Texas Rangers @ Oakland Athletics

71-68, 36-32 Away

Final

79-58, 41-28 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
G. Matthews Jr.CF	0-3	1	0	0	.305
M. YoungSS	0-4	0	0	0	.307
M. Teixeira1B	1-4	1	0	0	.280
C. LeeDH	0-4	0	0	0	.294
M. DeRosa3B	1-4	0	0	0	.314
E. YoungLF	2-5	1	0	2	.211
G. LairdC	1-4	1	0	0	.332
I. Kinsler2B	1-3	2	1	1	.294
N. CruzRF	3-4	2	2	5	.212
J. Hairston Jr.RF	0-0	0	0	0	.208

pitchers	IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
R. Tejeda	6.2	10	2	1	113-72	5.82
J. Benoit	1.1	1	1	3	31-19	4.83
W. Littleton	1.0	0	1	1	14-7	2.08

TEX

OAK

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Oakland Coliseum

4:05 AM, 5 September 2006

Oakland, California

Attendance: 23,949

Game Time:2:55

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Marty Foster
First Base Umpire - Tim Mcclelland
Second Base Umpire - Fieldin Culbreth
Third Base Umpire - Bill Welke


TEX
OAK

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

R. Tejeda4-3

6.2 IP, 10 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 2 BB

B. Zito15-9

5.1 IP, 6 H, 7 ER, 2 K, 6 BB

Scoring Summary

		TEX	OAK
1st	E Young doubled to center, G Matthews Jr and M Teixeira scored, M DeRosa to third.	2	0
4th	N Cruz singled to left, G Laird scored.	4	0
6th	N Cruz homered to right, E Young and I Kinsler scored.	7	0
7th	F Thomas singled to center, M Scutaro scored, M Bradley to second.	7	1
8th	I Kinsler homered to left.	8	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Rangers
8
Athletics
1

Game 1

5/9

Rangers
5
Athletics
4

Game 2

6/9

Rangers
6
Athletics
9

Game 3

7/9

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	61	60	.504	-	L1
Texas	60	60	.500	0.5	L1
Seattle	56	64	.467	4.5	L5
Athletics	47	73	.392	13.5	L2
Los Angeles	46	74	.383	14.5	W1

Walls HRs from both sides of the plate for 2nd time in his career as Rays beat A's 12-4

— Taylor Walls homered from both sides of the plate for the second time in his career, Nick Martinez tossed a complete game and the Tampa Bay Rays won their eighth straight game, 12-4 over the Athletics on Tuesday night.

Reds rally late, beat the White Sox 5-4 in the 10th to spoil pope hat giveaway night

— Elly De La Cruz drove in automatic runner Matt McLain with a sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th inning as the Cincinnati Reds snapped a three-game skid with a 5-4 comeback win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.

Athletics take home losing streak into matchup with the Rays

Tampa Bay Rays (73-46, first in the AL East) vs. Athletics (47-73, fourth in the AL West)

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Texas Rangers @ Oakland Athletics

R. Tejeda4-3

B. Zito15-9

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