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April 16, 2026 · AL West

Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics

April 16, 2026Sutter Health ParkSunny 64°F · 17 mph, L To R
AWAY
Texas Rangers
10-9
9
vs
HOME
Oakland Athletics
10-9
6

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T3 Brandon Nimmo Brandon Nimmo singles on a ground ball to right fielder Carlos Cortes, deflected by second baseman Jeff McNeil. Ezequiel Duran scores. TEX 1, ATH 0
T5 Jake Burger Jake Burger out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Lawrence Butler. Ezequiel Duran scores. TEX 2, ATH 0
B5 Jacob Wilson Jacob Wilson singles on a fly ball to right fielder Brandon Nimmo. Shea Langeliers scores. Tyler Soderstrom scores. TEX 2, ATH 2
B5 Carlos Cortes Carlos Cortes singles on a line drive to right fielder Brandon Nimmo. Jacob Wilson scores. Carlos Cortes out at 2nd on the throw, right fielder Brandon Nimmo to first baseman Jake Burger. TEX 2, ATH 3
T6 Josh Smith Josh Smith doubles (1) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder Tyler Soderstrom. Joc Pederson scores. TEX 3, ATH 3
T7 Josh Jung Josh Jung homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Wyatt Langford scores. TEX 5, ATH 3
B8 Nick Kurtz Nick Kurtz doubles (3) on a fly ball to left fielder Wyatt Langford. Austin Wynns scores. Zack Gelof scores. Shea Langeliers scores. TEX 5, ATH 6
T9 Kyle Higashioka Kyle Higashioka reaches on a fielder's choice. Jake Burger scores. Josh Jung to 3rd. Throwing error by pitcher Justin Sterner. TEX 6, ATH 6
T9 Joc Pederson Joc Pederson singles on a line drive to center fielder Denzel Clarke. Josh Jung scores. Kyle Higashioka to 2nd. TEX 7, ATH 6
T9 Ezequiel Duran Ezequiel Duran singles on a ground ball to center fielder Denzel Clarke. Kyle Higashioka scores. Joc Pederson scores. Josh Smith to 2nd. TEX 9, ATH 6

Box score

  123456789 R
TEX 001011204 9
ATH 000030030 6

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Rangers AWAY 9

Jack Leiter started for Rangers, leaving with the game tied 3–3. Out of the bullpen, Jakob Junis took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jack Leiter Starter 5.2 105 3 3
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jack Leiter threw
    CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 59% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 53 50% 2 12 14 18 7
    Changeup 19 18% 2 4 3 5 5
    Slider 15 14% 2 1 3 6 3
    Cutter 10 10% 1 1 1 7 0
    Sinker 6 6% 0 1 0 1 4
    Curveball 2 2% 0 0 0 1 1
  • Robert Garcia Reliever 0.1 10 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Tyler Alexander Setup 0.1 11 0 0 HLD
  • Jakob Junis Setup 1.1 24 3 0 HLD inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Jacob Latz Closer 0.1 7 0 0 BS inherited 3, all 3 scored
  • Cal Quantrill Long 1.0 12 0 0 W
Athletics HOME 6

Jacob Lopez started for Athletics, leaving trailing 0–2. Out of the bullpen, Justin Sterner took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jacob Lopez Starter 5.0 85 2 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jacob Lopez threw
    CSW 31% 1st-pitch strike 50% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 35 41% 3 6 5 16 5
    Slider 21 25% 6 2 1 9 3
    Cutter 15 18% 3 3 3 5 1
    Changeup 9 11% 0 1 1 4 3
    Sinker 5 6% 0 2 1 1 1
  • Luis Medina Middle 1.1 32 2 1 BS
  • Scott Barlow Setup 0.2 24 1 0 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Jack Perkins Middle 1.0 11 0 0
  • Justin Sterner Setup 1.0 20 4 1 L

Where the game turned

1 run Top 9th · off Sterner
  • Pederson 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · TEX
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Brandon Nimmo RF 4 0 1 1 1 0 .316 .395 .513 .908
Wyatt Langford LF 5 1 1 0 1 1 .185 .221 .323 .544 SB
Jake Burger 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .253 .278 .507 .785
Josh Jung 3B 5 2 3 2 0 0 .263 .323 .386 .709 HR (1), 2B
Kyle Higashioka C 4 1 0 0 1 2 .280 .379 .400 .779
Joc Pederson DH 1 2 1 1 2 0 .220 .313 .317 .630
Evan Carter CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .189 .328 .358 .686
Josh Smith 2B 4 0 1 1 1 2 .175 .266 .193 .459 2B
Ezequiel Duran SS 4 2 2 2 1 0 .250 .318 .375 .693 2B, SB
Andrew McCutchen DH 1 0 0 0 1 1 .214 .267 .393 .660
Sam Haggerty LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .231 .167 .398
HOME · ATH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Shea Langeliers DH 2 2 2 0 3 0 .324 .392 .620 1.012
Nick Kurtz 1B 4 0 2 3 1 0 .206 .383 .302 .685 2B
Tyler Soderstrom LF 5 1 1 0 0 1 .211 .309 .394 .703 2B
Jacob Wilson SS 5 1 2 2 0 0 .263 .273 .342 .615 SB
Denzel Clarke CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .170 .220 .191 .411
Lawrence Butler RF 5 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .262 .317 .579
Austin Wynns C 4 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .176 .125 .301
Darell Hernaiz 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .238 .200 .438 SB
Jeff McNeil 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .276 .354 .345 .699 2B
Carlos Cortes RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 .290 .389 .452 .841

Pitching lines

AWAY · TEX
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jack Leiter 5.2 7 3 3 3 3 0 105 4.87
Robert Garcia 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.38
Tyler Alexander 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.93 HLD
Jakob Junis 1.1 2 3 3 1 0 0 24 2.89 HLD
Jacob Latz 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.54 BS
Cal Quantrill 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00 W
HOME · ATH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jacob Lopez 5.0 3 2 2 4 5 0 85 6.38
Luis Medina 1.1 2 2 2 1 1 0 32 3.38 BS
Scott Barlow 0.2 1 1 1 2 0 1 24 5.19
Jack Perkins 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7.20
Justin Sterner 1.0 4 4 3 1 1 0 20 4.66 L

Manager comparison

AWAY · TEX
Skip Schumaker
Skip Schumaker
Lineup 1.9 R Bunts 0.8 R IBBs 1.4 R
HOME · ATH
Mark Kotsay
Mark Kotsay
Lineup 3.3 R Bunts 1.3 R IBBs 1.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · TEX
4-6 W2 -26 run diff
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HOME · ATH
5-5 L2 -13 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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