Oakland Athletics vs. Texas Rangers - Box Score - August 26, 2006 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 26, 2006

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Oakland leads 2-0 (as of 8/26)

Game 1: Friday, August 25
Oakland	9	Final
Texas	3	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, August 26
Oakland	5	Final
Texas	3	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, August 27
Oakland	0	Final
Texas	3	Final
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Athletics 5

(74-55, 38-29 away)

Rangers 3

(66-65, 31-33 home)

Alerts

8:05 PM ET, August 26, 2006

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	10	1
TEX	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	8	0

W: J. Blanton (14-10)

L: A. Eaton (3-4)

S: J. Duchscherer (5)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Kendall C	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	.296
M Kotsay CF	3	0	0	1	1	1	3	.269
M Bradley RF	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	.267
F Thomas DH	3	1	1	1	1	0	5	.266
E Chavez 3B	5	0	1	0	0	1	4	.243
J Payton LF	4	0	0	1	1	0	2	.292
N Swisher 1B	5	1	1	1	0	2	1	.250
M Scutaro SS	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	.243
M Ellis 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	.231
Totals	34	5	10	5	7	4	19
BATTING 2B: E Chavez (18, A Eaton); M Ellis (15, A Eaton) HR: N Swisher (27, 4th inning off A Eaton 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Payton (49), F Thomas (76), N Swisher (76), J Kendall (36), M Kotsay (48) SF: M Kotsay, F Thomas Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: F Thomas 2, M Ellis 1, E Chavez 2, J Payton 1 Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING CS: J Payton (3, 2nd base by R Mahay)
FIELDING E: M Ellis (2, ground ball)

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Blanton (W, 16-12)	6.2	7	3	3	1	6	0	112-74	4.45
K Calero (H, 26)	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	10-5	3.26
J Kennedy (H, 17)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	17-12	1.50
J Duchscherer (S, 9)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-7	3.56
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	2	8	0	148-98
PITCHING Batters faced: J Blanton 28; K Calero 2; J Kennedy 4; J Duchscherer 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Blanton 4-9; K Calero 0-0; J Kennedy 1-2; J Duchscherer 0-2 Game Scores: J Blanton 53

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
G Matthews CF	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	.303
M Young SS	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	.307
C Lee LF	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	.333
M Teixeira 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	.281
H Blalock 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.286
M DeRosa RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	5	.315
M Stairs DH	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	.253
I Kinsler 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.294
R Barajas C	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.258
Totals	35	3	8	3	2	8	14
BATTING 2B: M Young (45, J Blanton); C Lee (11, J Blanton); R Barajas (19, J Blanton) RBI: C Lee 3 (15) 2-out RBI: C Lee 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Teixeira 1, M DeRosa 2 Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING CS: G Matthews (5, 2nd base by J Blanton/J Kendall)

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Eaton (L, 7-4)	3.0	6	4	4	4	1	1	83-47	5.17
J Benoit	4.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	58-38	4.79
W Littleton	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	28-14	1.90
R Mahay	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16-10	3.51
Totals	9.0	10	5	5	7	4	1	185-109
PITCHING WP: J Benoit Batters faced: A Eaton 19; J Benoit 14; W Littleton 7; R Mahay 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Eaton 1-7; J Benoit 3-6; W Littleton 0-3; R Mahay 1-1 Game Scores: A Eaton 28

Scoring Summary

			OAK	TEX
	2nd	J Payton grounded out to shortstop, F Thomas scored, E Chavez to third.	1	0
	3rd	F Thomas hit sacrifice fly to left, J Kendall scored.	2	0
	4th	N Swisher homered to right.	3	0
	4th	J Kendall singled to right, M Scutaro scored, M Ellis to third.	4	0
	6th	C Lee doubled to right, M Young scored.	4	1
	7th	C Lee singled to left, R Barajas and G Matthews Jr scored, M Young to second.	4	3
	8th	M Kotsay hit sacrifice fly to right, M Scutaro scored, M Ellis to third.	5	3
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