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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oakland 5, Texas 0
When: 10:05 PM ET, Thursday, September 23, 2010
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Greg Gibson, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Gerry Davis, 3B - Sam Holbrook
Attendance: 10815

Dallas Braden pitched one-hit ball over eight innings and Oakland roughed up Texas ace Cliff Lee as the host Athletics blanked the Rangers 5-0 on Thursday night.

At one point, Braden (10-13) retired 19 consecutive hitters. The left-hander struck out seven and walked two.

It was Braden’s second strong outing against Texas in less than a month. He tossed a four-hit shutout against the Rangers on August 28.

Brad Ziegler struck out two in the ninth while finishing the shutout.

Lee (12-9) gave up four runs and six hits before being lifted after five innings.

Jack Cust had a run-scoring single in the fourth for the first Oakland run and Chris Carter hit a sacrifice fly later in the inning.

The following inning, Steve Tolleson doubled in a run and scored later in the frame when Daric Barton hit into a double play.

Oakland added a sixth-inning run on Matt Carson’s booming double to center field.

Nelson Cruz’s first-inning single was Texas’ only hit.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   Oakland
Cliff Lee Player Dallas Braden
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 8.0
3 Strikeouts 7
6 Hits 1
7.20 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Texas   Oakland
Nelson Cruz Player Steven Tolleson
1 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
1 TB 4
.250 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 1 0 1 .036 10 9 0 3 0 0
Oakland 8 0 12 .267 8 6 4 2 0 0