Texas Rangers (9) Oakland Athletics (8)

| 2009

Date of Game: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Texas Rangers (AL)	Oakland Athletics (AL)
Record: 79-72	Record: 76-76
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Attendance: 18,311 Time of Game: 3:09

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Cliff Pennington 1B in 4th inning (34.38)

Marlon Byrd 1B in 5th inning (31.4)

Hank Blalock HR in 4th inning (15.84)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas Rangers	2	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	9	11	0
Oakland Athletics	0	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	0	8	12	3

Texas Rangers Batting Stats

Texas Rangers	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Julio Borbon	dh	23.215	3	2	1	0	1	0	.311	35	35	4	16	17
Elvis Andrus	ss	21.028	5	1	1	0	0	0	.270	134	134	6	34	31
David Murphy	lf	27.340	3	1	1	2	1	0	.276	117	291	16	51	8
Marlon Byrd	cf	32.024	5	3	2	2	0	1	.282	138	776	17	81	8
Hank Blalock	1b	28.306	5	2	3	4	0	1	.244	115	902	25	66	2
Ian Kinsler	2b	27.093	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	133	504	29	80	29
Nelson Cruz	rf	29.084	5	0	1	1	0	2	.262	124	300	32	74	20
Chris Davis	3b-1b	23.190	4	0	1	0	0	0	.219	104	184	19	52	0
Ivan Rodriguez	c	37.298	4	0	0	0	0	0	.251	116	2375	10	45	1
Omar Vizquel	2b-3b	42.152	3	0	1	0	1	0	.269	57	2736	1	12	4
Dustin Nippert	p	28.140	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	7	62	0	0	0
Darren O'Day	p	26.336	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	63	93	0	0	0
C.J. Wilson	p	28.309	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	69	247	0	0	0
Frank Francisco	p	29.104	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	48	218	0	0	0
Totals:			37	9	11	9	3	4	.297	1260	8857

Oakland Athletics Batting Stats

Oakland Athletics	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Adam Kennedy	3b	33.257	5	0	0	0	0	0	.287	120	1347	11	59	19
Rajai Davis	cf	28.339	5	1	2	1	0	1	.319	115	323	3	46	36
Ryan Sweeney	rf	24.215	5	1	2	1	0	0	.291	130	278	6	52	6
Kurt Suzuki	c	25.355	5	1	1	0	0	2	.269	138	354	14	81	8
Jack Cust	dh	30.250	3	1	1	1	0	2	.237	139	481	22	64	4
Nomar Garciaparra	ph	36.062	1	0	0	0	0	1	.276	62	1431	3	16	2
Mark Ellis	2b	32.109	4	2	2	1	0	0	.273	96	861	9	57	9
Daric Barton	1b	24.038	3	0	1	1	0	0	.258	44	202	3	16	0
Cliff Pennington	ss	25.100	4	0	1	2	0	0	.283	50	86	4	18	7
Eric Patterson	lf	26.168	3	2	2	1	1	0	.238	29	79	1	6	1
Brad Kilby	p	26.216	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8	8	0	0	0
Jeff Gray	p	27.308	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	21	26	0	0	0
Jon Meloan	p	25.074	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2	9	0	0	0
Mike Wuertz	p	30.282	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	71	336	0	0	0
Andrew Bailey	p	25.115	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	64	64	0	0	0
Totals:			38	8	12	8	1	6	.316	1089	5885

Game Stats

2B: Hank Blalock 2 (21), Rajai Davis (23), Mark Ellis 2 (23), Ryan Sweeney (30)
HR: Hank Blalock (25), Eric Patterson (1)
RBIs: Daric Barton (16), Hank Blalock 4 (66), Marlon Byrd 2 (81), Nelson Cruz (74), Jack Cust (64), Rajai Davis (46), Mark Ellis (57), David Murphy 2 (51), Eric Patterson (6), Cliff Pennington 2 (18), Ryan Sweeney (52)
SB: Elvis Andrus 2 (31), Julio Borbon (17), David Murphy (8)
CS: Julio Borbon (1)
SH: Julio Borbon (6)
SF: David Murphy (8)

Texas Rangers Pitching Stats

Texas Rangers	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Tommy Hunter (W 9-4)	23.082	5.2	9	7	7	0	2	1	3.69	1.21	79	55	24	17	20
Dustin Nippert	28.140	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.14	1.40	8	5	3	17	78
Darren O'Day	26.336	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.80	1.00	8	5	3	63	93
C.J. Wilson	28.309	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	2.96	1.34	37	19	18	69	253
Frank Francisco (Sv 24)	29.104	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.26	1.06	18	12	6	48	218
Pitching Totals:		9	12	8	8	1	6	1			150	96	54	214	662

Oakland Athletics Pitching Stats

Oakland Athletics	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Clayton Mortensen (L 2-3)	24.166	4.2	6	7	3	1	1	1	6.00	1.57	88	58	30	6	6
Brad Kilby	26.216	0.1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.55	6	4	2	8	8
Jeff Gray	27.308	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	2.74	1.26	26	14	12	21	26
Jon Meloan	25.074	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	1.00	9	7	2	2	9
Mike Wuertz	30.282	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.76	0.99	17	9	8	71	336
Andrew Bailey	25.115	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.94	0.92	14	9	5	64	64
Pitching Totals:		9	11	9	4	3	4	1			160	101	59	172	449

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tommy Hunter 79-55-24; Dustin Nippert 8-5-3; Darren O'Day 8-5-3; C.J. Wilson 37-19-18; Frank Francisco 18-12-6; Clayton Mortensen 88-58-30; Brad Kilby 6-4-2; Jeff Gray 26-14-12; Jon Meloan 9-7-2; Mike Wuertz 17-9-8; Andrew Bailey 14-9-5;
Batters Faced: Tommy Hunter 25; Dustin Nippert 1; Darren O'Day 3; C.J. Wilson 8; Frank Francisco 3; Clayton Mortensen 22; Brad Kilby 3; Jeff Gray 6; Jon Meloan 4; Mike Wuertz 4; Andrew Bailey 3;
Time of Game: 3:09 Attendance: 18,311
Umpires: Home: Mike Reilly 1B Chuck Meriwether 2B Laz Diaz 3B Eric Cooper

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