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Oakland Athletics @ Texas Rangers

2026-08-31 · Night game · Rangers Ballpark in Arlington · Att: 22572 · 74°F, Roof Closed · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:23

Texas Rangers defeated Athletics 8–1. Texas Rangers opened the scoring in the 2nd — Elias Díaz grounds out, shortstop Darell Hernaiz to first baseman Tommy White. Brandon Nimmo scores. Jake Burger to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Jake Burger doubles (21) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Henry Bolte. Brandon Nimmo to 3rd — worth 10% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Henry Bolte CF	4	0	0	0	1
Jeff McNeil 2B	4	0	0	0	2
Zack Gelof 3B	3	0	0	0	1
Lawrence Butler RF	3	0	1	0	2
Tommy White 1B	3	0	0	0	1
Max Muncy DH	3	0	0	0	2
Carlos Cortes LF	3	1	1	0	0
Jonah Heim C	3	0	1	0	0
Darell Hernaiz SS	2	0	0	1	2

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ezequiel Duran SS	4	1	1	0	1	0
Corey Seager SS	2	2	0	0	2	0
Nicky Lopez 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wyatt Langford LF	3	1	0	0	1	1
Brandon Nimmo RF	3	1	2	2	0	0
Jake Burger 1B	4	1	2	1	0	0
Evan Carter CF	2	0	0	1	0	1
Justin Foscue 2B	2	1	1	1	0	0
Joc Pederson DH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elias Diaz DH	2	0	0	1	0	0
Logan O'Hoppe DH	1	1	1	0	0	0
Cody Freeman 3B	4	0	2	2	0	0
Danny Jansen C	3	0	0	0	1	1