Oakland vs Texas Recap - Rangers Over Athletics 8-1

Oakland vs Texas Recap - Rangers Over Athletics 8-1

Oakland pitchers gave up 2 home runs to Adrian Beltre and it cost them dearly in an 8-1 loss on Sunday at Rangers Ballpark.

The Rangers were a -255 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 9.5.

C.J. Wilson earned the victory for the Rangers, throwing 8 innings of work, striking out 11, walking 1, and allowing 5 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 3 RBIs from Adrian Beltre in the win.

Oakland's starting pitcher Joshua Outman worked 4 2/3 innings, giving up 8 hits and 4 earned runs while striking out 2 in the loss. They got 2 hits from Cliff Pennington in a losing cause.

The battle of the bats favored Texas as they had 16 hits, while Oakland only had 6.

Next game, Texas takes its act home to face Cleveland looking for another win. For Oakland, they head home to face Los Angeles.

 

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Teams
Line
Votes
Score
Votes
LA Angels
Kansas City
+105
-115
46.4%
53.6%
LAA 5
KC 4
59.6%
40.4%
Joe Blanton (R)
Ervin Santana (R)
Final
o/u: 8.5
 
Philadelphia
Washington
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kyle Kendrick (R)
Jordan Zimmermann (R)
May 24@
7:05 PM
 
Baltimore
Toronto
-112
+107
 
 
9.5o
9.5u
 
 
Chris Tillman (R)
Chad Jenkins (R)
May 24@
7:07 PM
 
Minnesota
Detroit
+202
-212
 
 
9o
9u
 
 
Samuel Deduno (R)
Anibal Sanchez (R)
May 24@
7:08 PM
 
Cleveland
Boston
+109
-114
 
 
9o
9u
 
 
Justin Masterson (R)
John Lackey (R)
May 24@
7:10 PM
 
NY Yankees
Tampa Bay
+105
-110
 
 
8.5o
8.5u
 
 
David Phelps (R)
Fausto Carmona (R)
May 24@
7:10 PM
 
Chi Cubs
Cincinnati
+135
-140
 
 
8o
8u
 
 
Scott Feldman (R)
Bronson Arroyo (R)
May 24@
7:10 PM
 
Atlanta
NY Mets
-164
+158
 
 
7.5o
7.5u
 
 
Kris Medlen (R)
Jeremy Hefner (R)
May 24@
7:10 PM
 
Oakland
Houston
-149
+144
 
 
8.5o
8.5u
 
 
Tom Milone (L)
Erik Bedard (L)
May 24@
8:10 PM
 
LA Angels
Kansas City
-113
+108
 
 
9o
9u
 
 
Jason Vargas (L)
Luis Mendoza (R)
May 24@
8:10 PM
 
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
+103
-108
 
 
8o
8u
 
 
AJ Burnett (R)
Marco Estrada (R)
May 24@
8:10 PM
 
Miami
Chi White Sox
+169
-176
 
 
8o
8u
 
 
Tom Koehler (R)
John Danks (L)
May 24@
8:10 PM
 
San Diego
Arizona
+128
-133
 
 
8.5o
8.5u
 
 
Eric Stults (L)
Brandon McCarthy (R)
May 24@
9:40 PM
 
Texas
Seattle
-125
+120
 
 
8o
8u
 
 
Justin Grimm (R)
Joe Saunders (L)
May 24@
10:10 PM
 
St. Louis
LA Dodgers
-114
+109
 
 
7.5o
7.5u
 
 
Lance Lynn (R)
Chris Capuano (L)
May 24@
10:10 PM
 
Colorado
San Francisco
+149
-154
 
 
7.5o
7.5u
 
 
Tyler Chatwood (R)
Tim Lincecum (R)
May 24@
10:15 PM
 
Baltimore
Toronto
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Freddy Garcia (R)
R.A. Dickey (R)
May 25@
1:07 PM
 
Cleveland
Boston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scott Kazmir (L)
Jon Lester (L)
May 25@
1:35 PM
 
LA Angels
Kansas City
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pitcher TBA ()
Jeremy Guthrie (R)
May 25@
2:10 PM
 
Colorado
San Francisco
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Juan Nicasio (R)
Barry Zito (L)
May 25@
4:05 PM
 
Minnesota
Detroit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kevin Correia (R)
Doug Fister (R)
May 25@
4:08 PM
 
NY Yankees
Tampa Bay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vidal Nuno (L)
Matt Moore (L)
May 25@
4:10 PM
 
Chi Cubs
Cincinnati
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Travis Wood (L)
Homer Bailey (R)
May 25@
4:10 PM
 
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeff Locke (L)
Michael Fiers (R)
May 25@
4:10 PM
 
Oakland
Houston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AJ Griffin (R)
Lucas Harrell (R)
May 25@
7:15 PM
 
Philadelphia
Washington
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jonathan Pettibone (R)
Dan Haren (R)
May 25@
7:15 PM
 
St. Louis
LA Dodgers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Gast (L)
Ted Lilly (L)
May 25@
7:15 PM
 
Atlanta
NY Mets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mike Minor (L)
Dillon Gee (R)
May 25@
7:15 PM
 
Miami
Chi White Sox
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ricky Nolasco (R)
Jake Peavy (R)
May 25@
7:15 PM
 

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