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Oakland Athletics @ Texas Rangers

2026-04-24 · Night game · Rangers Ballpark in Arlington · Att: 30396 · 74°F, Roof Closed · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:27

Athletics defeated Texas Rangers 8–1. Athletics opened the scoring in the 1st — Nick Kurtz homers (5) on a fly ball to right field. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Carlos Cortes homers (4) on a fly ball to right field. Zack Gelof scores. Nick Kurtz scores — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nick Kurtz 1B	4	2	2	1	1	1
Shea Langeliers C	4	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Cortes DH	4	2	2	4	0	0
Tyler Soderstrom LF	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jacob Wilson SS	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff McNeil 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0
Max Muncy 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Lawrence Butler RF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Zack Gelof CF	4	2	2	2	0	1

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brandon Nimmo RF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joc Pederson DH	3	0	1	0	0	2
Andrew McCutchen DH	1	0	1	0	0	0
Corey Seager SS	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jake Burger 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Jung 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1
Evan Carter CF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Kyle Higashioka C	4	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Smith 2B	3	0	2	0	1	0
Alejandro Osuna LF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Haggerty LF	1	0	0	0	0	1