Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
October 2, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 2012 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Texas Rangers 1, Oakland Athletics 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 3 1 0 0
Andrus ss 3 0 0 0
Hamilton lf,cf 4 0 1 1
Beltre dh 4 0 1 0
Cruz rf 4 0 0 0
Young 3b 3 0 2 0
Napoli 1b,c 3 0 0 0
Soto c 2 0 0 0
  Moreland ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Gentry cf 2 0 0 0
  Murphy ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Harrison p 0 0 0 0
  Ogando p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkman p 0 0 0 0
  Oswalt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 4 0 0 0
Drew ss 4 0 1 0
Cespedes lf 4 0 1 0
Gomes dh 2 1 1 1
Reddick rf 3 0 0 0
Donaldson 3b 3 1 1 0
Moss 1b 3 1 1 0
Norris c 3 0 1 1
Rosales 2b 2 0 0 0
  Pennington ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Blackley p 0 0 0 0
  Doolittle p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 2
Texas 001 000 000152
Oakland 000 021 00x362
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Harrison  L(18-11) 6.0 6 3 3 1 5
  Ogando   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Kirkman   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Oswalt   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blackley  W(6-4) 6.0 3 1 1 2 5
  Doolittle   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Cook   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Balfour  SV(24) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2

  E–Andrus (16), Cruz (3), Reddick (6), Donaldson (13).  DP–Texas 1. Andrus-Kinsler-Napoli, Oakland 3. Drew-Rosales-Moss, Drew-Moss, Donaldson-Rosales-Moss.  2B–Texas Beltre (33,off Blackley); Hamilton (31,off Blackley), Oakland Moss (17,off Harrison).  HR–Oakland Gomes (18,6th inning off Harrison 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–3.  CS–Cespedes (4,2nd base by Harrison/Soto).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Adrian Johnson, 3B–Lance Barksdale.  T–2:43.  A–30,660.
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