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Matt Chapman hadn't recorded a hit in his last three games. He hadn't homered in his last eight. Enter August Wold. Continue to Article

July 28, 2019 2:22:am EST

Chad Pinder threw out Elvis Andrus at the plate while trying to score on Nomar Mazara's single to right field in the seventh inning Saturday night, short-circuiting a Texas Rangers rally and allowing the host Oakland Athletics to hold on for a 5-4 victory. The win was the A's first of the four-game series after 11-3 and 5-2 losses, and came after home runs by Mark Canha, Marcus Semien, Matt Chapman and Ramon Laureano had produced a 5-0 lead. But the Rangers finally solved A's starter Homer Bailey and the Oakland bullpen in a four-run seventh, and narrowly missed drawing even on Mazara's two-out hit. Continue to Article

July 28, 2019 12:28:am EST

Willie Calhoun homered, doubled and drove in two runs, while Lance Lynn struck out eight in six innings en route to his 13th win as the Texas Rangers made it two in a row over the host Oakland Athletics with a 5-2 victory Friday night. Asdrubal Cabrera had three hits and two RBIs for the Rangers, who rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win for just the third time in their last 12 games. Down 2-0 after the A's scored single runs in the first and third innings, the Rangers took the lead for good against Oakland starter Daniel Mengden (5-2) in a three-run fourth that featured two-out RBI doubles by Nomar Mazara and Calhoun, and a following RBI single by Cabrera. Continue to Article

July 27, 2019 1:55:am EST

Danny Santana highlighted a 10-run explosion in the fifth and sixth innings with a grand slam Thursday night, powering the Texas Rangers to an 11-3 romp over the host Oakland Athletics in the opener of a four-game series. Santana finished with three hits and a career-best six RBIs, while Asdrubal Cabrera also collected three hits, as the Rangers won for just the second time in their last 11 games. The six RBIs were one more than Santana's previous career best, which had occurred for Minnesota against Houston in June of 2014. Continue to Article

July 26, 2019 1:59:am EST