Texas 4, Oakland 3
When: 4:05 PM ET, Saturday, September 25, 2010
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature:
79°
Umpires:
Home -
Gerry Davis, 1B -
Sam Holbrook, 2B -
Greg Gibson, 3B -
Brian Knight
Attendance:
20136
By SportsDirect Inc.
Jorge Cantu hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning to help the Texas Rangers win their first division title since 1999 with a 4-3 victory over the host Oakland Athletics on Saturday.
The homer was Cantu’s first in 25 games with the Rangers, who clinched the American League West crown. Cantu went 3-for-4 with two RBIs.
Neftali Feliz got the last four outs while notching his 38th save of the season. Feliz retired Cliff Pennington on a fly out to left field for the final out to set off a wild on-field celebration.
Texas had a 3-1 lead before Pennington hit a two-run homer off Clay Rapada in the seventh inning to tie the contest.
The Rangers took a 2-1 lead when Ian Kinsler doubled to lead off the sixth and scored on Cantu’s single. Texas added a run in the seventh when Elvis Andrus scored on a wild pitch. Michael Young had homered in the third for the first Texas run.
Reliever Darren O’Day (5-2) recorded the victory. Michael Wuertz (2-3) lost for Oakland.
Athletics starter Gio Gonzalez allowed two runs in six innings. Derek Holland gave up one run and four hits in five innings for Texas.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Texas |
|
Oakland |
|
Jorge Cantu | Player |
Cliff Pennington
|
|
3 |
Hits |
2 |
|
2 |
RBI |
2 |
|
1 |
HR |
1 |
|
6 |
TB |
5 |
|
.750 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Texas
|
9 |
2 |
17 |
.265 |
14 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
| Oakland
|
7 |
1 |
11 |
.226 |
16 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
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