Athletics at Texas Rangers
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DeGrom strikes out 8, allows 1 hit in 7 shutout innings as the Rangers beat the A's 8-1
Brandon Nimmo had two hits, two RBI and scored a run, and Justin Foscue added a solo home run for the Rangers (68-70), who trail Cleveland by 1 1/2 games in the race for the final AL wild-card spot.
Lawrence Butler led off the second inning with a sharp hit to right field off DeGrom (10-9), who struck out eight and faced the minimum 21 batters in his seven innings. After his leadoff single, Butler was retired on an inning-ending double play. The 38-year-old right-hander was coming off an outing in which he matched career highs by allowing six runs in the first inning and eight total in 3 2/3 innings last Tuesday at the Chicago White Sox.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner is 7-2 at home this season with a 2.42 ERA, compared to 3-7 with a 5.86 ERA away from Globe Life Field. In his previous home start, deGrom allowed one hit in six shutout innings against Washington while matching a season high with 10 strikeouts.
Rookie Gage Jump (6-9) allowed seven runs in 4 1/3 innings for the Athletics (53-85), who have lost four straight. They finished August 8-20, their worst performance in the month since going 7-21 in 1978.
Nimmo – one of two left-handed hitters in Texas’ starting lineup against the left-handed Gage – scored in the Rangers’ two-run second inning after leading off with a swinging-bunt single that Jump bobbled. He singled home Corey Seager – the other lefty – in the third inning and brought home Ezequiel Duran with a sacrifice fly in the three-run fifth.
Foscue hit his 10th homer leading off the fourth.
Carlos Cortes singled off Ben Peoples to begin the Athletics' ninth and scored on Darell Hernaiz's sacrifice fly.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | McNeil grounded out to first. |
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9th Inning | Bolte struck out looking. |
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9th Inning | Hernaiz hit sacrifice fly to center, Cortes scored. |
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9th Inning | Heim doubled to left, Cortes to third. |
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9th Inning | Cortes singled to center. |
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9th Inning | Peoples relieved Ahlstrom |
Statistics
 ATH |
 TEX |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 9 | Ground Balls | 9 |
| 11 | Strikeouts | 3 |
| 1 | Runs Batted In | 8 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 3 | Hits | 9 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
| 0 | Walks | 5 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 1 | Runs | 8 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Flies | 1 |
| 28 | At Bats | 32 |
| 0 | Home Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 4 | Runners Left On Base | 13 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 1 | Doubles | 2 |
| 9 | Fly Balls | 21 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 117 | Pitches | 151 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 4 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 1 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 4 | Total Bases | 14 |
| 29 | Plate Appearances | 38 |
| 0.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
| 1 | Extra Base Hits | 3 |
| -1.1 | Runs Created | 5.9 |
| .107 | Batting Average | .281 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .250 |
| .143 | Slugging Percentage | .438 |
| .036 | Secondary Average | .344 |
| .103 | On Base Percentage | .368 |
| .246 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .806 |
| 1.0 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.4 |
| -1.1 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 6.6 |
| 9.0 | Batter Rating | 49.0 |
| 0.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 32.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
| 4.03 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.97 |
| .036 | Isolated Power | .156 |
| 0.00 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 1.67 |
| .000 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .132 |
| -.071 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .063 |
| 2.0 | Runs Produced | 16.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.1 | Patience Ratio | 0.5 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 59.3 | MLB Rating | 93.3 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Arlington, Texas
Attendance: 22,572 | Capacity:
2026 American League West Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas |
- | 78 | L1 | 0.5 | 78 |
 Houston |
1 | 79 | L3 | 0.49358973 | 77 |
 Seattle |
5 | 83 | W1 | 0.4679487 | 73 |
| Athletics |
17 | 95 | L6 | 0.39102563 | 61 |
 Los Angeles |
18 | 96 | L1 | 0.3846154 | 60 |