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Texas Tops Oakland 8-5 - Recap

Texas got a 8-5 victory over Oakland on Friday, with Matt Moore earning the victory and helping Rangers moneyline bettors cash out.

Texas won as a -125 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 7 were rewarded at the payout window.

Matt Moore earned the victory for the Rangers, throwing 2 innings of work, striking out 3, walking 0, and allowing 0 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 2 RBIs from Jonah Heim in the win.

Oakland got a 0.1-inning outing from Justin Grimm in the loss. He gave up 1 earned runs, 0 walks and 2 hits in his time on the mound, while Sean Murphy had 2 hits in the loss for the Athletics.

The battle of the bats favored Texas as they had 13 hits, while Oakland only had 5.

The game was closed out by Dennis Santana who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 0 walks and fanned 1 batters to earn the save.