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Texas Rangers @ Oakland Athletics

2016-06-15 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 10115 · 63°F, cloudy · Wind 20 mph to RF · 3:08

Texas Rangers defeated Oakland Athletics 7–5. Oakland Athletics opened the scoring in the 3rd — Jake Smolinski homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Marcus Semien scores. Texas Rangers took the lead in the 7th — Robinson Chirinos homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Rougned Odor homers (11) on a line drive to left field. Jurickson Profar scores — worth 26% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Nick Martinez L: John Axford SV: Sam Dyson

Umpires — HP: Bill Welke · 1B: Toby Basner · 2B: John Hirschbeck · 3B: Vic Carapazza · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Shin-Soo Choo	3	1	2	0	2	1
Ian Desmond	5	1	2	1	0	1
Nomar Mazara	4	0	0	0	0	2
Prince Fielder	3	0	0	1	0	0
Jurickson Profar	3	1	1	0	1	0
Rougned Odor	4	2	2	3	0	1
Elvis Andrus	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mitch Moreland	4	0	1	0	0	1
Robinson Chirinos	4	2	2	2	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Burns	5	1	2	1	0	1
Jed Lowrie	3	0	0	0	1	1
Danny Valencia	4	0	1	1	0	1
Khris Davis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Butler	4	0	1	0	0	0
Josh Phegley	3	1	0	0	1	1
Marcus Semien	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jake Smolinski	2	2	1	2	1	0
Yonder Alonso	4	0	1	0	0	2
Coco Crisp	1	0	0	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Derek Holland	3.2	4	3	3
Nick Martinez	2.1	3	0	2
Matt Bush	1.0	0	0	1
Jake Diekman	1.0	0	0	1
Sam Dyson	1.0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sonny Gray	6.0	8	1	3
John Axford	0.2	1	1	2
Sean Doolittle	1.1	1	0	1
Ryan Madson	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Shin-Soo Choo: K
Ian Desmond: S5/G5
Nomar Mazara: 31/G3S.1-2
Prince Fielder: 63/G6

Bot 1

Billy Burns: 7/L78M
Jed Lowrie: 53/G56
Danny Valencia: 9/L9D+

Top 2

Jurickson Profar: 53/G56S
Rougned Odor: 8/F8RXD+
Elvis Andrus: 43/G4+

Bot 2

Khris Davis: 53/G5
Billy Butler: 4/F4D-
Josh Phegley: K

Top 3

Mitch Moreland: S8/L8LS+
Robinson Chirinos: 16(1)3/GDP/G13+
Shin-Soo Choo: S7/L78M
Ian Desmond: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 3

Marcus Semien: S8/L8RS+
Jake Smolinski: HR/F7D+.1-H
Yonder Alonso: K
Billy Burns: D9/L3D
Jed Lowrie: PO2(E1).2-3
Jed Lowrie: W
Danny Valencia: S7/G6.3-H;1-2
Khris Davis: 9/F89M
Billy Butler: 3/F3DF-

Top 4

Nomar Mazara: K
Prince Fielder: 7/F78D
Jurickson Profar: W
Rougned Odor: OA.1X2(23)

Bot 4

Josh Phegley: W
Marcus Semien: 9/L89D+
Jake Smolinski: W.1-2
Yonder Alonso: K
Billy Burns: D8/L78M.2-H;1-H(UR)(E8)
Jed Lowrie: 43/G4

Top 5

Rougned Odor: K
Elvis Andrus: 63/G6S-
Mitch Moreland: 43/G4

Bot 5

Danny Valencia: K
Khris Davis: 4/F3D-
Billy Butler: D8/L8RM+
Josh Phegley: 53/G5

Top 6

Robinson Chirinos: HR/F7D+
Shin-Soo Choo: D7/F7D+
Ian Desmond: D9/G3+.2-H
Nomar Mazara: 63/G6M.2-3
Prince Fielder: 8/SF/F8RXD+.3-H
Jurickson Profar: S7/L78S+
Rougned Odor: HR/F7D+.1-H
Elvis Andrus: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 6

Marcus Semien: 43/G4S-
Jake Smolinski: 53/MREV/G56S-
Yonder Alonso: S8/L8RM
Billy Burns: K

Top 7

Mitch Moreland: K
Robinson Chirinos: HR/F78D+
Shin-Soo Choo: W
Ian Desmond: SB2
Ian Desmond: K
Nomar Mazara: K

Bot 7

Jed Lowrie: K
Danny Valencia: 9/F89S
Khris Davis: 63/G6

Top 8

Prince Fielder: 5/F5-
Jurickson Profar: 8/F8LXD+
Rougned Odor: HR/F89XD+
Elvis Andrus: 63/G6

Bot 8

Billy Butler: 9/F9LM
Josh Phegley: 63/G6
Marcus Semien: K

Top 9

Mitch Moreland: 2/F2LF-
Robinson Chirinos: 6/P
Shin-Soo Choo: W
Ian Desmond: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Bot 9

Coco Crisp: 3/L3
Yonder Alonso: 63/G6
Billy Burns: 63/G4MS-

Notes & reviews

replay,6,smolj002,OAK,hirsj901,OAK01,,Y,M,TEX,C $when Jake Smolinski was called safe at 1B, Rangers manager Jeff Banister challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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