OAK 2, TEX 8 | Mar 10, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, March 10, 2018•Surprise Stadium•73°F, Cloudy

OAK

Athletics

TEX

Rangers

Final

WIN

Mike Minor

LOSS

Paul Blackburn

The Rangers cruised past the Athletics 8-2 in a dominant performance.

★Elvis Andrus3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 1: Elvis Andrus homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Rougned Odor scores.

Weather: 73°F, CloudyWind: 1 mph, VariesFirst pitch: 8:05 PM UTCT: 2:30Att: 5,937Venue: Surprise Stadium

Win Probability

TEX WinOAK Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	5	1
TEX	2	0	0	0	5	1	0

Game 534030 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Oakland Athletics

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Nick AllenSS	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200/.333/.200
Kevin Merrell2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.444/.444/1.000
Lazaro ArmenterosLF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Santiago ChávezPH	0	0	0	0	1	0	.600/.667/.600
Slade Heathcott1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.357/.476/.429
Ramón LaureanoCF	2	0	1	0	0	1	.318/.375/.364
BJ BoydPH	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200/.286/.800
Beau TaylorPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500/.556/.625
Nick MartiniRF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.357/.500/.500
Bench
Jorge MateoSS	3	1	0	0	0	0	.167/.167/.167
Franklin Barreto2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.286/.344/.679
Chad PinderLF
Totals	32	2	5	2	3	7	-

HR:Smolinski (5th off Jepsen, 0 on, 1 out)

2B:Powell

TB:9

RBI:Pinder; Smolinski

GIDP:Chapman

Team LOB:6

Texas Rangers

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Darwin Barney2B	1	1	1	0	0	0	.250/.286/.400
Hanser AlbertoSS	1	1

Pitching

Oakland Athletics

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Paul BlackburnL	3.0	2	2	2	2	2	1	23-15	5.40
Eric Jokisch	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-5	1.93
Daniel Mengden	4.0	7	6	6	1	4	0	32-27	10.80
Totals	8.0	9	8	8	3	7	1	60-47	-

Pitches-strikes:Blackburn 23-15; Jokisch 5-5; Mengden 32-27

Groundouts-flyouts:Blackburn 4-3; Jokisch 2-0; Mengden 3-5

Texas Rangers

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Mike MinorW	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	17-17	2.84

Scoring Plays

Bot 1 • TEX

0-2

Elvis Andrus homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Rougned Odor scores.

Top 5 • OAK

1-2

Jake Smolinski homers (1) on a fly ball to center field.

Bot 5 • TEX

1-3

Rougned Odor grounds out to first baseman Mark Canha. Juan Centeno scores. Carlos Tocci to 3rd.

1-4

Elvis Andrus singles on a line drive to left fielder Chad Pinder. Carlos Tocci scores.

1-6

Joey Gallo singles on a soft fly ball to center fielder Jake Smolinski. Hanser Alberto scores. Scott Heineman scores. Christian Lopes to 3rd.

1-7

Ryan Rua out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Smolinski. Christian Lopes scores.

Top 6 • OAK

2-7

Chad Pinder singles on a line drive to right fielder Scott Heineman. Jorge Mateo scores. Franklin Barreto to 2nd.

Bot 6 • TEX

2-8

Hanser Alberto doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Lazaro Armenteros. Darwin Barney scores.

Pitches-strikes:Minor 17-17; Jepsen 10-7; Barnette 5-5; Martin 7-7; Gardewine 7-3; Garrett 16-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Minor 3-7; Jepsen 0-2; Barnette 3-0; Martin 0-1; Gardewine 1-2; Garrett 1-0

Bench
Rougned Odor2B	3	1	1	1	0	1	.167/.310/.250
Elvis AndrusSS	2	1	2	3	1	0	.500/.571/.750
Nomar MazaraRF	3	0	1	0	0	0	.269/.269/.346
Adrian Beltré3B	2	0	0	0	1	1	.375/.444/.500
Joey Gallo1B	2	0	1	2	1	1	.238/.360/.571
Ryan RuaDH	2	0	0	1	0	0	.207/.265/.517
Juan CentenoC	2	1	1	0	0	0	.333/.385/.667
Mike MinorP							.000/.000/.000
Kevin JepsenP							.000/.000/.000
Tony BarnetteP							.000/.000/.000
Chris MartinP							.000/.000/.000
Nick GardewineP							.000/.000/.000
Reed GarrettP							.000/.000/.000