Texas 11, Oakland 4
Preview - Box Score - Recap

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  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Texas 1 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 11 15 1
Oakland 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 8 2
WP: W. Eyre (3-3) S: R. Mahay (1)
LP: C. Gaudin (8-5)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Texas
- M. Young doubled to deep right center, K. Lofton scored
Bot 4th: Oakland
- K. Suzuki hit sacrifice fly to left, M. Kotsay scored
Top 5th: Texas
- J. Hairston Jr. scored, K. Lofton to third, M. Young to second on wild pitch
- S. Sosa hit sacrifice fly to right, K. Lofton scored
Bot 5th: Oakland
- J. Cust homered to deep left center, S. Stewart scored
Top 6th: Texas
- R. Vazquez tripled to deep right, G. Laird scored
- J. Hairston Jr. hit sacrifice fly to right, R. Vazquez scored
Bot 6th: Oakland
- J. Cust hit sacrifice fly to deep right, M. Scutaro scored, K. Suzuki to third
Top 7th: Texas
- G. Laird singled to shortstop, M. Byrd scored, F. Catalanotto to second
- R. Vazquez reached on fielder's choice, F. Catalanotto to third, G. Laird to second, F. Catalanotto and G. Laird scored, R. Vazquez to second on J. Kennedy's throwing error
- M. Young singled to center, R. Vazquez scored
- M. Byrd reached on fielder's choice, M. Young scored, M. Teixeira to third, S. Sosa to second on B. Crosby's fielding error
Top 8th: Texas
- M. Young singled to center, J. Hairston Jr. scored, K. Lofton to second
 Texas
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
K. Lofton cf 5 2 3 0 1 0 1 .309
M. Young ss 5 1 5 3 1 0 0 .290
M. Teixeira 1b 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 .305
    B. Wilkerson pr-1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216
S. Sosa dh 4 0 0 1 1 2 10 .243
M. Byrd rf 6 1 1 0 0 0 4 .361
F. Catalanotto lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .227
    D. Relaford ph-2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .176
G. Laird c 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 .228
R. Vazquez 3b 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 .248
J. Hairston Jr. 2b-lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .215
 Totals 40 11 15 7 8 4 20  
 Batting
2B - M Young 2 (25, C Gaudin 2).
3B - K Lofton (3, C Gaudin); R Vazquez (2, C Gaudin).
S - R Vazquez.
SF - S Sosa , J Hairston Jr.
RBI - M Young 3 (54), S Sosa (64), R Vazquez (15), J Hairston Jr (13), G Laird (29).
2-out RBI - M Young 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Byrd 1, D Relaford 2, S Sosa 4.
GIDP - M Byrd.
Team LOB - 14.
 Base Running
SB - M Byrd (1, 2nd base off A Brown/K Suzuki).
 
 Fielding
E - R Vazquez (5, throw).
DP - 1 (M Teixeira-M Young-R Tejeda).
 Oakland
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
T. Buck rf-cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 4 .277
S. Stewart lf 4 1 2 0 1 1 3 .304
J. Cust dh 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 .262
D. Johnson 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 .252
B. Crosby ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 .223
M. Kotsay cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .225
    B. Kielty rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194
M. Ellis 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .261
M. Scutaro 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .244
K. Suzuki c 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 .226
 Totals 33 4 8 4 7 5 21  
 Batting
2B - S Stewart (12, R Mahay).
HR - J Cust (16, 5th inning off R Tejeda 1 on, 0 Out).
SF - J Cust , K Suzuki.
RBI - K Suzuki (5), J Cust 3 (45).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Ellis 1, J Cust 1, D Johnson 3, T Buck 1.
GIDP - D Johnson.
Team LOB - 11.
 Fielding
E - J Kennedy (4, throw); B Crosby (14, ground ball).
PB - K Suzuki.
DP - 1 (B Crosby-M Ellis-D Johnson).
 Texas
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
R. Tejeda 4.1 4 3 3 6 2 1 6.68
W. Eyre (W, 3-3) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 3.78
C.J. Wilson (H, 11) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.81
R. Mahay (S, 1) 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2.12
 Oakland
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
C. Gaudin (L, 8-5) 6.0 8 5 5 6 4 0 3.39
A. Brown 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 10.12
J. Kennedy 0.2 1 2 1 2 0 0 4.60
J. Marshall 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 5.87
S. Komine 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.70
WP - C Gaudin.
IBB - M Teixeira 2 (by C Gaudin).
HBP - M Teixeira (by J Marshall).
Pitches-strikes - R Tejeda 93-51; W Eyre 16-8; C Wilson 17-10; R Mahay 27-18; C Gaudin 109-58; A Brown 7-6; J Kennedy 27-13; J Marshall 22-15; S Komine 13-8.
Ground balls-fly balls - R Tejeda 3-8; W Eyre 2-0; C Wilson 0-2; R Mahay 3-4; C Gaudin 9-5; A Brown 0-0; J Kennedy 4-0; J Marshall 3-0; S Komine 1-3.
Batters faced - R Tejeda 23; W Eyre 4; C Wilson 4; R Mahay 11; C Gaudin 31; A Brown 3; J Kennedy 7; J Marshall 7; S Komine 4.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Ed Montague. 1B--Chris Guccione. 2B--Bill Miller. 3B--Marvin Hudson.
Time: 3:27.
Attendance: 20,209.
Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 15 mph, out to right.

Updated on Wednesday, Jul 18, 2007 2:06 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Texas
M. Young M. Young
5-5
3 RBI
 Oakland
J. Cust J. Cust
1-2, 1 HR
3 RBI