Texas Rangers @ Oakland Athletics
73-77, 37-41 Away
4
73-77, 37-41 Away
Final
69-80, 38-37 Home
7
69-80, 38-37 Home
Rangers Hitting
a-struck out swinging for G Laird in the 6th
- Batting
- 2BN Cruz 2 (6, D Eveland 2); M Byrd (25, B Ziegler)
- RBIN Cruz 4 (17)
- 2Out RBIN Cruz 4
- Team LOB10
- Baserunning
- SBM Young (10, 2nd base off H Street/K Suzuki)
- Fielding
- DP1 (M Young-J Arias-H Blalock)
- EM Young (11, throw)
Athletics Hitting
- Batting
- HRA Cunningham (1, 8th inning off W Madrigal 2 on, 2 Out)
- RBIJ Cust (69), C Pennington (5), R Sweeney 2 (44), A Cunningham 3 (10)
- 2Out RBIC Pennington, A Cunningham 3
- GIDPJ Cust
- Team LOB12
Rangers Pitching
| pitchers |
|---|
K. Loe(B,1) |
W. Madrigal(L,0-2) |
| team |
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 109-71 | 4.75 |
| 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11-3 | 21.60 |
| 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39-20 | 3.25 |
| 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27-15 | 5.23 |
| 8.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 186-109 |
- Pitching
- HBPT Teagarden (By D Eveland)
- Ground Balls-Fly BallsV Padilla 5-6; B White 0-0; K Loe 5-1; W Madrigal 0-2
- Game ScoresV Padilla 50
Athletics Pitching
| pitchers |
|---|
H. Street(B,7) |
J. Devine(W,6-1) |
B. Ziegler(S,9) |
| team |
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 94-53 | 4.27 |
| 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19-12 | 4.63 |
| 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20-13 | 3.95 |
| 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 3.06 |
| 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15-9 | 0.66 |
| 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18-13 | 0.50 |
| 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 167-101 |
- Pitching
- HBPR Davis (By V Padilla); R Sweeney (By V Padilla)
- Ground Balls-Fly BallsD Eveland 4-5; A Embree 0-1; H Street 1-0; J Blevins 0-1; J Devine 0-1; B Ziegler 1-1
- Game ScoresD Eveland 49
Scoring Summary
Inning | TEX | OAK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | J Cust singled to left center, C Pennington scored, R Sweeney to second. | 0 | 1 | |
| 2nd | C Pennington singled to left, J Hannahan scored, R Davis to third. | 0 | 2 | |
| 3rd | N Cruz doubled to left, J Arias and M Young scored, M Byrd to third. | 2 | 2 | |
| 5th | N Cruz doubled to deep left, M Byrd scored. | 3 | 2 | |
| 6th | R Sweeney singled to right, J Hannahan and R Davis scored, C Pennington to third. | 3 | 4 | |
| 7th | N Cruz singled to left, M Young scored. | 4 | 4 | |
| 8th | A Cunningham homered to left, C Pennington and R Sweeney scored. | 4 | 7 | |
Series tied 2-2
Game Information
Oakland Coliseum
9:05 PM, 14 September 2008
Oakland, California
Attendance: 18,551
Game Time:3:25
- Umpires:
- Home Plate Umpire - Angel Campos
- First Base Umpire - Mike Everitt
- Second Base Umpire - Mike Dimuro
- Third Base Umpire - Tim Mcclelland
2025 American League West Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle | 90 | 72 | .556 | - | L3 |
| Houston | 87 | 75 | .537 | 3 | W2 |
| Texas | 81 | 81 | .500 | 9 | L2 |
| Athletics | 76 | 86 | .469 | 14 | L2 |
| Los Angeles | 72 | 90 | .444 | 18 | L2 |
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