Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics, September 12, 2020 (Game 1)
September 12, 2020, 5:05 PM ET | Globe Life Field
Starting Pitchers
Oakland Athletics
Recorded starter
Texas Rangers
Recorded starter
Season Comparison
2020Oakland AthleticsTexas Rangers
.718
OPS.649
71
HR62
274
Runs224
3.77
ERA5.02
1.23
WHIP1.38
506
Strikeouts by pitchers489
Lower is better for ERA and WHIP; bars show each value against the larger of the two.
Top Performers
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Texas Rangers, MLBDB pick
Oakland Athletics, MLBDB pick
Texas Rangers, MLBDB pick
Box Score
Batting
Jonah Heim led Oakland Athletics with 2 hits and 1 RBI.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy La StellaDH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus SemienSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ramón LaureanoCF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Olson1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robbie GrossmanLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mark CanhaRF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vimael Machín3B/2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah HeimC | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Kemp2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad PinderPH/3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
5 players led Texas Rangers with 1 hit each.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leody TaverasCF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick SolakLF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joey GalloDH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rougned Odor2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Elvis AndrusSS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronald Guzmán1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Eli WhiteRF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff MathisC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Pitching
Jordan Weems went 3.0 innings for Oakland Athletics (5 SO, 0 ER); Wes Benjamin went 4.0 innings for Texas Rangers (4 SO, 2 ER).
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Athletics | |||||||
| Daulton Jefferies | 2.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jordan Weems | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lou Trivino III | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas Rangers | |||||||
| Nick Goody | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wes Benjamin | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Jonathan Hernández | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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- runs batted in
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- SO
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- HR
- home runs
- IP
- innings pitched
- ER
- earned runs
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