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Rangers Fall to As in the 10th

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In a bid to lock up a playoff position with a win against the A’s, the Texas Rangers failed to keep a 1st inning 2-0 lead and ended up losing the game in the 10th. Starter Scott Feldman gave up a lead and could find his best pitches as he made a spot start for scratched Yu Darvish.Tonight’s game continued the intense game play that is defining this series as the A’s try to prevent the Rangers from capturing the AL West crown as well as solidifying their own playoff positioning. This was a game of pitching as both teams struggle to capitalize on mistakes and bring in runs throughout the middle innings.

The loss game down to Rangers losing focus, from Andrus getting caught stealing in the 6th, to Andrus not being able to deliver a hit in the 7th with the bases loaded and two outs.  The Rangers also seemed to lose their plate patience at the plate as 3 of their last 6 outs were players being struck out swinging.

For Wednesday game, the Rangers will need a strong outing from their starter LHP Martin Perez (1-2, 3.78) vs. RHP Jarrod Parker (11-8, 3.40) because over the past two nights the bullpen has been taxed by short starts as well as Darvish being scratched from tonight’s game.

 

Oakland Athletics (87-67) 3, Texas Rangers (91-63) 2
September 25, 2012

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

 

Oakland AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO PO A
Pennington, 2B .219 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Drew, S, SS .248 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1
  1-Crisp, PR .251 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Rosales, SS .222 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Cespedes, CF .289 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Moss, RF-LF .274 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0
Smith, S, LF .243 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
  a-Gomes, J, PH-LF .254 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
  b-Reddick, PH-RF .241 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carter, DH .245 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Barton, 1B .204 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 3
Donaldson, 3B .239 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
Kottaras, C .231 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 1
  Milone, P .200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Miller, Ji, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Doolittle, S, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Scribner, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Balfour, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals .236 36 3 7 2 0 2 3 4 15 30 9
a-Walked for Smith, S in the 6th. b-Lined out for Gomes, J in the 8th.
1-Ran for Drew, S in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Barton (7, Feldman), Cespedes (24, Lowe, M).
HR: Carter (16, 4th inning off Feldman, 0 on, 2 out), Kottaras (6, 10th inning off Lowe, M, 0 on, 0 out).
RBI: Barton (6), Carter (38), Kottaras (19).
GIDP: Smith, S.
Team RISP: 1-for-6.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Crisp (36).

FIELDING
E: Moss (7).
Texas AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO PO A
Kinsler, 2B .263 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1
Andrus, SS .288 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Hamilton, CF .288 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Beltre, A, 3B .315 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Cruz, N, RF .257 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Young, M, 1B .275 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 8 1
Murphy, Dv, LF .308 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Napoli, DH .226 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Soto, C .211 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
  a-Moreland, PH .278 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
  Feldman, P .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Kirkman, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Uehara, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ogando, P .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Lowe, M, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Scheppers, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals .274 35 2 7 1 0 0 0 3 7 30 7
a-Struck out for Soto in the 10th.
BATTING
2B: Young, M (25, Milone).
Team RISP: 1-for-6.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Murphy, Dv (10).
CS: Andrus (10), Hamilton (4).

FIELDING
DP: (Young, M-Andrus-Young, M).
Oakland ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR BF
Milone 3.74 6.0 6 2 0 0 3 0 23
Miller, Ji 2.36 0.2 0 0 0 2 1 0 4
Doolittle, S 3.21 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Scribner (W, 1-0) 3.03 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Balfour (S, 21) 2.71 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Totals 3.48 10.0 7 2 0 3 7 0 38
Texas ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR BF
Feldman 5.16 4.0 4 2 2 3 5 1 18
Kirkman 3.93 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 0 7
Uehara 2.01 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Ogando 3.18 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 7
Lowe, M (L, 0-2) 3.43 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 1 4
Scheppers 4.45 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 3.86 10.0 7 3 3 4 15 2 40
Feldman pitched to 1 batter in the 5th.

Team ER: off Oakland 0, off Texas 3.
BB: off Miller, Ji 2 (Young, M, Soto), Doolittle, S (Kinsler), off Feldman 3 (Moss, Carter, Barton), Kirkman (Gomes, J).
SO: by Milone 3 (Young, M, Hamilton, Napoli), Miller, Ji (Napoli), Scribner (Napoli), Balfour 2 (Moreland, Kinsler), by Feldman 5 (Drew, S, Smith, S, Pennington, Drew, S, Donaldson), Kirkman 4 (Drew, S, Moss, Carter, Barton), Uehara 2 (Donaldson, Kottaras), Ogando 3 (Cespedes, Moss, Donaldson), Lowe, M (Rosales).
WP: Ogando.
Pitches-strikes: Milone 110-74, Miller, Ji 18-8, Doolittle, S 22-13, Scribner 14-9, Balfour 16-9, Feldman 75-46, Kirkman 27-16, Uehara 13-9, Ogando 36-24, Lowe, M 18-11, Scheppers 7-4.
Umpires: HP: Wally Bell. 1B: Jim Wolf. 2B: Paul Emmel. 3B: Ron Kulpa.
Official Scorer: Greg Porzucek.
Weather: 90 degrees, clear.
Wind: 12 mph, In from RF.
T: 3:37.
Att: 43,874.

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