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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oakland 6, Texas 5
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, July 27, 2008
Where: McAfee Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Gary Darling, 1B - Angel Campos, 2B - Bill Miller, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 21135
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final123456789RHE
Texas 1000400005102
Oakland 240000000681
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Texas 54-51 25-21 29-30 L1
Oakland 53-51 32-26 21-25 W1
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this win, the Oakland Athletics have a 32-26 record at home this season. The Texas Rangers have a 29-30 record on the road.
  • Oakland has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Athletics have won 2 of their last 10 games.
  • Texas has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Rangers have won 5 of their last 10 games.
  • Jerry Blevins pitched 1.1 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 0.79. Huston Street closed out the game to get the save and has 18 saves for the season. Eric Hurley took the loss for Texas.
  • Kurt Suzuki, Jack Cust hit homeruns for Oakland.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   Oakland
Eric Hurley Player Dana Eveland
Loss W/L Loss
2.0 IP 4.2
1 Strikeouts 5
4 Hits 8
27.00 ERA 9.64
Hitting
Texas   Oakland
Gerald Laird Player Kurt Suzuki
3 Hits 3
0 RBI 3
0 HR 1
3 TB 6
.750 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 10 0 12 .286 13 9 4 2 0 2
Oakland 8 2 15 .242 17 5 6 4 0 1