26 Sep 2024; Oakland, California, USA; Oakland Athletics pitcher Mason Miller (19) celebrates after beating the Texas Rangers at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Image Ed Szczepanski-Imagn JT Ginn recorded his first major league victory, Mason Miller threw the final pitch in Athletics history at the Oakland Coliseum, and the A’s finished their home schedule with a 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday afternoon.
On a celebrity-studded day when Rickey Henderson and Dave Stewart threw out the first inning and Barry Zito sang the national anthem, A’s fans marked the historic event by recording the largest attendance – 46,889 – in major league history for a team playing. last game in hometown. The Montreal exhibition held the previous mark of 31,395 in 2004.
The baseball gods shine on the hometown hero, with Oakland’s three runs coming on an infield out, a sacrifice fly and a flyball disappearing into the sun. JJ Bleday was credited with two RBIs for the Athletics.
Adolis Garcia and Nathaniel Lowe had RBIs for the Rangers, who lost 9-5.
Tigers 4, Rays 3
Colt Keith drove in two runs, Justyn-Henry Malloy knocked in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly and streaking Detroit rallied past visiting Tampa Bay.
Matt Vierling reached third base and scored twice for the Tigers, who overcame a three-run deficit. The Tigers edged closer to an American League wild-card playoff spot with their fifth straight win.
Brandon Lowe drove in two for the Rays. Starter Tyler Alexander held the Tigers scoreless through the first five innings, striking out six without a walk.
Brewers 5, Pirates 2
Aaron Civale pitched six scoreless innings as Milwaukee defeated host Pittsburgh in the rubber match of the three-game series.
Civale (8-9) yielded three hits while walking one and striking out five. Joey Ortiz went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run and Brice Turang finished with two RBI for the Brewers (91-68), who are one victory away from matching their win total from last season.
Bryan De La Cruz hit a two-run homer as the Pirates fell for the ninth time in their past 13 games. Mitch Keller (11-12) gave up three runs on six hits in five innings.
Royals 7, Nationals 4
Pinch hitter Adam Frazier delivered a tiebreaking two-run single in the top of the ninth as visiting Kansas City inched closer to a wild-card berth by completing a three-game sweep of Washington.
Hunter Renfroe hit a home run and Salvador Perez had two hits and an RBI for the Royals, which is the magic number to clinch two playoff spots. Kris Bubic (1-1) pitched a scoreless eighth and Lucas Erceg pitched a perfect ninth for his 14th save.
Luis Garcia Jr. homered for Washington, which has lost four straight games and nine of its last 10. Kyle Finnegan (3-8) entered the ninth and was tagged for three runs on two hits and three walks before being pulled with two outs. .
White Sox 7, Angels 0
Andrew Vaughn and Lenyn Sosa both posted two RBIs in a seven-run fifth inning and Chris Flexen pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings as host Chicago topped Los Angeles to earn a series sweep.
Chicago (39-120) again avoided beyond the expansion of 1962 New York Mets for the most single-season losses in Major League Baseball since 1901. A sign of futility fell against the Angels, however, as Los Angeles (63-96) set a club record for loss in a season, breaking ties with the 1968 and 1980 teams.
Chicago rallied behind the biggest rally of the year. The White Sox sent 12 batters to the plate in the fifth, which featured a pair of hits from Dominic Fletcher.
Rockies 10, Cardinals 8
Ryan McMahon hit a tiebreaking double in a five-run eighth inning, and Colorado used a two-out rally to beat St. Louis in Denver.
Charlie Blackmon homered and drove in three runs for the Rockies. Angel Chivilli (2-3) got the win, and Seth Halvorsen picked up the second save.
Lars Nootbaar and Paul Goldschmidt hit home runs and Ivan Herrera and Pedro Pages also homered for the Cardinals. Ryan Fernandez (1-6) took the loss.
–Field Level Media
