Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers - May 17,2012

6th inning: FC1/SH/BG.3-H;1-2 **pitcher Brandon McCarthy made a diving catch of the bunt and**
6th inning: FC1/SH/BG.3-H;1-2 **his glove folded under his arm; he rolled on his back and threw**
6th inning: FC1/SH/BG.3-H;1-2 **to 3B to double up Craig Gentry**
6th inning: FC1/SH/BG.3-H;1-2 **the safety squeeze play; HP umpire Laz Diaz ruled that McCarthy**
6th inning: FC1/SH/BG.3-H;1-2 **trapped the ball; all runners were safe; McCarthy was angry**
6th inning: FC1/SH/BG.3-H;1-2 **and yelled at Diaz; Athletics manager Bob Melvin ran out and**
6th inning: FC1/SH/BG.3-H;1-2 **held a long argument with Diaz before being ejected by Diaz**

Oakland Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Jemile Weeks	2b	25.112	B	3	0	0	0	2	0	.206	35	132
2	Cliff Pennington	ss	27.337	B	5	1	2	0	0	1	.221	37	437
3	Josh Reddick	rf	25.088	L	5	2	2	1	0	0	.283	38	181
4	Jonny Gomes	lf	31.177	R	5	2	3	1	0	1	.253	27	808
5	Kurt Suzuki	c	28.226	R	5	0	2	2	0	0	.227	33	661
6	Josh Donaldson	3b	26.161	R	4	0	0	0	0	0	.082	14	28
	Daric Barton	ph-1b	26.275	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	.202	29	467
7	Kila Ka'aihue	dh	28.049	L	5	0	1	1	0	3	.271	25	112
8	Adam Rosales	1b	28.363	R	1	0	1	0	3	0	1.000	2	211
	Seth Smith	ph	29.230	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	.232	36	523
9	Collin Cowgill	cf	25.361	R	4	0	0	0	0	1	.143	10	46
Totals

Errors: Cliff Pennington, Josh Donaldson

2B: Cliff Pennington (8), Jonny Gomes (3), Kurt Suzuki (8)

HR: Josh Reddick (10)

RBI: Josh Reddick (22), Jonny Gomes (13), Kurt Suzuki 2 (12), Kila Ka'aihue (8)

GDP: Collin Cowgill (2)

CS: Jemile Weeks (3)

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Ian Kinsler	2b	29.330	R	6	0	2	0	0	0	.277	37	810
2	Elvis Andrus	ss	23.265	R	4	0	0	1	1	2	.320	38	481
3	Michael Young	dh	35.211	R	6	0	0	0	0	1	.269	37	1704
4	Adrian Beltre	3b	33.040	R	4	0	2	0	1	0	.303	35	1994
5	David Murphy	lf	30.212	L	4	0	1	0	1	0	.270	34	594
6	Nelson Cruz	rf	31.321	R	5	0	0	0	0	2	.265	38	574
7	Mike Napoli	c	30.199	R	4	1	1	0	1	2	.250	35	654
8	Mitch Moreland	1b	26.254	L	2	2	2	3	1	0	.283	30	211
	Brandon Snyder	ph-1b	25.176	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	.314	18	34
9	Craig Gentry	cf	28.170	R	3	1	2	0	0	0	.328	32	127
	Josh Hamilton	ph-cf	30.362	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	.399	36	625
Totals

2B: Craig Gentry (2)

HR: Mitch Moreland 2 (6)

RBI: Elvis Andrus (19), Mitch Moreland 3 (15)

SH: Elvis Andrus (5)

SB: Elvis Andrus (7), David Murphy (2)

Oakland Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Brandon McCarthy	R		5.1	8	4	4	3	4	2	2.95	1.34	9	144
2	Grant Balfour	R		1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.72	1.14	20	343
3	Jordan Norberto	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	1.07	15	54
4	Ryan Cook	R	W 1-0	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.00	0.71	17	29
5	Brian Fuentes	L	SV 3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.60	1.13	15	632
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Brandon McCarthy (91-57-34), Grant Balfour (25-15-10), Jordan Norberto (6-3-3), Ryan Cook (30-15-15), Brian Fuentes (7-6-1)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Matt Harrison	L		5.1	8	3	3	3	3	0	5.21	1.45	8	102
2	Mark Lowe	R		0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.77	1.23	12	229
3	Alexi Ogando	R		2.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0.82	0.55	18	93
4	Joe Nathan	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.70	1.08	17	598
5	Mike Adams	R	L 0-2	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	2.51	1.12	17	314
6	Robbie Ross	L		0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	0.96	14	14
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Matt Harrison (104-65-39), Mark Lowe (12-6-6), Alexi Ogando (30-18-12), Joe Nathan (8-7-1), Mike Adams (6-5-1), Robbie Ross (3-2-1)

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Oakland Athletics	OAK	21-18		3	0	0		0	0	0		1	0	0		1		5	12	2		2	5	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Texas Rangers	TEX	17-22		0	0	0		2	0	2		0	0	0		0		4	10	0		3	11	23	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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