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Athletics
@ Rangers
Rangers Ballpark In Arlington
May 31, 2009
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Oakland Athletics, played on May 31, 2009 at Rangers Ballpark In Arlington.
Game Summary
| Date | May 31, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 31, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Texas Rangers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dallas Braden |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Kevin Millwood |
| Ballpark | Rangers Ballpark In Arlington |
| City | Arlington |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 22,952 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 57 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Gerry Davis 1B: Brian Gorman 2B: CB Bucknor 3B: Mike Everitt |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Orlando Cabrera | Shortstop |
| Adam Kennedy | Second Baseman |
| Jack Cust | DH |
| Matt Holliday | Left Fielder |
| Jason Giambi | First Baseman |
| Kurt Suzuki | Catcher |
| Ryan Sweeney | Center Fielder |
| Aaron Cunningham | Right Fielder |
| Jack Hannahan | Third Baseman |
| Bob Geren | Manager |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ian Kinsler | Second Baseman |
| Michael Young | Third Baseman |
| Andruw Jones | DH |
| Nelson Cruz | Right Fielder |
| Hank Blalock | First Baseman |
| Marlon Byrd | Center Fielder |
| David Murphy | Left Fielder |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | Catcher |
| Elvis Andrus | Shortstop |
| Ron Washington | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Rangers
Rangers Ballpark In Arlington
May 31, 2009
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Millwood
Cabrera hits a popup towards short. Andrus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Millwood
Kennedy hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Millwood
Cust hits a fly ball into left field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Holliday vs. Millwood
Holliday hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Giambi vs. Millwood
There goes Holliday. The throw from Saltalamacchia and he is safe. Holliday steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Giambi vs. Millwood
Giambi strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Braden
Kinsler hits a fly ball into center field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Braden
Young strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Braden
Jones hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Sweeney. Jones reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Braden
Cruz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Blalock vs. Braden
Blalock hits a line drive towards first. Giambi reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Millwood
Suzuki hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Millwood
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blalock juggles the ball. That's an error on Blalock. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Millwood
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Sweeney moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Hannahan vs. Millwood
Hannahan strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Cabrera vs. Millwood
Cabrera takes first base on ball four. Sweeney moves to third. Cunningham moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Kennedy vs. Millwood
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blalock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kennedy for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Braden
Byrd hits a line drive towards third. Hannahan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Braden
Murphy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Saltalamacchia vs. Braden
There goes Murphy. The throw from Suzuki and he is out, Kennedy applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Saltalamacchia vs. Braden
Saltalamacchia strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Millwood
Cust hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Holliday vs. Millwood
Holliday is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Giambi vs. Millwood
Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Andrus vs. Braden
Andrus hits a fly ball into center field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Braden
Kinsler hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hannahan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Braden
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Millwood
Suzuki hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Sweeney vs. Millwood
Sweeney hits a fly ball into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Millwood
Cunningham takes first base on ball four. Suzuki moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Hannahan vs. Millwood
Hannahan hits a popup towards short. Andrus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cabrera vs. Millwood
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrus fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Braden
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Braden
Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Blalock vs. Braden
Blalock hits a popup towards third. Hannahan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Millwood
Kennedy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Millwood
Cust hits a fly ball into left field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holliday vs. Millwood
Holliday hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blalock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Holliday for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Braden
Byrd hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Braden
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Saltalamacchia vs. Braden
Saltalamacchia hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Braden scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Saltalamacchia for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Millwood
Giambi hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Millwood
Suzuki hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Millwood
Sweeney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Millwood
Cunningham strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Hannahan vs. Millwood
Hannahan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Andrus vs. Braden
Andrus strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Braden
Kinsler hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Braden
Young hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Kinsler moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Braden
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Braden
Cruz strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Holland
Derek Holland now pitching.
Cabrera hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Murphy. Cabrera reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Kennedy vs. Holland
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holland fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cabrera moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cust vs. Holland
The umpire calls a balk on Holland Cabrera scores. Kennedy moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Cust vs. Holland
Cust hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kennedy scores. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Holliday vs. Holland
Holliday hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cust moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Giambi vs. Holland
Giambi strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Suzuki vs. Holland
Suzuki hits a ball on the ground towards third. Young fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Blalock vs. Braden
Blalock hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Byrd vs. Braden
Byrd hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Holliday. Byrd reaches second base with a double. Blalock moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Murphy vs. Breslow
Craig Breslow now pitching.
Murphy hits a fly ball into left field. Holliday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Saltalamacchia vs. Breslow
Saltalamacchia hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Holliday. Saltalamacchia reaches second base with a double. Blalock scores. Byrd scores. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Andrus vs. Wuertz
Michael Wuertz now pitching.
Andrus strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Kinsler vs. Wuertz
Kinsler strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Holland
Sweeney strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Holland
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hannahan vs. Holland
Hannahan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Wuertz
Bobby Crosby now playing first base.
Young hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Suzuki fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Wuertz
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Wuertz
Cruz takes first base on ball four. Young moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Blalock vs. Bailey
Andrew Bailey now pitching.
Blalock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Young scores. Cruz moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Byrd vs. Bailey
Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cruz scores. Blalock moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Murphy vs. Bailey
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Saltalamacchia vs. Bailey
Saltalamacchia hits a popup towards short. Cabrera settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Francisco
Chris Davis now playing first base. Frank Francisco now pitching.
Cabrera hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Saltalamacchia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Francisco
Kennedy hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Francisco
Cust strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Holliday vs. Francisco
Holliday hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 5 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Bailey
Josh Hamilton pinch hits for Elvis Andrus.
Hamilton hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Kinsler vs. Bailey
Omar Vizquel pinch runs for Josh Hamilton.
Kinsler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Bailey
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bailey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/31/2009 -- Oakland at Texas (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Texas AB R H RBI
Cabrera O, ss 4 1 1 0 Kinsler I, 2b 5 0 1 0
Kennedy A, 2b 5 3 3 2 Young M, 3b 5 1 2 0
Cust J, dh 5 0 1 1 Jones A, dh 4 0 1 0
Holliday M, lf 4 0 2 0 Cruz N, rf 2 1 0 0
Giambi J, 1b 4 1 1 1 Blalock H, 1b 4 1 2 1
Crosby B, 1b 0 0 0 0 Davis C, 1b 0 0 0 0
Suzuki K, c 4 0 1 0 Byrd M, cf 4 1 2 1
Sweeney R, cf 4 0 1 0 Murphy D, lf 3 0 0 0
Cunningham A, rf 3 0 0 0 Saltalamacchia J, c 4 0 1 2
Hannahan J, 3b 4 0 0 0 Andrus E, ss 3 0 0 0
Hamilton J, ph 1 0 1 0
Vizquel O, pr 0 0 0 0
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37 5 10 4 35 4 10 4
Oakland 100 001 201 -- 5
Texas 000 000 220 -- 4
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Braden D* 6.0 5 2 2 2 6
Breslow C 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Wuertz M 1.0 1 2 2 1 3
Bailey A (W) 1.2 3 0 0 0 1
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Millwood K 6.0 5 2 2 2 5
Holland D 2.0 4 2 2 0 3
Francisco F (L) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
E -- Blalock H, Kinsler I
DP -- Oakland 1, Texas 2
LOB -- Oakland 8, Texas 7
2B -- Jones A, Cabrera O, Byrd M, Saltalamacchia J
HR -- Kennedy A 2, Giambi J
SB -- Holliday M
CS -- Murphy D
HBP -- by Millwood K (Holliday M)
Balk -- Holland D
T -- 2:57
A -- 22952
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