Friday, September 26th, 2014 7:05PM CST
On Friday night, the Oakland Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers with a final score of 6-2. Josh Reddick played a key role by driving in three runs for the Athletics. Pitcher Scott Kazmir earned the win, his first after a stretch of seven starts. This victory brought Oakland notably closer to securing a spot in the playoffs for the third consecutive season.
Date: Friday, September 26th, 2014
Time: 7:05PM CST
Stadium: Choctaw Stadium
Location: Arlington, Texas
Attendance: 31,586
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TEX |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ATH |
0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Doubles: R Rua (7, S Kazmir); J Smolinski (5, S Kazmir); D Robertson (9, S Kazmir)
Runs Batted In: R Rua (14), L Martin (40)
Team Left On Base: 4
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-7 (R Chirinos 0-1, A Beltre 0-1, L Martin 0-1, R Rua 1-1, J Smolinski 0-1, E Andrus 0-2)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: R Chirinos 1; J Smolinski 1; E Andrus 1

Wild Pitches: R Ross Jr.
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: N Tepesch 9-23; R Ross Jr. 4-6; R Mendez 1-3; N Cotts 3-3; A Claudio 1-3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: N Tepesch 10-4-15-17; R Ross Jr. 7-2-4-4; R Mendez 3-2-1-2; N Cotts 2-1-0-3; A Claudio 1-2-1-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Tepesch 2-9; R Ross Jr. 2-1; R Mendez 0-2; N Cotts 2-1; A Claudio 2-0
Game Scores: N Tepesch 27

Double Plays: 2 (A Beltre-R Odor-A Rosales, R Odor-E Andrus-A Rosales)
Errors: A Rosales (2, throw)

Stolen Bases: L Martin (31, 2nd base off S Kazmir/D Norris)

Doubles: A Dunn (18, N Tepesch); J Lowrie (29, N Tepesch)
Home Runs: J Reddick (12, 4th inning off N Tepesch 0 on, 0 Out)
Runs Batted In: A Dunn 2 (64), J Reddick 3 (52), J Lowrie (47)
Ground Into Double Play: D Norris; C Crisp
Team Left On Base: 5
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-6 (J Reddick 1-1, J Donaldson 0-1, J Lowrie 1-2, A Dunn 1-1, S Fuld 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: J Lowrie 1; S Fuld 1

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: S Kazmir 19-26; D Otero 1-3; S Doolittle 3-4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: S Kazmir 25-7-22-19; D Otero 3-0-1-3; S Doolittle 2-2-2-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Kazmir 10-6; D Otero 2-1; S Doolittle 0-2
Game Scores: S Kazmir 68

Errors: B Moss (7, throw)
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