A's vs. Rangers full game highlights 8/31/24 #baseball

had two uh months where he's hit 11 or more home runs pretty impressive to sustain the power that he's had yeah and he has today to try to break that record uh his personal record and get number 12 and the Rangers are going to need it this year in 20124 Cory Seager 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 4-2 with a 331 earn run average Cody making his 10th appearance and Ninth start leading things off once again for Oakland their right fielder Lawrence Butler Butler he gets in these hot streaks boy he could be tough cookie bounces out off the mound to Seager at Short Stop and Butler has retired on the second Pitch of the ball game and that brings up the designated hitter Brent Rooker who swings from the right side that's lifted to center field Tois angling over toward right Garcia offering some encouragement no doubt two gone here in the top of the first JJ Blade the batter a swinging a Miss he elevated the fast ball and Strikes Out blade to conclude this no hassle inning young Joey Estus 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 Joey refine the command takes on Simeon Seager and Smith here in the bottom half of the first inning Marcus Simeon into center field and JJ blade will track over to his left and make the catch Seager now with 30 home runs this year that's seventh most in the American League towards center field JJ blade coming in strong make the catch too gone Smith will stand in on the left side batting to 67 12 homers and 51 driven in swing and a foul tip held on by langers and that inning is over 1 2 three go the Rangers both starters exchanging three up and three Downs on to the second and we have no score nothing nothing is we go to the second inning Shay langers to lead it off for Oakland he swings and Pops one up on the right side of the infield and Nathaniel low is there and he'll squeeze it and there's one away here's Nevin but he got him swinging second strike out for Bradford it's a really good job of setting him up with the fast ball beat him up and then you slow him down so here's Daz Cameron strike three called fast ball painting the inside corner it's one two three inning for Cody Bradford with a couple of strike counts here we go second inning forless contest seea low and Kelly weekly grounded to Jacob Wilson he'll gather and one out now Nathaniel low college teammates he and Brett Rooker were together at Mississippi State and that one lined out into left field and drops in base hit it's 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 H oh that Ball's well struck deep out to right it is gone got a two-run blast by the Buffalo bomber Jonah Heim and the Rangers Strike first tonight every now and then we'll see this short swing from a hitter any of these hitters but that was such a short quick path to the baseball he stayed through it he looks pumped about that right top of the order for Oakland here in the top of the fourth inning Lawrence Butler steps up to the late and the left-hander delivers in the pitch that's swung on line drive to right field it 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 RBI and the A's now Trail two to one that ball got out here in a hurry man is he a hot hitter wow I'll say and so does that how is he's line drive that ball was scalded I mean smoked right Travis Janowski leading it off for Texas here in the fifth inning Rangers ahead two to one pitch to Janowski a breaking ball freeze him he knew it got him on a slider and he is gone to look it and that is the third strike out tonight for Joey and here comes tarz and a swing in a Miss finishes off toz backto back strikeouts for Joey and the slider working again here you go spin it to win it Cory Seager bat a chance to bat with somebody on base swing and a foul tip held on by langers got him on a slider and a nice inning for Joey Estus one hit and nothing more with three strikeouts sprinkled in sixth Innings still 2-1 Rangers just 60 pitches for Bradford through five innings he's been super efficient there's Butler one for two with a home run the only run for the A's they Trail two to one and Lawrence wastes no time swings at the first pitch towards center field and it's going to go off the glove of Taris as he leaped Butler into second and how about another extra base knock for Lawrence Butler course spr Rooker doing the exact same these two in tandem together and making up for a really nice onew combo in the American League nice job by Lawrence Butler just serving it into right field and here comes Lawrence Butler Rooker to Second grent Rooker with an opposite field hit and driving in another run for a tied game and now blet swing and a miss a slider below the Zone he gets the Chase and bade goes down for the second out of the inning and that brings up Shay langers two outs the pitch swing and a miss gets the strike out 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 six so one away Garcia reaches on a fielder's Choice and then brings in Melo this a sweeper swinging a miss and low down on strikes a half a dozen KS for Estus now Carson to Kelly the kick the pitch swing and a miss the sweeper delivered Again by Estus seven strikeouts Kelly down on strikes and a good shutdown frame for Joey Estus about two two two game all it takes is one swing send these folks home happy tonight the Rangers they've had some fun this year in games like this uh-oh way in and he got a piece of low 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 ragers have their lead off man on here in the ninth now for Carson Kelly Kelly bloops one out of right field that drops in for a hit and then that Swipe by Butler it got past him but it'll be Station to Station low as it 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 it so a bit of a fortunate hit there for Carson Kelly Ezekiel Duran will come off the bench and run for low so Travis Janowski made that brilliant play in Chicago saved the game ultimately give the r the win here's the 3 0 way outside Ball Four that pitch was nowhere near the plate so Janowski a relatively easy walk to load the bases here for leot Tara you hit low to begin the inning he walks Janowski here and you just can't walk that guy and now it's going to be in the hands of leot tarz bouncer up the middle he got it a base H for taras and the Rangers even the series with a walk-off win in the ninth 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 RBI single for leot his 39th run batted end this year and the Rangers are victorious 32 it is a happy