OAK 9, TEX 2 | Aug 30, 2024 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, August 31, 2024•Globe Life Field•74°F, Roof Closed

OAK

Athletics

TEX

Rangers

Final

WIN

JP Sears

LOSS

Jon Gray

The Athletics cruised past the Rangers 9-2 in a dominant performance.

★Brent Rooker2 HR, 2 RBI

★JJ Bleday4 RBI

⚾JP Sears7.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 K

Key Moment

Top 7: Brent Rooker homers (33) on a fly ball to left center field.

Weather: 74°F, Roof ClosedWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 12:05 AM UTCT: 2:38Att: 28,111Venue: Globe Life Field

Ump Audit

Shane Livensparger

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94.7%B

8 missed calls

+13.4% TEX

+0.70 runs TEX

Win Probability

TEX WinOAK Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	9	11	1
TEX	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Game 744969 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Oakland Athletics

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Lawrence ButlerRF	5	1	1	1	0	1	.254/.311/.502	105.4	.481	.696
Brent RookerDH	4	3	2	2	1	0	.287/.366/.575	104.4	.371	.703
JJ BledayCF	5	2	2	4	0	2	.251/.330/.468	105.9	.349	.494
Shea LangeliersC	5	1	2	2	0	0	.223/.288/.446	109.9	.397	.617
Seth Brown1B	5	0	2	0	0	0	.234/.297/.390	104.6	.352	.416
Daz CameronLF	5	0	1	0	0	1	.195/.266/.352	106	.258	.243
Zack Gelof2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.203/.268/.366	84.8	.009	.010
Max Schuemann3B	3	1	0	0	0	2	.232/.325/.326	80.4	.003	.002
Jacob WilsonSS	3	1	1	0	1	0	.300/.385/.300	93.2	.342	.330
Bench
JP SearsP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Michel OtañezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	39	9	11	9	2	8	-	-	-	-

HR:Rooker (1st off Gray, 0 on, 1 out); Bleday (3rd off Gray, 2 on, 2 out); Rooker (7th off Dunning, 0 on, 2 out); Langeliers (9th off Dunning, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Butler; Bleday

TB:25

RBI:Butler; Rooker 2; Langeliers 2; Bleday 4

SB:Schuemann

Team LOB:6

Texas Rangers

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Marcus Semien2B	4	0	0	0	1	0	.238/.310/.391	103.7	.211

Pitching

Oakland Athletics

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
JP SearsW	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	97-61	86.6	4.21
Michel Otañez	1.0	2	1	0	0	2	0	18-13	91.4	4.56
Ross Stripling	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16-8	89.1	5.31
Totals	9.0	7	2	1	3	6	1	131-82	-	-

WP:Otañez

Pitches-strikes:Sears 97-61; Otañez 18-13; Stripling 16-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Sears 10-7; Otañez 0-1; Stripling 3-0

Texas Rangers

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jon GrayL	4.2	3	4	4	2	5	2	72-46	89.8	4.47

Game Notes

📺

T6Replay review: Rangers challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was upheld: Seth Brown singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Josh Jung. Shea Langeliers to 2nd.

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B8Wild pitch by Michel Otañez

Top 1 • OAK

1-0

Brent Rooker homers (32) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 103.6 mph💣 416 ftLA: 30°

Bot 2 • TEX

1-1

Nathaniel Lowe homers (11) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 103.5 mph💣 406 ftLA: 28°

Top 3 • OAK

4-1

JJ Bleday homers (20) on a line drive to right center field. Jacob Wilson scores. Brent Rooker scores.

EV: 99.1 mph💣 369 ftLA: 25°

Top 7 • OAK

5-1

Brent Rooker homers (33) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 104.4 mph💣 397 ftLA: 35°

Bot 8 • TEX

5-2

Nathaniel Lowe singles on a ground ball to first baseman Seth Brown. Travis Jankowski scores. Throwing error by first baseman Seth Brown.

EV: 74.9 mph3 ftLA: -43°

Top 9 • OAK

9-2

Shea Langeliers homers (23) on a fly ball to center field. JJ Bleday scores.

EV: 109.9 mph💣 432 ftLA: 23°

7-2

JJ Bleday doubles (36) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Leody Taveras. Lawrence Butler scores.

EV: 105.9 mph339 ftLA: 16°

6-2

Lawrence Butler doubles (17) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Adolis García. Max Schuemann scores.

EV: 104.0 mph304 ftLA: 19°

HBP:Schuemann (by Dunning)

Inherited runners-scored:Pennington 1-0; Anderson 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Gray 72-46; Pennington 11-7; Anderson 14-8; Dunning 57-39

Groundouts-flyouts:Gray 4-6; Pennington 0-0; Anderson 0-1; Dunning 4-5

Bench
Robbie GrossmanDH	3	0	1	0	0	1	.229/.335/.326	103.3	.464	.466
Jon GrayP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Walter PenningtonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Grant AndersonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Dane DunningP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-