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	Bats struggle vs. Volquez

Rangers 5, Athletics 3

Dan Haren looks up at Frank Catalanotto's leadoff home run in the first. (Tony Gutierrez/AP)

Cust's sac fly

By Ken Daley / Special to MLB.com

The A's appeared to have the upper hand in the pitching matchup. But ace Dan Haren was done early, allowing five earned runs on 12 hits in only 4 2/3 innings, while the offense was shut out on two hits against Edinson Volquez. The A's finally broke through with two in the eighth, but it wasn't enough in Friday's loss.

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Series at a glance:

Fri. 09/07: TEX 5, OAK 3
Sat. 09/08: TEX 7, OAK 3
Sun. 09/09: TEX 12, OAK 9

Oakland (69-73)
Lost 1

Texas 5, Oakland 3

Texas (66-74)
Won 3

September 7, 2007

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	6	0
Texas	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	X	5	14	1

Standings thru 9/7/07 | Gameday | Athletics Stats | Rangers Stats

Oakland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Stewart, LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.283
Ellis, 2B	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	.264
Cust, RF	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	.263
Piazza, DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	.281
1-Murphy, PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244
Johnson, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.232
Swisher, CF	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.259
Scutaro, SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.263
Hannahan, 3B	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	.268
Suzuki, C	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.248
Totals	31	3	6	2	4	6	12
1-Ran for Piazza in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Swisher (32, Wilson). TB: Stewart; Ellis; Cust; Swisher 2; Scutaro; Hannahan. RBI: Cust (73), Hannahan (14). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Johnson 2; Piazza. SF: Cust; Hannahan. GIDP: Cust. Team LOB: 7. FIELDING Outfield assists: Swisher (Kinsler at 2nd base). DP: (Hannahan-Ellis-Johnson).

Texas	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Catalanotto, LF	4	2	3	3	0	0	1	.277
a-Sosa, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249
Cruz, RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212
Kinsler, 2B	5	0	3	0	0	1	2	.273
Young, SS	3	0	1	1	1	0	2	.308
Byrd, CF	4	0	3	0	1	0	1	.306
Wilkerson, RF-1B	4	0	1	0	1	1	5	.240
Laird, C	4	0	0	0	0	2	8	.219
Blalock, DH	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.284
Saltalamacchia, 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.271
Murphy, RF-LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.373
Vazquez, 3B	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	.241
Totals	36	5	14	5	4	8	21
a-Grounded out for Catalanotto in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Saltalamacchia (12, Haren), Vazquez (11, Haren). 3B: Catalanotto (4, Haren), Blalock (3, Haren). HR: Catalanotto (10, 1st inning off Haren, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Catalanotto 8; Kinsler 3; Young; Byrd 3; Wilkerson; Blalock 3; Saltalamacchia 2; Vazquez 2. RBI: Catalanotto 3 (40), Vazquez (26), Young (72). 2-out RBI: Young; Catalanotto. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Laird 4; Wilkerson. GIDP: Young. Team LOB: 12. BASERUNNING SB: Kinsler (19, 2nd base off Haren/Suzuki). FIELDING E: Young (13, fielding). DP: (Kinsler-Young-Saltalamacchia).

Oakland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Haren (L, 14-7)	4.2	12	5	5	3	7	1	3.03
Lugo	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	6.11
Braden	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.63
Brown, A	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.90

Texas	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Volquez (W, 2-0)	6.0	2	0	0	3	5	0	2.45
Rheinecker	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.48
Francisco	0.1	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.91
Wilson (H, 12)	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2.98
Benoit (S, 4)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55

HBP: Young (by Brown, A).
Pitches-strikes: Haren 100-57, Lugo 21-11, Braden 7-6, Brown, A 28-17, Volquez 87-52, Rheinecker 7-5, Francisco 19-10, Wilson 26-18, Benoit 7-7.
Ground outs-fly outs: Haren 5-2, Lugo 1-2, Braden 1-2, Brown, A 2-0, Volquez 6-7, Rheinecker 0-3, Francisco 0-1, Wilson 0-2, Benoit 0-2.
Batters faced: Haren 28, Lugo 5, Braden 3, Brown, A 5, Volquez 22, Rheinecker 3, Francisco 4, Wilson 6, Benoit 2.
Inherited runners-scored: Lugo 1-0, Wilson 3-2, Benoit 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Mark Carlson. 1B: Angel Hernandez. 2B: Ted Barrett. 3B: James Hoye.
Weather: 90 degrees, clear.
Wind: 10 mph, In from RF.
T: 3:01.
Att: 22,318.

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner

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