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DiNardo, Athletics aim for four-game sweep of Rangers

Sep 16, 2007 - 1:52 PM Texas (69-79) at Oakland (74-76) 4:05 pm EDT

OAKLAND, California (Ticker) - The Oakland Athletics look to complete a four-game sweep of the Texas Rangers on Sunday.

Oakland never has swept a four-game set from Texas.

Behind an excellent pitching performance by Joe Blanton, Oakland posted a 7-3 win on Saturday.

Trying for the sweep, the A's turn to Lenny DiNardo (8-9, 3.87 ERA), who is 0-3 in his last four starts. Prior to his struggles, the lefthander went 5-0 in his previous seven outings.

The Rangers, who have lost five straight, counter with Vicente Padilla (6-9, 5.70), who has won his last three decisions. The righthander, who has given up just seven runs in his last four starts, has yielded just one in the three wins.

Oakland needs to win eight of its final 12 games to finish with a winning record for the ninth straight season.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TEXAS 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 11 9 1
    OAKLAND 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 12 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: TEX - VICENTE PADILLA, JAMEY WRIGHT (1ST), MIKE WOOD (3RD), JOHN
    RHEINECKER (5TH), C.J. WILSON (8TH), JOAQUIN BENOIT (8TH) AND
    JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA, GUILLERMO QUIR

    Sep 16 8:42 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MARK ELLIS SCORED DARIC BARTON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M ELLIS ON FIRST, J CUST ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 11
    OAKLAND 9 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: D JOHNSON (.237, 1-FOR-4, RBI)

    Rangers vs. AthleticsSep 16 8:10 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    GRAND SLAM BY MICHAEL YOUNG (8) TO CENTER WITH 1 OUT IN THE
    8TH OFF ANDREW BROWN SCORED FREDDY GUZMAN, FRANK CATALANOTTO AND BRAD
    WILKERSON.
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 11, OAKLAND 8
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: S SOSA (.254, 1-FOR-4, 2 RBI)

    Rangers vs. AthleticsSep 16 7:40 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY KURT SUZUKI SCORED JACK HANNAHAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K SUZUKI ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 7
    OAKLAND 8 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: J DAVANON (.226, 1-FOR-2, RBI)

    Rangers vs. AthleticsSep 16 6:23 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MICHAEL YOUNG SCORED BRAD WILKERSON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M YOUNG ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 7
    OAKLAND 7 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: S SOSA (.256, 1-FOR-2, 2 RBI)

    Rangers vs. AthleticsSep 16 5:48 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY DARIC BARTON SCORED KURT SUZUKI.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, J DAVANON ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 6
    OAKLAND 7 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: K THOMPSON (.167, 0-FOR-1)

    Rangers vs. AthleticsSep 16 5:39 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JEFF DAVANON SCORED JACK HANNAHAN.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, J DAVANON ON FIRST, K SUZUKI ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 6
    OAKLAND 6 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: D BARTON (.357, 1-FOR-2)

    Rangers vs. AthleticsSep 16 5:37 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY KURT SUZUKI SCORED DAN JOHNSON.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, K SUZUKI ON SECOND, J HANNAHAN ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 6
    OAKLAND 5 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: J DAVANON (.212, 0-FOR-1)

    Rangers vs. AthleticsSep 16 5:33 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MARK ELLIS (18) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 3RD OFF JAMEY WRIGHT SCORED JACK CUST.
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 6, OAKLAND 4
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: D JOHNSON (.236, 0-FOR-1, RBI)

    Rangers vs. AthleticsSep 16 5:26 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SAMMY SOSA SCORED BRAD WILKERSON AND MICHAEL
    YOUNG.
    SITUATION: 6 RUNS IN, S SOSA ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 6
    OAKLAND 2 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: M BYRD (.306, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Rangers vs. AthleticsSep 16 5:01 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MICHAEL YOUNG SCORED TRAVIS METCALF AND IAN
    KINSLER.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, B WILKERSON ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 4
    OAKLAND 2 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: S SOSA (.254, 0-FOR-1)

    Rangers vs. AthleticsSep 16 4:59 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO BRAD WILKERSON SCORED JASON BOTTS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B WILKERSON ON FIRST, I KINSLER ON SECOND, T
    METCALF ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 2
    OAKLAND 2 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: M YOUNG (.310, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Rangers vs. AthleticsSep 16 4:55 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY NELSON CRUZ SCORED MARLON BYRD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BOTTS ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 1
    OAKLAND 2 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: J SALTALAMACCHIA (.241, 7 HR, 18 RBI)

    Rangers vs. AthleticsSep 16 4:49 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    FIELDER'S CHOICE BY DAN JOHNSON SCORED DARIC BARTON. ERROR
    BY MICHAEL YOUNG ALLOWED KEVIN THOMPSON TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D JOHNSON ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 0
    OAKLAND 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M SCUTARO (.261, 7 HR, 41 RBI)

    Rangers vs. AthleticsSep 16 4:41 PM

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