TEX vs ATH — MainMarket Sports

Major League BaseballSutter Health Park · Sacramento, California

Texas

Rangers

47-46 · 7-6 away

Final

Athletics

41-52 · 4-3 home

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Top hitters

TEX

AVG

.316▼

ATH

AVG

.324▼

Season batting average · amber = strong vs today's starter · up/down arrow = hot/cold last 15 · MLB Stats API · hero Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Starting pitchers

TEX

Starter

Jack Leiter

Texas Rangers · 1-1

5.2 IP, 3 ER, 3 K, 3 BB

xwOBA 23rd

4.87 ERA · 24 K · 1.48 WHIP

ATH

Starter

Jacob Lopez

Athletics · 1-1

5.0 IP, 2 ER, 5 K, 4 BB

xwOBA 52nd

6.38 ERA · 16 K · 1.96 WHIP

Season pitching · MLB Stats API · Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Contact quality

TEX9 R · .277 xBA

ATH6 R · .337 xBA

TEX scored more despite the lower team xBA — ATH squared more up and had less to show for it.

Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant

TEX win1st in the AL West, +0½

Looking ahead

The Rangers lead the AL West by 0½ — coming off a win, 6-4 over their last 10.
The Athletics sit 4th in the AL West, 6 games back — losers of 6 straight, 1-9 over their last 10.
Series tied 2-2.
The Rangers are up next home vs HOU (Jul 10-12).
The Athletics are up next at CHW (Jul 10-12).

Line score

Inn	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	4	9	10	0
ATH	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	6	13	1

Statcast

Hardest hit
T. Soderstrom · Double
112.9 mph · .730 xBA
Hardest hit · TEX
E. Duran · Groundout
107.3 mph · .380 xBA
Longest hit
J. Jung · Home Run
364 ft · .090 xBA
Best barrel
J. Smith · Double
105 mph · .850 xBA
Fastest pitch
L. Medina · Sinker
100.3 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Nick Kurtz
Win probability added
+70%
Josh Jung
TEX
+47%
Kyle Higashioka
TEX
+27%

Scoring summary

Nimmo singled to right, Duran scored.3rd Inning1-0
Burger hit sacrifice fly to center, Duran scored.5th Inning2-0
Wilson singled to right, Langeliers scored and Soderstrom scored.5th Inning2-2
Cortes singled to right, Wilson scored, Cortes thrown out at second.5th Inning2-3
Smith doubled to left, Pederson scored.6th Inning3-3
Jung homered to right (364 feet), Langford scored.7th Inning5-3
Kurtz doubled to left, Langeliers scored, Wynns scored and Gelof scored.8th Inning5-6
Higashioka grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Burger scored on throwing error by pitcher Sterner, Jung safe at third on error.9th Inning6-6
Pederson singled to center, Jung scored, Higashioka to second.9th Inning7-6
Duran singled to center, Higashioka scored and Pederson scored, Smith to second.9th Inning9-6

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B. Nimmo	1-4	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	21	.316	.395	.513
W. Langford	1-5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	27	.185	.221	.323
J. Burger	1-4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	18	.253	.278	.507
J. Jung	3-5	5	2	3	2	1	0	0	13	.263	.323	.386
K. Higashioka	0-4	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	18	.280	.379	.400
A. McCutchen	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	12	.214	.267	.393
J. Pederson	1-1	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	16	.220	.313	.317
S. Haggerty	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.167	.231	.167
E. Carter	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.189	.328	.358
J. Smith	1-4	4	0	1	1	0	1	2	16	.175	.266	.193
E. Duran	2-4	4	2	2	2	0	1	0	18	.250	.318	.375

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
J. Leiter	5.2	7	3	3	3	3	105-67	4.87	105
R. Garcia	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	10-7	3.38	10
T. Alexander	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	11-7	0.93	11
J. Junis	1.1	2	3	3	1	0	24-17	2.89	24
J. Latz	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	7-4	1.54	7
C. Quantrill	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	12-8	0.00	12

Win probability

TEX 100%ATH 0%

Win probability over timeATH win %

Biggest swing: Kurtz doubled to left, Langeliers scored, Wynns scored and Gelof scored. (+61% ATH)

Team stats

TEXATH

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

TEXATH

9.59%

Barrel%

9.07%

44.99%

Hard-hit%

41.61%

.330

xwOBA

.320

Barrel% perfectly-struck balls — ideal exit velo + launch angle, near-automatic extra bases · Hard-hit% share of balls hit 95+ mph · xwOBA expected offensive value from contact quality (higher is better)

Season quality of contact · Baseball Savant