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Texas rout is sweeping success
Alfonso Soriano, Mark Teixeira and Richard Hidalgo all homered as the Rangers completed the three-game sweep of the A's. It was Texas' first sweep in Oakland since 2001.
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• Notes: Bats due to get on a roll
 
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Alfonso Soriano (right) is congratulated by Hank Blalock after his two-run homer. (Ben Margot/AP)
Cruising entering the fourth inning with a 3-0 lead, Dan Haren saw it unravel as the righty was touched for seven runs and the A's were unable to avoid the sweep at the hands of Texas.
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• A's notes: Beane relying on history
 
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TEX
Texas (18-16)
Won 1
Texas 16, Oakland 7   OAK
Oakland (14-19)
Lost 4
May 4, 2005
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
Texas
0 0 0 7 1 2 0 6 0   16 18 0
Oakland
1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0   7 10 0
Standings through 5/4/05  |  Gameday  |  Rangers Stats  |  Athletics Stats
TexasABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Dellucci, DH3111312.288
Young, M, SS6121013.262
Teixeira, 1B4322102.264
Blalock, 3B6231011.261
Soriano, 2B6333015.268
DeRosa, 2B0000000.125
Nix, CF5231110.346
Hidalgo, RF5224123.181
Matthews, LF6110026.225
Alomar, C4112111.348
Totals4516181571023 

BATTING
2B: Soriano (10, Street).
HR: Soriano (6, 4th inning off Haren, 1 on, 0 out), Teixeira (8, 4th inning off Haren, 1 on, 2 out), Hidalgo (3, 8th inning off Calero, 2 on, 1 out).
TB: Dellucci; Young, M 2; Teixeira 5; Blalock 3; Soriano 7; Nix 3; Hidalgo 5; Matthews; Alomar.
RBI: Soriano 3 (15), Alomar 2 (6), Dellucci (14), Young, M (17), Teixeira 2 (19), Hidalgo 4 (14), Nix (9), Blalock (15).
2-out RBI: Dellucci; Young, M; Teixeira 2; Alomar; Soriano; Hidalgo; Blalock.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Teixeira; Dellucci; Matthews; Soriano 2.
GIDP: Young, M.
Team LOB: 10.

FIELDING
PB: Alomar (1).

 
OaklandABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Kendall, C4110104.240
Clark, 2B0000000.000
Ellis, SS4000104.284
Chavez, 3B4101123.202
Scutaro, 3B0000000.262
Durazo, DH3212210.258
Kielty, RF4220110.265
Hatteberg, 1B5124002.265
Ginter, 2B4010101.184
Melhuse, C0000000.083
Byrnes, LF3020011.197
Thomas, CF3010114.097
Totals3471078619 

BATTING
2B: Kendall (4, Park), Kielty (1, Riley).
HR: Hatteberg (2, 3rd inning off Park, 1 on, 1 out), Durazo (4, 4th inning off Park, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Kendall 2; Durazo 4; Kielty 3; Hatteberg 5; Ginter; Byrnes 2; Thomas.
RBI: Chavez (10), Hatteberg 4 (11), Durazo 2 (14).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hatteberg; Chavez 2; Ellis 2; Thomas; Kendall.
Team LOB: 12.

BASERUNNING
SB: Durazo (1, 2nd base off Park/Alomar).

FIELDING
DP: (Ellis-Ginter-Hatteberg).

 
TexasIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Park 3.28556324.76
Riley 1.11221009.95
Brocail 1.11001105.40
Shouse (W, 2-1)1.20000202.38
Benoit 0.00000000.00
 
OaklandIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Haren (L, 1-4)3.27772425.50
Yabu 1.03110101.46
Rincon 1.01110005.14
Street 1.12112103.00
Calero 0.14551115.19
Cruz 1.21112309.31

Riley pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

WP: Haren, Cruz 2.
IBB: Nix (by Street).
HBP: Byrnes (by Park), Teixeira (by Cruz).
Pitches-strikes: Park 103-52, Riley 29-14, Brocail 26-12, Shouse 13-10, Benoit 0-0, Haren 81-48, Yabu 24-14, Rincon 13-8, Street 21-11, Calero 24-14, Cruz 33-18.
Ground outs-fly outs: Park 5-3, Riley 2-2, Brocail 1-2, Shouse 3-0, Benoit 0-0, Haren 5-3, Yabu 1-1, Rincon 1-2, Street 3-0, Calero 0-0, Cruz 1-1.
Batters faced: Park 26, Riley 6, Brocail 6, Shouse 5, Benoit 0, Haren 21, Yabu 6, Rincon 4, Street 7, Calero 6, Cruz 9.
Inherited runners-scored: Riley 2-0, Brocail 2-2, Rincon 2-0, Street 1-1, Cruz 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Jeff Nelson. 1B: Bill Miller. 2B: Joe Brinkman. 3B: Derryl Cousins.
Weather: 64 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 6 mph, In from LF.
T: 3:31 (:30 delay, Rain).
Att: 15,654.

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