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Texas Rangers vs. Oakland Athletics Live Blog: Scores and Play-By-Play as Winner Takes A.L. West in Final Game of the 2012 Season
THREE OUTS!------------------------------------- A's WIN 3-1--------------- AL WEST IS TIED!
2 OUTS- Cruz at bat
0-1 95 MPH home run cut comes up empty
0-2 FOUL BALL
STRIKE THREE!!!
1 OUT! Beltre at bat
Beltre at bat
0-1
**FANS ARE GOING CRAZY
1-1 breaking ball how
1-2 slider for the strike!
STRIKE THREE! Beltre goes fishing... 96 MPH
GRANT BALFOUR in to close it for the A's faces the heart of the order
Hamilton at bat
1-0 high fastball
0-1 94 MPH fastball... Swing and a miss
Ground up the middle... PENNINGTON GOES INTO THE HOLE AND THROWS OUT HAMILTON!
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Cespedes at bat--- Washington makes a pitching change
1-1 Big swing and a miss by Cespedes
2-1
2-2 foul ball the other way
CESPEDES BLOWN AWAY
Drew at bat
0-1 slider for strike
1-1 ball
Drew to Kinsler... OUT
Crisp at bat.... BOB MELVIN CHALLENGES CALL... FOUL BALL
1-0 ball outside
2-0 ball up
CRISP PULLS ONE! ....Foul ball down the line....
2-1
3-1 ball outside
3-2 Strike
Foul Ball
Foul ball
STRIKE THREE! Slider... Crisp upset, pitch looked high
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2 OUT Runner on 3rd Andrus at bat
1-0
1-1 fastball
1-2 foul ball
FANS GOING CRAZY--- Here comes the pitch---
FOUL BALL--- fastball away
Grounder to third... Donaldson with a bullet! OUT AT FIRST
1 OUT Runner on 2nd Kinsler at bat
0-1 strike
1-1 slider inside
Slow chopper to third .... OUT AT FIRST
0 OUTS- Runner on 1st Murphy pinch-hits for Gentry
Murphy offbalance swing... moves Moreland over
Cook in to pitch... 2-1 count on Moreland--- Moreland almost takes Cook's head
2-2 count foul ball
Foul Ball
Single to center!
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RUNNER AT 2ND--- Rangers with two errors
Pennington to pinch-hit for Rosales
0-1 slider for the strike
0-2 swing at high fastball
STRIKEOUT LOOKING
2 OUTS- Norris at bat
0-1 strike
2-1 ball
3-1 slider outside
3-2 strike outsde
3-2 foul ball
Norris to short... ANDRUS THROWS IT AWAY
1 OUT- Moss at bat
0-2
1-2 fastball outside
Reddick strikes out
OGANDO in to pitch... Donaldson groundsout
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RUNNER ON FIRST- 1 OUT--- Napoli at bat
5-4-3 DOUBLE PLAY!
Young at bat---- Single
0-1 fastball
0-2 change up outside
Up the middle.. Drew with sliding stop... infield single for Young
Doolittle pitching for A's
Cruz at bat- grounder to short- 1 OUT
TOP OF THE 7th-------------
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Roddick at bat--- FLYOUT to Center
1-2 count on Roddick after breaking ball
JONNY GOMES w/ 18th homer of the year.... 3-1 A's lead
***A's BLACKLEY's day is done...
RUNNER ON 1st 2 OUTS--- BOMB! GOMES GOES DEEP!
Gomes at bat
0-1
Pickoff Attempt
Pickoff Attempt
0-2 Foul Ball
PICKOFF! Cespedes thrown out 3-6 putout
1-2
Cespedes at bat---- SINGLE FOR Cespedes
1-0
2-0 ball outside
3-0 change up outside... everything outside to Cespedes
SWING... base hit
Drew at bat
strike
0-2 Swing and a miss
STRIKEOUT
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THREE OUTS!
Beltre at bat 2 OUTS
1-0
2-0
FLYOUT to Right Center-Field
Hamilton at bat 0 OUTS---- LINER RIGHT TO S. DREW
0-1 fastbal fouled
Pickoff at first
DOUBLE PLAY
Andrus with full count- WALK
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-----------------------------------END OF THE FIFTH INNING--------------------------- Oakland leads 2-1
Coco Crisp at bat
POP OUT on first pitch swinging
DOUBLE PLAY
Rosales at bat
0-1 Strike looking
0-2 Pop foul straight back
1-2 Fastball inside
Foul ball.. knubbler sent foul
DOUBLE PLAY---- 6-4-3
2-run single by Norris, Donaldson and Moss score.... Oakland A's lead 2-1
RUNNERS ON SECOND AND THIRD! 0 OUTS!!
Norris at bat
0-1 Looks ugly on change up
1-1 ball low
NORRIS GOES TO RIGHT FIELD! DONALDSON SCORES!... Cruz bobbles in right field... MOSS SCORES!!!
RUNNER AT FIRST--- Moss with a single down right field
Donaldson at bat
2-1 after a foul ball and two balls
---------------SINGLE TO CENTER
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****UPDATE----- Yankees won 4-3. Ibanez comes off the bench. Hits a 2-run HR in the ninth and then wins the game with an opposite field single scoring Cervelli
Kinsler at bat 2 OUTS
0-1 strike
1-1 ball in the dirt
2-1 ball low
2-2
FOUL BALL
3-2 ball low
Kinsler to Drew---- GROUND OUT TO SS.
Gentry at bat ONE OUT
0-1 strike
0-2 fastball outside
GENTRY GROUND OUT
Soto at-bat
0-1 Swing and a miss
0-2 Changeup outside, swing and a miss
1-2 ball in the dirt
2-2 ball
STRIKE! Swing and a miss at change up
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Reddick at bat
0-1
1-1 ball
1-2 Reddick out in front, with a big swing
Foul Ball
Foul Ball
Groundout
Gomes at bat--- 1 OUT--- FLY OUT TO CF
1-1 count
FOUL BALL
2-2 ball outside
3-2 low and inside
GETS A HOLD OF ONE! Out to centerfielder
Cespedes at bat---- Groundout to Andrus
1-0
Grounder to SS
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Napoli with a 1-1 count-------------STRIKEOUT LOOKING
1-2 swing and a miss on huge curveball
2-2 ball outside
STRIKE!
Young at bat....DOUBLE PLAY!
6-4-3 as Drew went into the hole
Cruz at bat--- E5
Grounder to Donaldson, DONALDSON CANNOT HANDLE THE CHOPPER!
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Drew at bat---- 2 OUTS--- STRIKES OUT
0-2 count after two quick strikes
Foul ball
Foul ball
1-2 checks his swing
SWING AND A MISS
Rosales AND Crisp grounder to short for two quick outs
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Beltre at bat----- Runner on 2nd----- 2 OUTS--- GROUND OUT TO SECOND
1-0 ball outside
2-0 ball in the dirt
HAMILTON HANGS CURVEBALL INTO RIGHT FIELD... KINSLER SCORED
Hamilton at bat---Runner on 1st--- 2 OUTS
0-1 starts him with a breaking ball. Swing and a miss
0-2 change up swing and a miss
Pickoff attempt
Hamilton gets a hold of one! RBI DOUBLE
Andrus at bat--- Runner on 1st --- 1 OUT
0-1 fastball on the inside corner
Pickoff almost gets Kinsler ar first base!
1-1 ball low
1-2 foul ball
Pickoff attempt...Kinsler safe
Flyball in foul territory.... Reddick dropped it! Had the ball in the glove... Hit off his heel.
2-2 BREAKING BALL GETS ANDRUS! Strikeout
Kinsler at bat----WALK
0-1 strike swinging
1-1 low away
2-1 juuust a bit too low
3-1 ball away again
WALK--- fastball misses the inside corner
Gentry at bat----FLYOUT to Center
0-1
Sends it to the gap... Coco Crisp retires him
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Norris at bat
0-1 strike looking
0-2 swings and misses at change up
1-2 high fastball
STRIKE! Breaking ball gets Norris
Moss at bat
Strike looking
Can't check swing 0-2
1-2 pitch inside
2-2 pitch in the dirt
2-2 Foul Ball... ball hits off Moss' bat as he dove away from a pitch that crossed his face and passed over his hands, hitting the bat. Tells manager and trainer ball did not hit him
Strikeout swinging
Donaldson up at bat--------Groundout to SS
Count 2-2
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Runnres on 1st & 3rd 2 OUT
Geovany Soto at bat
1-0 Change up low
1-1 foul ball
1-2 change up swing and a miss!
STRIKE!!! Soto looks at the breaking ball as it lands over the strikezone.
Napoli at bat------------------------ NAPOLI lines it right to Donaldson! Moss saves a run as Donaldson's throw was very high.
1-0 ball
2-0 ball low
2-1 strike!
LINE DRIVE!
1st & 3rd after you gets infield single off Blackley's glove
Beltre on second with a leadoff double... Cruz grounded out to third.... Michael Young at first
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The Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics are already under way. Join us during our live blog as we bring you up to the minute up dates from the game that can decide the American League West.
The Athletics are just a game back of the Rangers after defeating them 4-3 yesterday. With the win, they crept a game closer and clinched a playoff berth.
The only problem is that we do not know if they are going in as the Wild Card or as the A.L. West champs.
The Rangers only need a win to clinch the division.
On the mound for the Rangers tonight is Matt Harrison, the lefty. The Rangers' batting lineup looks as follows:
2B Ian Kinsler, SS Elvis Andrus, LF Joshn Hamilton, DH Adrian Beltre, RF Nelson Cruz, 3B Michael Young, 1B Mike Napoli, C Geovany Soto, CF Craig Gentry.
The A's send is Travis Blackley to the mound. Backing him up in the offense and defense for the A's will be:
CF Coco Crisp, SS Stephen Drew, LF Yoenis Cespedes, DH Jonny Gomes, RF Josh Reddick, 3B Josh Donaldson, 1B Brandon Moss, C Derek Norris, 2B Adam Rosales.
So far, the game is in the bottom of the first and there is a man on with two outs. The red hot Stephen Drew got on base with a single.
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