Oakland 5, Texas 0
When: 8:05 PM ET, Saturday, August 28, 2010
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature:
93°
Umpires:
Home -
Tim Welke, 1B -
Jim Reynolds, 2B -
Bill Welke, 3B -
Mike DiMuro
Attendance:
47411
By SportsDirect Inc.
Dallas Braden threw a complete game shutout, Daric Barton belted a two-run home run and Kurt Suzuki matched a career high with four hits as the Oakland Athletics cruised to a 5-0 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.
Braden (9-9) went the distance for the second time in his past four starts, allowing only four hits with no walks and one strikeout. It was his first scoreless outing since tossing a perfect game on May 9.
Oakland took a 1-0 lead in the first on a two-out RBI single from Kevin Kouzmanoff. Barton extended the Oakland lead with a two-run blast in the third inning.
Barton scored on Suzuki’s RBI single in the fifth. Suzuki drove in Barton again in the seventh with a double to left-center field. Barton scored four of the A’s five runs.
Rangers starter Rich Harden (5-5) lasted only 4 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on eight hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Harden was coming off a start in which he threw 6 2/3 innings of no-hit ball against the Twins on Monday.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Oakland |
|
Texas |
|
Kurt Suzuki
| Player |
Jorge Cantu |
|
4 |
Hits |
1 |
|
2 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
5 |
TB |
2 |
|
.800 |
Avg |
.333 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Oakland
|
11 |
1 |
17 |
.314 |
14 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| Texas
|
4 |
0 |
5 |
.129 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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