The Oakland Athletics couldn't pull it off against the Texas Rangers, 9 to 8, on September 23, 2009.

2009 Oakland Athletics

Final

TEX

Rangers

83-68

9

1

2

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

2

5

5

4

1

6

1

1

7

0

1

8

0

0

9

0

0

R

9

8

H

11

12

E

0

3

Top 1st

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by David Murphy; Julio Borbon scored.

1

0

Rangers

Double by Hank Blalock; Marlon Byrd scored.

2

0

Top 4th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Home run by Hank Blalock; Marlon Byrd scored.

4

0

Bottom 4th

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Double by Ryan Sweeney; Rajai Davis scored.

4

1

Athletics

Single by Jack Cust; Ryan Sweeney scored.

4

2

Athletics

Double by Mark Ellis; Kurt Suzuki scored.

4

3

Athletics

Single by Cliff Pennington; Jack Cust and Mark Ellis scored.

4

5

Top 5th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Single by Marlon Byrd; Elvis Andrus and David Murphy scored.

6

5

Rangers

Double by Hank Blalock; Error by Mark Ellis; Marlon Byrd scored.

7

5

Rangers

Single by Nelson Cruz; Hank Blalock scored.

8

5

Bottom 5th

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Eric Patterson.

8

6

Top 6th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Single by David Murphy; Julio Borbon scored.

9

6

Bottom 6th

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Single by Daric Barton; Mark Ellis scored.

9

7

Bottom 7th

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Double by Rajai Davis; Eric Patterson scored.

9

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Julio Borbon DH 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
Elvis Andrus SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
David Murphy LF 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
Marlon Byrd CF 5 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Hank Blalock 1B 5 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 8
Ian Kinsler 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nelson Cruz RF 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
Chris Davis 3B,1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ivan Rodriguez C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Omar Vizquel 2B,3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 37 9 11 9 1 3 4 4 1 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tommy Hunter (W) 5.2 9 7 7 0 2 1
Dustin Nippert 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darren O'Day 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0
C.J. Wilson 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0
Frank Francisco (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 12 8 8 1 6 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Adam Kennedy 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajai Davis CF 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Ryan Sweeney RF 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Kurt Suzuki C 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Jack Cust DH 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
Nomar Garciaparra PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mark Ellis 2B 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Daric Barton 1B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cliff Pennington SS 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Eric Patterson LF 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
Totals 38 8 12 8 1 1 6 0 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Clayton Mortensen (L) 4.2 6 7 3 1 1 1
Brad Kilby 0.1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Jeff Gray 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0
Jon Meloan 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Michael Wuertz 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Andrew Bailey 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 11 9 4 3 4 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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AVG

.500

Bleday

JJ Bleday

Team Pitching Leaders

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K

3

Wood

Alex Wood

ERA

9.00

Kelly

Michael Kelly

Team Rankings

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HR

0

20th

R

0

25th

SO

7

19th

ERA

8.00

22nd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Rangers Rangers
1 0 1.000
Athletics Athletics
0 1 .000 1.0
Angels Angels
0 1 .000 1.0
Astros Astros
0 1 .000 1.0
Mariners Mariners
0 1 .000 1.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
3/29
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Sat
3/30
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
4:07 PM
Sun
3/31
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
4:07 PM
Mon
4/1
BOS BOS
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Tue
4/2
BOS BOS
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM

Last Game

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0

Final

8

Thu 28 Mar 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2024 Betting

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
3/27
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3-11
Wed
3/27
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
5-4
Wed
3/27
COL COL
@
ARI ARI
1-16
Wed
3/27
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
1-0
Wed
3/27
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
3/29
MIL MIL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Fri
3/29
ATL ATL
@
PHI PHI
3:05 PM
Fri
3/29
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Fri
3/29
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
3/29
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM