October 2, 2006: Rangers 7 A's 5 (Rangers win AL West)
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
| The Rangers cruise through the first 8 innings, shutting out the A's and holding a 4-0 lead, then survive a wild 9th in which they score 3 more runs but end up using 5 pitchers and allowing 5 runs before finally retiring the A's to earn the win and the AL West title. Here's the play account for both sides of the 9th...4 home runs in the inning, 2 for each team! *** TOP OF INNING 9 *** 0 C.Lee 5 Home Run b-H 0 M.Derosa 3 Fly Out b-0 1 H.Blalock 5 HBP b-1 1 1 I.Kinsler 3 Fly Out b-0 2 1 G.Laird 4 Home Run 1-H b-H 2 N.Cruz 1 Pop Out b-0 *** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 *** 0 M.Scutaro 2 Ground Out b-0 SUBSTITUTE PH- Dan Johnson 1 D.Johnson 6 Walk b-1 1 1 J.Kendall 3 Single 1-3 b-1 1 1 3 M.Kotsay 5 Single 3-H 1-2 b-1 SUBSTITUTE P - C.J. Wilson 1 12 M.Bradley 1 Home Run 2-H 1-H b-H SUBSTITUTE P - Akinori Otsuka 1 F.Thomas 5 Home Run b-H SUBSTITUTE P - Josh Rupe 1 E.Chavez 4 Fly Out b-0 2 J.Payton 5 Single b-1 SUBSTITUTE P - Frank Francisco 2 1 N.Swisher 3 Ground Out b-0 The Rangers played in Seattle yesterday, in Oakland today, and will be in Detroit tomorrow to open up the ALDS. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2006 Texas Rangers At 2006 Oakland Athletics 10/2/2006
Rangers AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
G.Matthews Jr CF 2 2 0 0 .330 J.Kendall C 5 1 3 0 .286
M.Young SS 5 0 1 0 .315 M.Kotsay CF 5 1 3 1 .286
M.Teixeira 1B 5 1 3 2 .261 M.Bradley RF 3 1 1 3 .275
C.Lee LF 5 1 3 2 .313 F.Thomas DH 5 1 3 1 .265
M.Derosa 3B 5 1 2 0 .275 E.Chavez 3B 4 0 1 0 .241
H.Blalock DH 3 1 0 0 .244 J.Payton LF 5 0 3 0 .290
I.Kinsler 2B 5 0 1 0 .268 N.Swisher 1B 5 0 0 0 .263
G.Laird C 4 1 2 2 .292 M.Scutaro SS 4 0 0 0 .277
N.Cruz RF 5 0 0 0 .223 M.Ellis 2B 3 0 0 0 .261
A-D.Johnson PH 0 1 0 0 .207
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Totals 39 7 12 6 Totals 39 5 14 5
A-Pinch Hit For Ellis In 9th Inning
Rangers......... 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 - 7 12 0
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 5 14 1
Rangers (86-77) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Eaton WIN(7-3) 5 6 0 0 2 4 0 80 3.72
R.Mahay 2 1/3 3 0 0 1 1 0 45 3.28
W.Littleton HOLD(3rd) 1 2 3 3 1 1 0 24 2.02
C.Wilson 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3.64
A.Otsuka 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 5 3.13
J.Rupe HOLD(3rd) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.68
F.Francisco SAVE(2nd) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.14
Totals 9 14 5 5 4 6 2
Athletics (85-78) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Zito LOSS(15-8) 5 2/3 9 4 3 4 4 1 128 4.16
R.Flores 3 1/3 3 3 3 0 4 2 51 4.47
Totals 9 12 7 6 4 8 3
ATTENDANCE- 21,332 DATE- Monday, October 2nd 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bruce Dreckman, Mike Dimuro, Gary Darling, Larry Poncino
T- 3:22
LEFT ON BASE- Rangers:11 Athletics:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 2 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- E.Chavez
DOUBLES- J.Kendall(32nd)
HOME RUNS- M.Teixeira(34th), C.Lee(38th), G.Laird(7th), M.Bradley(23rd),
F.Thomas(48th)
WALKS- G.Matthews Jr-3, H.Blalock, M.Bradley-2, E.Chavez, D.Johnson
HIT BY PITCH- H.Blalock, G.Laird
STRIKE OUTS- G.Matthews Jr-2, M.Teixeira, M.Derosa, H.Blalock, G.Laird,
N.Cruz-2, J.Kendall, M.Kotsay, F.Thomas, E.Chavez-2, N.Swisher
GIDP- M.Derosa, M.Scutaro
WILD PITCHES- B.Zito
In a thriller the Texas Rangers staged a dramatic comeback then held on to win
over the Oakland Athletics by a score of 7 to 5 at McAfee Coliseum.
Oakland was unable to recover after Texas went ahead in the top of the 5th
inning as they scored 3 runs on 2 base hits. The crucial at-bat was provided
by Mark Teixeira who quieted the crowd when he popped a two-run clout over
the fence (his 34th of the season). Texas had a total of 12 hits for the
game.
Adam Eaton(7-3) went 5 innings allowing no runs for the victory. Eaton got
help from Frank Francisco who was credited with his 2nd save. Barry
Zito(15-8) was given the loss. He was touched for 9 hits and 4 walks in 5
and 2/3 innings.
posted by spooky @ 10:04 PM,
