Buck, Crosby provide spark By Ken Daley / Special to MLB.com
Rookie outfielder Travis Buck celebrated his coming out party in a big way on Friday, hitting his first Major League home run to go with a three-run double to lead the A's to a thrashing of the Texas Rangers. Buck went 2-3 with three walks and five RBIs and A's starter Joe Blanton cruised in the victory.
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Athletics 16, Rangers 4
Bobby Crosby started the scoring with a two-run double in an eight-run second inning. (Matt Slocum/AP)
McCarthy roughed up By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
Four starts into the season, and things haven't turned out the way Brandon McCarthy and the Texas Rangers thought they would when the right-hander was acquired this offseason. McCarthy threw 43 pitches in one-plus innings on Friday, allowing six runs on four hits and two walks in the Oakland win.
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TODAY'S WRAPS: April 20, 2007
Oakland 16, Texas 4
Today's Boxes 4/20/07
STL 2, CHC 1
CWS 5, DET 4
BOS 7, NYY 6
BAL 5, TOR 4
WSH 6, FLA 5
ATL 7, NYM 3
CLE 4, TB 3
CIN 2, PHI 1
HOU 6, MIL 5
KC 11, MIN 7
SD 11, COL 1
LAA 8, SEA 4
SF 4, ARI 2
LAD 10, PIT 2
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Standings thru 4/20/07 | Gameday | Athletics Stats | Rangers Stats
Oakland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Stewart , LF4 2 2 4 2 0 0 .226
Swisher , 1B5 2 1 1 1 1 3 .236
Chavez , 3B5 0 0 1 0 0 5 .266
a-Melhuse , PH-3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Piazza , DH6 0 0 0 0 3 3 .242
Bradley , CF1 3 1 0 4 0 0 .281
1-Kielty , PR-CF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .150
Buck , RF3 2 2 5 3 1 1 .282
Crosby , SS4 2 3 2 1 0 2 .234
Scutaro , SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .120
Kendall , C3 2 1 0 1 0 3 .183
Ellis , 2B5 2 3 3 0 0 3 .244
Totals 39 16 13 16 12 5 21
BATTING 2B : Crosby 2 (3, McCarthy, Chen), Ellis 2 (4, McCarthy, Benoit), Buck (4, Chen).HR : Buck (1, 4th inning off Chen, 1 on, 2 out), Stewart (1, 8th inning off Benoit, 2 on, 2 out), Swisher (2, 8th inning off Benoit, 0 on, 2 out).TB : Stewart 5; Swisher 4; Bradley; Buck 6; Crosby 5; Kendall; Ellis 5.RBI : Crosby 2 (6), Ellis 3 (12), Stewart 4 (5), Chavez (9), Buck 5 (7), Swisher (6).2-out RBI : Buck 5; Ellis 2; Stewart 3; Swisher.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Kendall 2; Ellis 2.GIDP : Chavez.Team LOB : 9.FIELDING DP : (Crosby-Ellis-Swisher).
Texas AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Lofton , CF5 1 3 1 0 0 1 .254
Catalanotto , LF3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .154
a-Kata , PH-LF-1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .214
Young , SS4 0 1 2 0 2 1 .185
Teixeira , 1B4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .214
Hairston , LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Sosa , DH4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .204
Blalock , 3B3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .236
Kinsler , 2B4 2 2 0 0 0 1 .333
Cruz , RF4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .211
Laird , C4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .119
Totals 36 4 10 4 1 8 13
BATTING 2B : Lofton (3, Blanton), Kinsler 2 (3, Blanton, DiNardo), Young (4, Blanton), Cruz (1, DiNardo).TB : Lofton 4; Catalanotto; Young 2; Teixeira 2; Kinsler 4; Cruz 2.RBI : Lofton (6), Young 2 (12), Cruz (5).2-out RBI : Lofton; Young 2.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Sosa; Teixeira; Lofton.GIDP : Kinsler.Team LOB : 6.FIELDING DP : (Young-Kinsler-Teixeira).
IBB : Bradley (by Chen).HBP : Kendall (by McCarthy).Pitches-strikes : Blanton 94-64, Calero 8-5, Marshall 4-2, Witasick 11-8, DiNardo 19-10, McCarthy 43-23, Chen 86-49, Feldman 30-12, Mahay 18-10, Benoit 34-20, Otsuka 11-5.Ground outs-fly outs : Blanton 9-2, Calero 1-1, Marshall 0-1, Witasick 2-0, DiNardo 3-0, McCarthy 0-2, Chen 5-5, Feldman 1-1, Mahay 2-1, Benoit 1-1, Otsuka 2-1.Batters faced : Blanton 25, Calero 3, Marshall 1, Witasick 3, DiNardo 5, McCarthy 10, Chen 20, Feldman 6, Mahay 3, Benoit 9, Otsuka 4.Inherited runners-scored : Marshall 1-0, Chen 2-2.Umpires : HP: Brian Gorman. 1B: Tom Hallion. 2B: Gerry Davis. 3B: Paul Nauert.Weather : 76 degrees, partly cloudy.Wind : 16 mph, In from RF.T : 3:03.Att : 29,782.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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