Andrus, AL West Champ Rangers Get By A's 5-0
The lone veteran in the lineup a day after Texas won another AL West title, Elvis Andrus hit a pair of two-run homers in the Rangers' 5-0 victory against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.
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The lone veteran in the lineup a day after Texas won another AL West title, Elvis Andrus hit a pair of two-run homers in the Rangers' 5-0 victory against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.
Colby Lewis has been a successful postseason pitcher for the Rangers, and the veteran right-hander is trying to get back on track with Texas closing in on another AL West title.
Darvish (5-5) matched a career high by allowing seven runs while pitching only five innings. He struck out eight, but walked four batters — all of those runners scored.
Texas rallied from a four-run deficit on Friday night to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 on Jonathan Lucroy's two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Darvish struck out nine and walked only one as the Rangers won 6-2. He was 0-8 in his previous 10 starts against the only MLB opponent with more than three wins against him.
Rougned Odor was ready to hit for the Texas Rangers with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning. He instead ended the game by getting hit.
The news on Choo, who is headed to the disabled list for the fourth time this season, dampened a 5-2 win over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night following consecutive shutout losses at home to Detroit.
Darvish had a one-run lead and left an Oakland runner stranded at third base to end the sixth inning, but the right-hander from Japan has still gone more than four years without a win over the AL West rival Athletics.
Sonny Gray, an All-Star last season but with a 5.49 ERA before Tuesday night, overcame that one volatile inning and had a season-high eight strikeouts as the A's beat the AL West-leading Texas Rangers 6-3.
Beltre's second home run of the game was a two-run shot on the first pitch from Ryan Madson with two outs in the ninth inning, and it rallied the Texas Rangers past the Oakland Athletics 7-6
Lewis did just that and finished off the Athletics in a 5-1 victory Thursday that left the Texas right-hander wondering what could have been.
Robinson Chirinos and Rougned Odor both homered twice as the Texas Rangers rallied from a five-run deficit to defeat the Oakland Athletics 7-5 on Wednesday night.
Elvis Andrus, Ryan Rua and Robinson Chirinos all homered to lead the Rangers to a 10-6 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
Davis hit a game-ending slam with two outs in the bottom of the ninth for his third homer of the night, giving the Oakland Athletics an 8-5 victory over the Rangers on Tuesday.
Marcus Semien homered in support of Manaea, who allowed four hits over 6 2/3 innings, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 3-1 on Monday night.
Hamels pitched six innings to earn his fifth consecutive win, Prince Fielder hit his 22nd homer and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 8-1 on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep.
Elvis Andrus and Adrian Beltre each hit three-run homers in support of Colby Lewis' six strong and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 10-3 Wednesday night
Delino DeShields hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the sixth inning four batters after Mitch Moreland connected for a tying two-run homer, and the Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 8-6
Beltre homered twice to drive in five runs, Shin-Soo Choo also went deep and the Rangers wrapped their series against Oakland with a 12-4 victory Sunday.
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Ron Washington has been hired as Oakland's new third base coach. Washington spent 11 seasons as an A's coach before becoming manager of the Rangers in 2007.
Sonny Gray won his fifth consecutive start at Texas, Josh Reddick drove in three runs and the Athletics completed a three-game series sweep of the Rangers with a 6-3 victory Thursday afternoon.
Rodriguez gave up eight runs in the first two innings, and the Rangers lost a game he started for the first time in more than a month, 8-2 to the Athletics on Wednesday night.
After giving up only three runs while dominating in his first four major league starts, Gonzalez allowed six runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings in the Rangers' 8-6 loss to Oakland.
Chi Chi Gonzalez bounced back from his opening stumble, but Texas couldn't get anything going offensively against Scott Kazmir and lost 7-0 to Oakland on Thursday.
