8-0!

What a great game by Gray, his fastball was popping, his curve was hooking something wicked as he carried a no-hitter into almost the end stages of this season opener.  It's so great for us Athletics fans to see this revamped team perform so well on its first official viewing.

Athletics 8, Rangers 0

(0-1)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	1
OAK	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	x		8	11	1

W:

Gray (1-0)

L:

Gallardo (0-1)

(1-0)

Texas	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Martin, L, CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Andrus, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
Fielder, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Beltre, A, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Choo, RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Rua, LF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333
Moreland, DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Chirinos, C	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000
Odor, 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Totals	28	0	1	0	1	5	4	.036

Oakland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Gentry, RF	5	0	0	0	0	3	3	.000
Fuld, CF	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	.500
Zobrist, LF	5	1	2	2	0	0	3	.400
Butler, B, DH	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	.250
Davis, I, 1B	3	1	0	0	2	0	3	.000
Lawrie, 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	4	.250
Vogt, C	4	2	2	3	0	1	4	.500
Semien, SS	4	0	1	1	0	2	1	.250
Sogard, 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	3	.500
Totals	37	8	11	7	4	9	24	.297

BATTING
TB: Rua.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Andrus.
Team RISP: 0-for-1.
Team LOB: 3.

FIELDING
E: Andrus (1, throw).

BATTING
2B: Zobrist (1, Gallardo), Vogt (1, Gallardo), Butler, B (1, Mendez, R).
3B: Fuld (1, Gallardo).
HR: Zobrist (1, 1st inning off Gallardo, 1 on, 1 out), Vogt (1, 7th inning off Klein, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Lawrie; Vogt 6; Butler, B 2; Fuld 4; Sogard 2; Semien; Zobrist 6.
RBI: Zobrist 2 (2), Semien (1), Vogt 3 (3), Butler, B (1).
2-out RBI: Vogt 3; Butler, B.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sogard; Butler, B; Gentry; Vogt 2; Davis, I 2.
Team RISP: 4-for-13.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Zobrist (1, fielding).
DP: (Davis, I).

Texas	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Gallardo(L, 0-1)	4.0	6	4	4	1	5	1	9.00
Bass	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0.00
Klein	1.0	2	3	3	1	1	1	27.00
Mendez, R	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	9.00
Totals	8.0	11	8	8	4	9	2	9.00

Oakland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Gray, S(W, 1-0)	8.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0.00
Scribner	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Totals	9.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0.00

Gallardo pitched to 1 batter in the 5th.

Game Scores: Gallardo 38, Gray, S 82.
WP: Gallardo 2.
HBP: Odor (by Gray, S).
Pitches-strikes: Gallardo 89-51, Bass 37-26, Klein 28-15, Mendez, R 20-10, Gray, S 98-66, Scribner 15-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Gallardo 5-2, Bass 2-0, Klein 0-2, Mendez, R 1-2, Gray, S 10-4, Scribner 0-1.
Batters faced: Gallardo 20, Bass 9, Klein 6, Mendez, R 6, Gray, S 27, Scribner 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Bass 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Bill Miller. 1B: Doug Eddings. 2B: Jim Wolf. 3B: Adam Hamari.
Weather: 56 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 17 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:45.
Att: 36,067.
Venue: O.co Coliseum.
April 6, 2015