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								| MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEXAS RANGERS AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS 07/30/2046 |  |  
								
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					| MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL |  
					| TEXAS RANGERS AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS |  
					| GAME ID: 2135 - MONDAY, JULY 30TH , 2046 - GAME LOG |  
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								| Texas Rangers (64-39) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 |  
								| Oakland Athletics (48-57) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | X | 5 | 6 | 1 |  |  |  |  | 
	
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					| Athletics Prevail, 5-3, Over Texas |  
					| The Oakland Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers, 5-3, at O.co Coliseum today. Leading the charge for Oakland was first baseman Jason May. He went 1-3 with a home run and a walk. He scored 2 times and drove in 3. Oakland pitcher Nick Kirk got the win. He's now 3-3. Gavin Nelson was tagged with the loss. Taek-gyun Kym locked down his 1st save. 
 May had a timely hit for Oakland in the bottom of the sixth. With Texas trailing 2-0, he turned a 2-2 fastball into a 3-run  home run. It was his 18th home run of the season, making it 3-2, Oakland.
 
 "We'll take some time to unwind," said May, "and then get after it again."
 
 The Athletics saw their win-loss record go to 48-57. At the same time, the Rangers fell to 64-39.
 
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					| TEXAS BATTING LINESCORE |  | OAKLAND BATTING LINESCORE |  | 
	
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								| a - A. de Vries pinch hit for C. Flowers in the 9th 
 BATTING
 Doubles: 
B. Kaiser
 (17, 4th Inning off N. Kirk, 0 on, 2 outs) 
, 
J. Tsuda
 (23, 9th Inning off T. Kym, 1 on, 2 outs)
 Total Bases: 
J. Tsuda
 3
, 
B. Ayala
 2
, 
M. Lester
, 
C. Schumacher
 2
, 
B. Kaiser
 2
, 
A. Bowman
 2-out RBI: 
A. Bowman
 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: 
B. Ayala
, 
M. Lester
, 
R. Llewellyn
 2
, 
A. Bowman
, 
C. Flowers
 GIDP: 
B. Ayala
, 
B. Kaiser
 Sac Fly: 
B. Kaiser
 Hit by Pitch: 
R. Llewellyn
 Team LOB: 
9
 
 BASERUNNING
 SB: 
B. Ayala
 (1)
, 
C. Schumacher
 (10)
, 
A. Bowman
 (25)
 
 FIELDING
 Errors: 
C. Flowers
 (2)
 OF assists: 
1 (Schumacher(Bernal at home))
 PB: 
R. Llewellyn
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								| BATTING Doubles: 
J. Bernal
 (7, 7th Inning off K. Curve, 1 on, 1 out)
 Home Runs: 
J. May
 (18, 6th Inning off G. Nelson, 2 on, 1 out)
 Total Bases: 
Q. Bradford
, 
G. Hash
 2
, 
J. May
 4
, 
R. Langlois
, 
J. Bernal
 2
 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: 
S. Kasahara
, 
R. Langlois
, 
J. Bernal
 Sac Bunt: 
S. Kubo
 Hit by Pitch: 
M. Kawachi
, 
S. Kubo
 Team LOB: 
6
 
 BASERUNNING
 SB: 
G. Hash
 (8)
 CS: 
R. Langlois
 (4)
 
 FIELDING
 Errors: 
M. Blair
 (16)
 Double Plays: 
2 (Hash-Langlois-May, Langlois-Bradford-May)
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					| TEXAS PITCHING LINESCORE |  | OAKLAND PITCHING LINESCORE |  | 
	
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		| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA |  
	| G. Nelson L (0-2) | 6.1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 97 | 2.92 |  
	| K. Curve | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1.62 |  
	| M. Webb | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2.35 |  |  | 
	
		| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA |  
	| N. Kirk W (3-3) | 7.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 101 | 4.59 |  
	| K. Endsley H (1) | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3.35 |  
	| T. Kym SV (1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6.37 |  |  | 
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		| GAME NOTES | 
	
		| Player of the Game: 
Jason May Ballpark: 
O.co Coliseum
 Weather: 
Clear skies (70 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 6 mph
 Start Time: 
7:07 PM PT
 Time: 
3:27
 Attendance: 
30423
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