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Rangers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
August 6, 2009
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers, played on August 6, 2009 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 6, 2009 |
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Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 6, 2009 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tommy Hunter |
Home Starting Pitcher | Trevor Cahill |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 17,214 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 33 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jeff Nelson 1B: Mark Carlson 2B: Tim Tschida 3B: Bob Davidson |
Texas Rangers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Esteban German | Second Baseman |
Michael Young | Third Baseman |
David Murphy | Left Fielder |
Andruw Jones | DH |
Josh Hamilton | Right Fielder |
Marlon Byrd | Center Fielder |
Hank Blalock | First Baseman |
Jarrod Saltalamacchia | Catcher |
Omar Vizquel | Shortstop |
Ron Washington | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Adam Kennedy | Third Baseman |
Rajai Davis | Center Fielder |
Jack Cust | Right Fielder |
Nomar Garciaparra | DH |
Tommy Everidge | First Baseman |
Ryan Sweeney | Left Fielder |
Landon Powell | Catcher |
Mark Ellis | Second Baseman |
Cliff Pennington | Shortstop |
Bob Geren | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Rangers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
August 6, 2009
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
German vs. Cahill
German hits a fly ball into right field. Cust settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Cahill
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Cahill
Murphy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Cahill
Jones strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Hunter
Kennedy hits a fly ball into left field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Hunter
Davis hits a line drive into right field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Hunter
Cust takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Garciaparra vs. Hunter
Garciaparra hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Byrd. Garciaparra reaches second base with a double. Cust goes all the way around to score. Garciaparra moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Everidge vs. Hunter
Saltalamacchia fires over to third and throws the ball away. That's an error on Saltalamacchia. Garciaparra scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Everidge vs. Hunter
Everidge hits a fly ball into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Cahill
Hamilton strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Cahill
Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Blalock vs. Cahill
Blalock hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Teagarden vs. Cahill
Taylor Teagarden pinch hits for Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
Teagarden hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Hunter
Taylor Teagarden now catching.
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. German scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Hunter
Powell hits a fly ball into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Hunter
Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Cahill
Vizquel bunts towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
German vs. Cahill
German strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Cahill
Young hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Cahill
Murphy strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pennington vs. Hunter
Pennington bunts towards third. Young fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Hunter
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. German fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Hunter
Davis hits a fly ball into right field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Cahill
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Cahill
Hamilton strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Cahill
Byrd hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blalock vs. Cahill
Blalock hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Pennington fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Hunter
Cust strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garciaparra vs. Hunter
Garciaparra hits a popup towards short. Vizquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Everidge vs. Hunter
Everidge strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Teagarden vs. Cahill
Teagarden hits a popup in front of the plate. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Cahill
Vizquel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
German vs. Cahill
German hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Cahill
There's a wild pitch. German moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Cahill
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. German scores. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Cahill
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Everidge scoops it up and throws to first, with Cahill covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Hunter
Sweeney hits a fly ball into left field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Hunter
Powell strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Hunter
Ellis hits a line drive into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Cahill
Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sweeney. Jones reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Hamilton vs. Cahill
Hamilton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jones moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Byrd vs. Cahill
Byrd hits a fly ball into left field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jones tags and scores. Hamilton tags and moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Blalock vs. Cahill
Blalock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hamilton moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Teagarden vs. Cahill
Teagarden takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Vizquel vs. Cahill
Vizquel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pennington vs. Hunter
Pennington hits a fly ball into right field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Hunter
Kennedy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Hunter
Davis hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Byrd. Davis reaches second base with a double. Kennedy goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Cust vs. Hunter
Cust strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Garciaparra vs. Hunter
Garciaparra hits a fly ball into left field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
German vs. Cahill
German takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Springer
Russ Springer now pitching.
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Springer
Murphy hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Davis. Murphy reaches second base with a double. German goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Springer
Jones hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Sweeney throws the ball in to Ellis who tags Jones, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Murphy scores. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Springer
Hamilton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Byrd vs. Springer
There goes Hamilton. The throw from Powell and he is safe. Hamilton steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Byrd vs. Springer
Byrd hits a fly ball into left field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Everidge vs. Hunter
Everidge hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. German scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Hunter
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Hunter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sweeney for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Hunter
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. German scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Blalock vs. Casilla
Santiago Casilla now pitching.
Blalock hits a fly ball into left field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Teagarden vs. Casilla
Teagarden strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Casilla
Vizquel strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Francisco
Frank Francisco now pitching.
Ellis hits a fly ball into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pennington vs. Francisco
Pennington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blalock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pennington for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Francisco
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Francisco
There goes Kennedy. The throw from Teagarden and he is safe. Kennedy steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Francisco
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Young fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
German vs. Gray
Jeff Gray now pitching.
German strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Gray
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Gray
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Wilson
C.J. Wilson now pitching.
Cust strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Garciaparra vs. Wilson
Garciaparra strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Everidge vs. Wilson
Everidge hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Hairston vs. Wilson
Scott Hairston pinch hits for Ryan Sweeney.
Hairston hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Murphy. Hairston reaches second base with a double. Everidge goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Suzuki vs. Wilson
Kurt Suzuki pinch hits for Landon Powell.
Suzuki takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Ellis vs. Wilson
Ellis hits a fly ball into left field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/6/2009 -- Texas at Oakland (D) Texas AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI German E, 2b 4 2 0 0 Kennedy A, 3b 3 1 0 0 Young M, 3b 5 1 2 2 Davis R, cf 4 0 1 1 Murphy D, lf 5 1 2 1 Cust J, rf 3 1 0 0 Jones A, dh 4 1 2 1 Garciaparra N, dh 4 1 1 1 Hamilton J, rf 3 0 1 0 Everidge T, 1b 4 1 1 0 Byrd M, cf 3 0 1 1 Sweeney R, lf 3 0 0 0 Blalock H, 1b 4 1 1 1 Hairston S, ph 1 0 1 1 Saltalamacchia J, c 0 0 0 0 Powell L, c 3 0 0 0 Teagarden T, ph-c 3 0 0 0 Suzuki K, ph 0 0 0 0 Vizquel O, ss 4 0 1 0 Ellis M, 2b 4 0 0 0 Pennington C, ss 3 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 6 10 6 32 4 5 3 Texas 011 011 200 -- 6 Oakland 200 001 001 -- 4 Texas IP H R ER BB SO Hunter T (W) 7.0 3 3 2 2 4 Francisco F 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilson C (S) 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Cahill T (L)* 6.0 8 5 5 2 6 Springer R 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 Casilla S 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Gray J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th E -- Saltalamacchia J, German E DP -- Texas 1 LOB -- Texas 6, Oakland 4 2B -- Garciaparra N, Jones A, Davis R, Murphy D, Hairston S HR -- Blalock H, Young M SB -- Hamilton J, Kennedy A SF -- Byrd M WP -- Cahill T T -- 2:33 A -- 17214
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