Texas Rangers vs. Oakland Athletics

Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 7:00PM CST

Texas Rangers

Rangers

TEX

Home

3
vs.
Final

Athletics

ATH

Away

9
Athletics

Game Recap

In Texas on Wednesday night, the Athletics defeated the Rangers by a score of 9-3. Oakland established a quick advantage early, fueled by two triples in the opening inning, with Yoenis Cespedes hitting one of them. This victory brought the Athletics to within three games of the AL West-leading Rangers.

Game Details

Date: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

Time: 7:00PM CST

Stadium: Choctaw Stadium

Location: Arlington, Texas

Attendance: 46,689

Line Score

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AthleticsATH 502100001

Game Stats


Texas Rangers Batting

Rangers Batting

Doubles: E Andrus (30, J Parker); M Young (26, J Parker)

Runs Batted In: E Andrus 2 (60), M Moreland (50)

Sacrifice Flies: E Andrus

Ground Into Double Play: I Kinsler

Team Left On Base: 8

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-7 (D Murphy 0-1, J Hamilton 0-2, A Beltre 0-1, N Cruz 0-1, M Moreland 0-1, E Andrus 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: D Murphy 1; J Hamilton 1; N Cruz 1; E Andrus 1


Texas Rangers Pitching

Rangers Pitching

Pitcher Notes: W Font pitched to 2 batters in the 3rd

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: M Perez 5-8; R Oswalt 4-6; W Font 0-2; T Scheppers 6-10; Y Tateyama 5-7; J Grimm 8-12

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: M Perez 3-4-4-7; R Oswalt 4-7-4-3; W Font 1-0-4-0; T Scheppers 7-3-7-7; Y Tateyama 7-6-5-3; J Grimm 4-4-9-10

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Perez 0-1; R Oswalt 1-0; W Font 0-0; T Scheppers 1-3; Y Tateyama 0-3; J Grimm 3-3

Game Scores: M Perez 21


Texas Rangers Fielding

Rangers Fielding

Errors: J Hamilton (6, bobble)



Athletics Batting

Athletics Batting

Doubles: S Drew (5, M Perez); B Moss 2 (15, J Grimm, T Scheppers)

Triples: Y Cespedes (4, M Perez); D Norris (1, M Perez)

Runs Batted In: Y Cespedes (78), C Carter (39), J Donaldson (29), D Norris 3 (29), S Drew 2 (14)

2-out Runs Batted In: D Norris 2

Sacrifice Flies: D Norris

Team Left On Base: 9

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 8-22 (Y Cespedes 1-4, D Norris 2-3, B Moss 0-1, C Pennington 0-2, C Carter 1-3, J Donaldson 2-3, J Reddick 1-3, J Gomes 0-2, S Drew 1-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Y Cespedes 1; B Moss 1; C Pennington 2; C Carter 1


Athletics Pitching

Athletics Pitching

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: J Parker 14-26; J Blevins 4-6; E Scribner 3-6

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: J Parker 15-17-22-16; J Blevins 3-5-4-4; E Scribner 9-2-9-1

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Parker 6-5; J Blevins 2-2; E Scribner 1-0

Game Scores: J Parker 55


Athletics Fielding

Athletics Fielding

Double Plays: 1 (J Donaldson-C Pennington-B Moss)

Errors: B Moss (8, catch)


Athletics Baserunning

Athletics Baserunning

Caught Stealing: C Pennington (6, 2nd base by J Grimm/M Napoli)


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