Texas 4, Oakland 2
When: 10:05 PM ET, Monday, May 3, 2010
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature:
64°
Umpires:
Home -
Angel Hernandez, 1B -
Paul Schrieber, 2B -
Rob Drake, 3B -
Joe West
Attendance:
8874
By SportsDirect Inc.
Rich Harden pitched two-hit ball over seven innings against his former team while leading the Texas Rangers to a 4-2 victory over the host Oakland Athletics on Monday.
Harden (2-1) struck out nine batters and didn’t walk anyone. He led the majors in walks (23) entering the contest.
Oakland threatened in the ninth with Kevin Kouzmanoff hitting a two-run homer off Frank Francisco. After Francisco walked Eric Chavez, Neftali Perez entered and retired the final three hitters for his sixth save of the season.
Texas went up 1-0 in the fourth when Ryan Garko’s infield groundout scored Vladimir Guerrero. The Rangers added two runs in the fifth on Michael Young’s run-scoring double and Josh Hamilton’s RBI-single.
Rookie first baseman Justin Smoak homered in the ninth.
Young went 3-for-4 for Texas, which had 13 hits.
Dallas Braden (3-2) allowed three runs and 11 hits in seven innings for Oakland.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Texas |
|
Oakland |
|
Michael Young
| Player |
Gabe Gross |
|
3 |
Hits |
1 |
|
1 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
4 |
TB |
1 |
|
.600 |
Avg |
1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Texas
|
13 |
1 |
18 |
.342 |
17 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Oakland
|
6 |
1 |
10 |
.176 |
11 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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