Oakland Athletics @ Texas Rangers

65-83, 32-41 Away

Final

88-61, 48-23 Home


OAK
TEX

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	3	0	0	3	0	1	3	0	11	12	0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	6	0

R. Alcantara1-1

5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 K, 0 BB

Y. Darvish5-5

5.0 IP, 7 H, 7 ER, 8 K, 4 BB

Athletics Hitting

hitters
J. Wendle2B
D. ValenciaRF
A. AlcantaraCF
S. VogtDH
K. DavisLF
J. SmolinskiLF
R. Healy3B
Y. Alonso1B
aM. OlsonPH-1B
M. SemienSS
B. MaxwellC
B. EibnerCF-RF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	2	2	2	1	0	0	.333	.345	.392
5	1	2	3	1	0	1	.289	.347	.458
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.211	.263
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.259	.308	.413
4	1	2	0	0	1	1	.252	.307	.521
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.311	.366
4	2	1	0	0	1	1	.311	.348	.528
2	2	1	1	0	2	0	.255	.319	.369
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.429	.000
4	2	2	3	1	1	1	.237	.298	.440
5	1	2	2	0	0	2	.271	.323	.339
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.219	.287	.404
38	11	12	11	3	5	10

a-flied out to center for Y Alonso in the 9th

Batting
2BAlonso (29, Mendez)
HRWendle (1, 1st inning off Darvish 0 on, 0 Out); Semien (26, 5th inning off Darvish 2 on, 2 Out); Valencia (17, 8th inning off Álvarez 2 on, 1 Out)
RBIWendle 2 (9), Maxwell 2 (10), Semien 3 (69), Alonso (53), Valencia 3 (51)
2Out RBISemien 3, Alonso
SFWendle
Team LOB6
Team RISP3-7 (Valencia 1-1, Eibner 0-1, Semien 1-2, Maxwell 1-2, Vogt 0-1)

Fielding
DP1 (Wendle-Semien-Olson)

Rangers Hitting

hitters
C. GomezLF-CF
I. DesmondCF
aD. DeShieldsPH-LF
C. BeltranDH
bJ. HoyingPH-DH
A. Beltre3B
J. Gallo3B
R. Odor2B
J. Profar2B
J. LucroyC
B. NicholasC
M. Moreland1B
N. MazaraRF
E. AndrusSS
cH. AlbertoPH-SS
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	1	2	2	1	0	1	.215	.286	.361
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.285	.336	.457
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.290	.333
3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.299	.341	.518
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.250	.189
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.295	.354	.514
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.059	.200	.235
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.281	.305	.514
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.318	.346
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.353	.570
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.341	.528
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.311	.448
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.325	.422
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.296	.354	.419
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.159	.182
32	2	6	2	1	1	5

a-grounded into fielder's choice to third for I Desmond in the 8th

b-fouled out to third for C Beltran in the 8th

c-flied out to center for E Andrus in the 8th

Batting
HRGómez (11, 6th inning off R. Alcántara 1 on, 0 Out)
RBIGómez 2 (45)
GIDPProfar
Team LOB4
Team RISP0-1 (Odor 0-1)

Athletics Pitching

pitchers
R. Alcantara(W,1-1)
J. Axford
Z. Neal
D. Coulombe
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
5.2	5	2	2	0	3	1	85-53	5.65
1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-7	4.15
1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12-11	4.73
1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10-6	4.81
9.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	119-77

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedR. Alcántara 13-22; Axford 0-4; Neal 4-4; Coulombe 2-3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesR. Alcántara 14-9-12-18; Axford 0-2-2-3; Neal 2-0-6-3; Coulombe 2-2-1-1
Ground Balls-Fly BallsR. Alcántara 2-12; Axford 3-0; Neal 1-2; Coulombe 2-0
Game ScoresR Alcantara 54

Rangers Pitching

pitchers
Y. Darvish(L,5-5)
Y. Mendez
D. Alvarez
J. Leclerc
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
5.0	7	7	7	4	8	2	86-50	3.81
2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	34-17	18.00
0.2	4	3	3	0	0	1	25-16	9.31
1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-10	2.61
9.0	12	11	11	5	10	3	159-93

Pitching
WPDarvish
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedDarvish 14-26; Mendez 4-8; Álvarez 4-6; Leclerc 2-4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesDarvish 16-10-10-14; Mendez 5-2-3-7; Álvarez 4-3-3-6; Leclerc 4-3-1-2
Ground Balls-Fly BallsDarvish 1-6; Mendez 0-6; Álvarez 1-1; Leclerc 0-2
Game ScoresY Darvish 29

Scoring Summary

		OAK	TEX
1st	Wendle homered to right (390 feet).	1	0
2nd	Maxwell singled to center, Healy and Alonso scored, Semien to third.	3	0
2nd	Wendle hit sacrifice fly to left, Semien scored.	4	0
5th	Semien homered to left (426 feet), Healy and Alonso scored.	7	0
6th	Gómez homered to left (398 feet), Andrus scored.	7	2
7th	Alonso doubled to right, Davis scored.	8	2
8th	Valencia homered to center (418 feet), Maxwell and Wendle scored.	11	2

Athletics
6
Rangers
7

Game 1

17/9

Athletics
11
Rangers
2

Game 2

18/9

Athletics
5
Rangers
2

Game 3

18/9

Choctaw Stadium

1:05 AM, 18 September 2016

Arlington, Texas

Attendance: 39,691

Game Time:2:52

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - John Tumpane
First Base Umpire - Alan Porter
Second Base Umpire - Gabe Morales
Third Base Umpire - Jeff Kellogg

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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Oakland Athletics @ Texas Rangers

R. Alcantara1-1

Y. Darvish5-5

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