Texas Rangers vs. Oakland Athletics - Play By Play - September 20, 2011

Scores for Sep 20, 2011

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Texas leads 1-0 (as of 9/20)

Game 1: Tuesday, September 20
Texas	7	Final
Oakland	2	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, September 21
Texas	3	Final
Oakland	2	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, September 22
Texas	3	Final
Oakland	4	Final
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Rangers 7

(89-65, 40-36 away)

Athletics 2

(69-85, 42-37 home)

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10:05 PM ET, September 20, 2011

O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	14	0
OAK	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	1

W: D. Holland (15-5)

L: R. Harden (4-4)

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Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Texas - Top of 1st	SCORE
Rich Harden pitching for Oakland	TEX	OAK
I Kinsler flied out to right.	0	0
E Andrus struck out swinging.	0	0
J Hamilton singled to right.	0	0
M Young singled to left, J Hamilton to second.	0	0
A Beltre homered to center (445 feet), J Hamilton and M Young scored.	3	0
M Napoli walked.	3	0
D Murphy struck out swinging.	3	0
3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 1st	SCORE
Derek Holland pitching for Texas	TEX	OAK
J Weeks lined out to third.	3	0
C Crisp grounded out to second.	3	0
H Matsui singled to left.	3	0
J Willingham grounded out to second.	3	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Top of 2nd	SCORE
Rich Harden pitching for Oakland	TEX	OAK
N Cruz doubled to deep right.	3	0
E Chavez grounded out to second, N Cruz to third.	3	0
I Kinsler grounded out to shortstop.	3	0
N Cruz scored on R Harden's wild pitch.	4	0
E Andrus lined out to center.	4	0
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 2nd	SCORE
Derek Holland pitching for Texas	TEX	OAK
S Sizemore walked.	4	0
C Carter grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, S Sizemore out at second.	4	0
K Suzuki popped out to second.	4	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Top of 3rd	SCORE
Rich Harden pitching for Oakland	TEX	OAK
J Hamilton doubled to deep right center.	4	0
M Young singled to right, J Hamilton scored, M Young to second on throwing error by right fielder M Taylor.	5	0
A Beltre struck out swinging.	5	0
M Napoli singled to center, M Young scored.	6	0
D Murphy popped out to shortstop.	6	0
N Cruz flied out to center.	6	0
2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 3rd	SCORE
Derek Holland pitching for Texas	TEX	OAK
C Pennington flied out to left.	6	0
M Taylor walked.	6	0
J Weeks struck out swinging.	6	0
C Crisp struck out swinging.	6	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Top of 4th	SCORE
Graham Godfrey pitching for Oakland	TEX	OAK
G Godfrey relieved R Harden.	6	0
E Chavez singled to left.	6	0
I Kinsler flied out to left.	6	0
E Andrus struck out swinging.	6	0
J Hamilton flied out to center.	6	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 4th	SCORE
Derek Holland pitching for Texas	TEX	OAK
H Matsui flied out to left.	6	0
J Willingham walked.	6	0
S Sizemore struck out swinging.	6	0
C Carter flied out to right.	6	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Top of 5th	SCORE
Graham Godfrey pitching for Oakland	TEX	OAK
M Young grounded out to first.	6	0
A Beltre flied out to right.	6	0
M Napoli singled to right.	6	0
D Murphy doubled to deep left, M Napoli to third.	6	0
N Cruz flied out to right.	6	0
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 5th	SCORE
Derek Holland pitching for Texas	TEX	OAK
K Suzuki flied out to right.	6	0
C Pennington struck out swinging.	6	0
M Taylor homered to left (375 feet).	6	1
J Weeks grounded out to shortstop.	6	1
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Top of 6th	SCORE
Graham Godfrey pitching for Oakland	TEX	OAK
E Chavez reached on infield single to second.	6	1
I Kinsler walked, E Chavez to second.	6	1
E Andrus flied out to right.	6	1
J Hamilton struck out swinging.	6	1
M Young popped out to second.	6	1
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 6th	SCORE
Derek Holland pitching for Texas	TEX	OAK
C Crisp grounded out to shortstop.	6	1
H Matsui grounded out to pitcher.	6	1
J Willingham popped out to third.	6	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Top of 7th	SCORE
Graham Godfrey pitching for Oakland	TEX	OAK
A Beltre singled to left.	6	1
M Napoli struck out swinging.	6	1
D Murphy flied out to center.	6	1
N Cruz grounded into fielder's choice to second, A Beltre out at second.	6	1
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 7th	SCORE
Derek Holland pitching for Texas	TEX	OAK
S Sizemore struck out looking.	6	1
C Carter struck out swinging.	6	1
K Suzuki struck out swinging.	6	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Top of 8th	SCORE
Michael Wuertz pitching for Oakland	TEX	OAK
M Wuertz relieved G Godfrey.	6	1
E Chavez flied out to left.	6	1
I Kinsler walked.	6	1
E Andrus singled to center, I Kinsler to third.	6	1
J Blevins relieved M Wuertz.	6	1
J Hamilton struck out swinging.	6	1
M Young singled to left, I Kinsler scored, E Andrus to second.	7	1
A Beltre popped out to shortstop.	7	1
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 8th	SCORE
Mark Lowe pitching for Texas	TEX	OAK
M Lowe relieved D Holland.	7	1
C Pennington flied out to left.	7	1
M Taylor grounded out to second.	7	1
J Weeks flied out to center.	7	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Top of 9th	SCORE
Neil Wagner pitching for Oakland	TEX	OAK
N Wagner relieved J Blevins.	7	1
M Napoli walked.	7	1
D Murphy grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Napoli out at second.	7	1
N Cruz fouled out to first.	7	1
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 9th	SCORE
Michael Kirkman pitching for Texas	TEX	OAK
M Kirkman relieved M Lowe.	7	1
C Crisp homered to left (402 feet).	7	2
H Matsui flied out to right.	7	2
J Willingham lined out to left.	7	2
S Sizemore flied out to center.	7	2
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors

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Rangers 7

Athletics 2