A's vs. Rangers Game Highlights (8/31/24) | MLB Highlights

The guy has had two months where he's hit 11 or more home runs pretty impressive to sustain the power that he's had. And he has today to try to break that record his personal record and get number 12 and the Rangers are going to need it this year in 2024 corey Seeger out of the lineup is devastating to the Rangers. So him being back in the lineup , there's now a major threat that Oakland has to contend with tonight. The starting pitcher, the left hander cody Bradford Cody four and two with a 331 earned run average cody making his 10th appearance and ninth start leading things off once again for Oakland their right fielder , Lawrence Butler, but he gets in the hot streaks. Boy, he could be a tough cookie bounces off the mound to Seeger at shortstop and Butler has retired on the second pitch of the ball game that brings up the designated hitter, Brent Rooker who swings from the right, so that's lifted to center field to v angling over toward right Garcia, offering some encouragement, no doubt, two. Gone here to the top of the first JJ, the batter, the swing and a miss, he elevated the fastball and strikes out to conclude this no hassle inning young Joey Estes 19th start of the season. We talked about how things have gone for Joey over his last two starts, the competitiveness. But really, I think you're starting to see refined. The command takes on Simeon Seger and smith here in the bottom half of the first innings sime to center field and JJ will track over to his left and make the catch Seger with 30 home runs this year. That's seventh most in the American League center field. JJ Bled coming in strong to make the catch. Two guys will stand in on the left side. 6712 homers and 51 driven in swing and a foul tip held on by langeliers and that inning is over 123 go. The Rangers, both starters exchanging three up and three down. It's on to the second and we have no score, nothing, nothing as we go to the second inning Shay langeliers to lead it off for Oakland. He swings and pops one up on the right side of the infield and Nathaniel Lowe is there and he'll squeeze it and there's one away. Here's Nevin but he got him swinging second strikeout for Bradford, a really good job of setting him up with the fastball , beat him up and Then you slow him down. So here's Daz Cameron strike three called fastball pain in the inside corner 123 inning for Cody Bradford with a couple of strikeouts. Here we go. Second inning go contest Lowe and Kelly grounded to Jacob Wilson. He'll gather and one out now, Nathaniel Lowe college teammate and Brett Rooker were together at Mississippi State. That one lined out to left field and drops in base hit the first base runner of the game for either team. And the Rangers have a man on with one out for Carson Kelly to right field. And after taking a step in Lawrence Butler move over just a little bit for the second out, brings up Jonah. Well, that ball's well struck deep out to right. It is gone. Got a two run blast by the Buffalo bomber Jonah. He and the Rangers strike first tonight every now and Then we'll see the short swing from that hitter. Any of these hitters that was such a short quick path to the baseball. He stayed through it pumped about that top of the order for Oakland here in the top of the fourth inning, Lawrence Butler steps up to the plate in the left hand delivers and the pitch that swing line drive to right field that well, going back for it is the right fielder Garcia and it is gone a home run for Lawrence Butler once again and for law, that's his 20th of the year, his 53rd RB I and the A's now trail 2 to 1 that ball got out here in a hurry, man. Is he a hot hitter? I'll say so. Does that how he's a line drive? That ball was scalded. Travis Jankowski leading it off for Texas here in the fifth inning. Rangers ahead two to one pitch to Jankowski, a breaking ball freeze him. He knew it got him on a slider and he is going to look at it and that is the third strikeout tonight for Joey. And here comes the, a swing and a miss finishes off to V back to back strikeouts for Joe and the slider working again it to win. It. See a chance to bat with somebody on base swing and a foul tip held on by langeliers got him on a slider. A nice inning for Joey Estes. One hit and nothing more with three strikeouts. Sixth inning still 2 to 1. Rangers, 60 pitches for Bradford through five innings. He's been super efficient Butler , one for two with a home run. The only run for the A's, they trailed two to one. Lawrence wastes no time swings in the first pitch to center field and it's getting off the glove of as he leaves Butler into second and now about another extra base knock for Lawrence Butler, Horse Brent Rooker in the exact same these two in tandem together and making up for a really nice 12 combo in the American League. Nice job by Lawrence Butler just serving it to right field and here comes Lawrence Butler Rooker to second Rooker with an opposite field hit and driving in another run for a tie game. And now swing and a miss a slider below the zone. He gets the chase and goes down for the second out of the inning and that brings up Shay langeliers two outs, the pitch swing and a miss gets the strikeout here on a change up in the zone. Seven strikeouts for Bradford through six innings. We're tied at two going to the bottom of the sixth. So one away garcia reaches on a fielder's choice and Then brings in Nathaniel, he's a sweeper swing and a miss and Lowe down on strikes, a half a dozen cases for Estes. Now, Carson to Kelly, the kick, the pitch swing and a miss the sweeper delivered again by Estes seven strikeouts. Kelly down on strikes and a good shutdown frame for Joey Estes two to two game. All it takes is one swing and these folks home happy tonight, Rangers. They've had some fun this year in games like this way in and he got a piece of Lowe. The winning run is on base with the pitch that's pulled into the left handed batter's box just grazes the right thigh of Nathaniel and the Rangers have their leadoff man on here in the ninth. Now for Carson Kelly, Kelly loops one out into right field that drops in for a hit and Then that swipe by Butler got past him but it'll be station to station. Lowe is at second winning run in scoring position. He swatted at it. The ball went behind him but because the ball was popped up, it didn't go that far behind him. So a bit of a fortunate hit there for Carson Kelly Ezekiel Durant will come off the bench and run for Lowe travis Jankowski made that brilliant play in Chicago. Save the game. Ultimately get the Rangers the win. Here's the 3 to 0 way outside ball four. That pitch was nowhere near the plate. So Jankowski a relatively easy walk to load the bases here for Leoti Tavera. He hit Lowe to begin the inning. He walks Jankowski here and you just can't walk that guy. Now it's going to be in the hands of Leoti bouncer up the medal. He got it a base hit for taveras and the Rangers even the series with a walk off win in the night down in the count. Nothing in two. He gets back to one and two gets a hold of a pitch he can handle and hits it just hard enough to get it through the drawn in infield for an RB I single for Leoti 39th run batted in this year and the Rangers are victorious 32. It is a happy House in Arlington.