Ejections: Mike Heath by Fred Spenn [Balls and strikes]
Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 750
Starting Lineups:
Texas Rangers Oakland Athletics
1. Rivers cf Henderson lf
2. Wills 2b Murphy cf
3. Oliver lf Revering 1b
4. Bell 3b Newman c
5. Montanez 1b Gross 3b
6. Zisk rf Chalk 2b
7. Putnam dh Page dh
8. Sundberg c Heath rf
9. Norman ss Picciolo ss
Jenkins p McCatty p
RANGERS 1ST: Rivers flied out to right; Wills flied out to left;
Oliver was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers
0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to center; Murphy struck out;
Revering homered to right [Henderson scored]; Newman struck out;
Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Athletics 2.
RANGERS 2ND: Bell grounded out (first unassisted); Montanez
flied out to center; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Chalk grounded out (pitcher to first); Page
walked; Heath forced Page (shortstop to second); Picciolo struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 2.
RANGERS 3RD: Putnam singled to right; Sundberg tripled [Putnam
scored]; Norman struck out; Rivers walked; Wills struck out;
Rivers stole second; Oliver doubled to center [Sundberg scored,
Rivers scored]; Bell reached on an error by McCatty [Oliver to
third]; Montanez flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 3, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Henderson flied out to right; Murphy flied out to
center; Revering flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Athletics 2.
RANGERS 4TH: Zisk walked; Putnam flied out to center; Sundberg
grounded out (third to first) [Zisk to second]; Norman grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3,
Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman singled to left; Gross singled to right
[Newman to third]; Chalk lined into a double play (pitcher to
first) [Gross out at first]; Page grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 2.
RANGERS 5TH: Rivers singled to first; Newman allowed a passed
ball [Rivers to second]; Wills out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Rivers to third]; Oliver singled to right [Rivers
scored]; Bell grounded out (second to first) [Oliver to second];
Montanez singled to left [Oliver scored]; Zisk struck out; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Heath struck out; Mike Heath ejected by HP
umpire Fred Spenn; Picciolo lined to shortstop; Henderson
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Athletics
2.
RANGERS 6TH: MURRAY REPLACED HEATH (PLAYING RF); Putnam struck
out; Sundberg popped to first in foul territory; Norman singled
to first; Rivers doubled to center [Norman scored]; Wills
reached on a fielder's choice [Rivers out at third (third
unassisted)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); Revering
singled to right; Newman flied out to center; Gross walked
[Revering to second]; Chalk flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Rangers 6, Athletics 2.
RANGERS 7TH: Oliver singled to first; Oliver was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Bell lined to pitcher; Montanez
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers
6, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Page flied out to left; Murray was called out on
strikes; Picciolo doubled to right; Henderson grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Athletics 2.
RANGERS 8TH: Zisk lined to shortstop; Putnam was called out on
strikes; Sundberg walked; Norman singled to pitcher [Sundberg to
second]; Rivers flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 6, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 8TH: Murphy grounded out (pitcher to first); Revering
grounded out (second to first); Newman made an out to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Athletics 2.
RANGERS 9TH: Wills doubled to right; Oliver singled to left
[Wills to third]; HEAVERLO REPLACED MCCATTY (PITCHING); Bell
singled to right [Wills scored, Oliver to third, Bell to second
(error by Murray)]; Montanez reached on a fielder's choice
[Oliver scored]; Zisk walked [Bell to third, Montanez to
second]; Putnam was hit by a pitch [Bell scored, Montanez to
third, Zisk to second]; Sundberg struck out; Norman flied out to
left; Rivers flied to left in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3
LOB. Rangers 9, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross singled to right; Chalk popped to third in
foul territory; Page singled to center [Gross to second]; ESSIAN
BATTED FOR MURRAY; Essian flied out to left; Picciolo singled
[Gross scored, Page to third]; Henderson tripled to right [Page
scored, Picciolo scored]; LYLE REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING);
Murphy grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 9, Athletics 5.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Rangers 9 13 0 10
Athletics 5 10 2 6
