Oakland Athletics @ Texas Rangers

74-55, 38-29 Away

Final

66-65, 31-33 Home


OAK
TEX

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	10	1
0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	8	0

AthleticsTop 1st
- A. Eaton pitching for TEX
  OAK
  TEX
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Strike Looking
  3
  Ball
  4
  Ball
  5
  Foul Ball
  6
  Fly Out
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RangersBottom 1st
- J. Blanton pitching for OAK
  OAK
  TEX
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsTop 2nd
- A. Eaton pitching for TEX
  OAK
  TEX
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RangersBottom 2nd
- J. Blanton pitching for OAK
  OAK
  TEX
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
AthleticsTop 3rd
- A. Eaton pitching for TEX
  OAK
  TEX
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RangersBottom 3rd
- J. Blanton pitching for OAK
  OAK
  TEX
- G Matthews Jr safe at first on error by second baseman M Ellis.
  2
  0
- G Matthews Jr caught stealing second, catcher to second.
  2
  0
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
AthleticsTop 4th
- A. Eaton pitching for TEX
  OAK
  TEX
- J. Benoit pitching for TEX
  OAK
  TEX
- J Kendall to third, M Bradley to second on wild pitch by J Benoit.
  4
  0
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RangersBottom 4th
- J. Blanton pitching for OAK
  OAK
  TEX
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsTop 5th
- J. Benoit pitching for TEX
  OAK
  TEX
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RangersBottom 5th
- J. Blanton pitching for OAK
  OAK
  TEX
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsTop 6th
- J. Benoit pitching for TEX
  OAK
  TEX
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RangersBottom 6th
- J. Blanton pitching for OAK
  OAK
  TEX
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsTop 7th
- J. Benoit pitching for TEX
  OAK
  TEX
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RangersBottom 7th
- J. Blanton pitching for OAK
  OAK
  TEX
- K. Calero pitching for OAK
  OAK
  TEX
- J. Kennedy pitching for OAK
  OAK
  TEX
- OAK
  TEX
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsTop 8th
- W. Littleton pitching for TEX
  OAK
  TEX
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RangersBottom 8th
- J. Kennedy pitching for OAK
  OAK
  TEX
- OAK
  TEX
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsTop 9th
- R. Mahay pitching for TEX
  OAK
  TEX
- J Payton caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop to first.
  5
  3
- OAK
  TEX
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RangersBottom 9th
- J. Duchscherer pitching for OAK
  OAK
  TEX
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Athletics
9
Rangers
3

Game 1

26/8

Athletics
5
Rangers
3

Game 2

27/8

Athletics
0
Rangers
3

Game 3

28/8

Choctaw Stadium

1:05 AM, 27 August 2006

Arlington, Texas

Attendance: 37,756

Game Time:3:08

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mike Everitt
First Base Umpire - Larry Young
Second Base Umpire - Alfonso Marquez
Third Base Umpire - Bob Davidson

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

J. Blanton14-10

A. Eaton3-4

J. Duchscherer5

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Strike Looking
3 Ball
4 Ball
5 Foul Ball
6 Fly Out