Oakland 4, Texas 0
When: 3:05 PM ET, Sunday, September 28, 2014
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature:
85°
Umpires:
Home -
Mark Carlson, 1B -
Bill Welke, 2B -
Paul Emmel, 3B -
James Hoye
Attendance:
36381
By SportsDirect Inc.
Athletics 4, Rangers 0: Sonny Gray pitched a six-hitter and struck out five while Josh Reddick tripled in a run as visiting Oakland clinched the final American League wild card spot.
Gray (14-10) did not walk a batter and needed 103 pitches in his second shutout for the Athletics, who will visit the Kansas City Royals in the one-game wild-card playoff Tuesday. Stephen Vogt added an RBI single and Jed Lowrie drove in a pair as Oakland held off the Seattle Mariners in the wild-card race.
Nick Martinez (5-12) allowed two runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings for Texas, which finished off the season with 13 wins in its last 16 games. Left-hander Derek Holland, who was scratched from a start Saturday due to a migraine, came on in relief and yielded two runs – one earned – in 2 2/3 innings for the Rangers.
Brandon Moss doubled leading off the second for the Athletics and Reddick followed by sending a line drive to the wall in straightaway center, just out of the reach of Leonys Martin for an RBI triple. Vogt’s single to center brought Reddick in for a 2-0 cushion.
The Rangers put runners on second and third with none out in the fifth but Gray struck out Luis Sardinas and got Adam Rosales to ground into a double play to escape. Lowrie came up with the bases loaded in the ninth and sent a sharp grounder to second that Rougned Odor appeared to overrun as two insurance runs crossed.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Oakland’s win ends Adam Dunn’s reign as the active player with the most career games without a playoff appearance. Dunn played in his 2,001st game on Sunday. … Athletics LHP Jon Lester is expected to start Tuesday’s wild-card game. … Texas 3B Adrian Beltre went 1-for-4 to finish with a .324 batting average.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Oakland |
|
Texas |
|
Sonny Gray |
Player |
Nicholas Martinez
|
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
9.0 |
IP |
5.2 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
6 |
Hits |
4 |
|
0.00 |
ERA |
3.18 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Oakland
|
7 |
0 |
10 |
.212 |
10 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Texas
|
6 |
0 |
8 |
.194 |
12 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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