Friday, September 13th, 2013 7:05PM CST
On Friday night, the Oakland Athletics secured a 9-8 victory over the Texas Rangers, extending their AL West lead despite a difficult performance from their bullpen, with Yoenis Cespedes providing an early spark with a three-run home run in the first inning.
Date: Friday, September 13th, 2013
Time: 7:05PM CST
Stadium: Choctaw Stadium
Location: Arlington, Texas
Attendance: 40,180
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TEX |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
ATH |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Doubles: R Chirinos (3, S Doolittle)
Runs Batted In: A Beltre (86), A Pierzynski (62), L Martin (38), I Kinsler (62), E Andrus 2 (58), A Rios 2 (70)
2-out Runs Batted In: L Martin, I Kinsler, E Andrus 2, A Rios 2
Sacrifice Flies: A Pierzynski
Team Left On Base: 9
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 5-13 (A Rios 1-3, J Profar 0-2, A Beltre 1-2, L Martin 1-1, J Adduci 1-1, M Moreland 0-1, C Gentry 0-1, E Beltre 0-1, E Andrus 1-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: J Profar 1; A Beltre 1; C Gentry 2

Pitcher Notes: D Holland pitched to 2 batters in the 4th;N Tepesch pitched to 4 batters in the 5th
Hit By Pitch: A Pierzynski (By D Straily)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: D Holland 12-18; N Tepesch 2-9; R Wolf 8-8; N Feliz 2-5; T Blackley 3-3; J Frasor 0-3; T Scheppers 1-0
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: D Holland 5-4-8-15; N Tepesch 4-0-9-6; R Wolf 4-1-3-7; N Feliz 5-3-7-3; T Blackley 1-3-4-2; J Frasor 4-1-1-2; T Scheppers 0-0-1-0
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Holland 2-5; N Tepesch 0-3; R Wolf 3-3; N Feliz 0-2; T Blackley 1-1; J Frasor 0-2; T Scheppers 0-0
Game Scores: D Holland 20

Double Plays: 1 (I Kinsler-E Andrus-M Moreland)

Doubles: J Donaldson (35, N Tepesch)
Home Runs: Y Cespedes (23, 1st inning off D Holland 2 on, 1 Out); J Donaldson (22, 3rd inning off D Holland 0 on, 0 Out); B Moss (27, 6th inning off R Wolf 0 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Y Cespedes 3 (74), J Donaldson 3 (87), K Suzuki (5), C Crisp (57), B Moss (76)
Sacrifice Flies: C Crisp
Ground Into Double Play: J Lowrie
Team Left On Base: 10
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-12 (Y Cespedes 1-2, A Callaspo 0-1, B Moss 0-1, D Norris 1-1, C Young 0-1, J Donaldson 1-1, J Lowrie 0-3, C Crisp 0-2)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Y Cespedes 1; B Moss 1; C Young 1; C Crisp 1

Pitcher Notes: B Anderson pitched to 2 batters in the 8th;R Cook pitched to 3 batters in the 8th
Intentional Walks: Y Cespedes (By N Tepesch)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: D Straily 16-25; J Blevins 3-3; D Otero 2-2; B Anderson 0-2; J Chavez 1-4; R Cook 1-3; S Doolittle 2-5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: D Straily 22-8-17-14; J Blevins 4-0-7-2; D Otero 2-1-0-1; B Anderson 2-1-5-0; J Chavez 4-0-5-2; R Cook 2-0-3-2; S Doolittle 3-6-2-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Straily 4-9; J Blevins 1-1; D Otero 0-1; B Anderson 0-0; J Chavez 0-0; R Cook 0-0; S Doolittle 0-0
Game Scores: D Straily 57

Errors: J Donaldson (13, ground ball)
Assists: Y Cespedes (A Rios at 3rd base)
Passed Balls: K Suzuki

Caught Stealing: C Crisp (5, 2nd base by T Scheppers/A Pierzynski)
Stolen Bases: D Norris (4, 2nd base off D Holland/A Pierzynski)
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