: 31/G3
Eric Sogard: 6/F6D

Bot 8

Kyle Blanks: K
Carlos Peguero: W
Carlos Corporan: WP.1-2
Carlos Corporan: 7/F7S
Rougned Odor: K

Top 9

Billy Burns: W
Marcus Semien: CS2(24)
Marcus Semien: D7/L7S+
Josh Reddick: HR/F8RXD+.2-H
Mark Canha: K
Stephen Vogt: W
Ike Davis: 9/F89D+

Bot 9

Leonys Martin: S9/L9M+
Elvis Andrus: W.1-2
Prince Fielder: S7/L78S+.2-3;1-2
Adrian Beltre: K
Shin-Soo Choo: 9/SF/F9D+.3-H;2-3
Kyle Blanks: 54(1)/FO/G5

Notes & reviews

Athletics Gentry, not in game, ejected by HP umpire Fletcher for arguing balls and strikes
replay,6,peguc001,TEX,mealj901,ARL02,,N,M,OAK,D $when Sam Fuld was ruled to have dropped the ball, Athletics manager Bob Melvin challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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