AL Wrap: Texas Completes Sweep of West-Leading Oakland
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David Dellucci's two-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning helped the Texas Rangers complete a three-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics with a 5-4 win in the American League at Arlington Thursday.
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Nick Swisher hit a grand slam and Frank Thomas also homered to help the AL-West leading Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8-6 on Friday night.
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Troy Glaus hit a two-run homer in the 11th as the visiting Anaheim Angels beat the Rangers, 8-7, last night and vaulted into first place in the West while eliminating surprising Texas from the playoff chase.
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OAKLAND, Calif. Alfonso Soriano had three hits and two RB-Is as the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics, 12-to-9. The win comes a night after Texas reliever Frank Francisco threw a plastic chair into the stands in Oakland and broke a woman&#39;s nose.
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With the playoffs again out of reach for the Texas Rangers, they can take care of personal achievements. Gary Matthews Jr. scored three times, Michael Young and Mark Teixeira each drove in four runs and all three reached milestones Friday night as the Rangers began their final home series with a 12-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
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Alfonso Soriano had three hits and two RBIs as the Rangers responded with their bats to beat the Oakland Athletics 12-9 Tuesday, a night after Texas reliever Frank Francisco threw a plastic chair into the stands and broke a woman's nose.
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Roger Clemens struck out six in his final home start of the season and Aubrey Huff hit a three-run homer as the Houston Astros beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 on Sunday night to complete a four-game sweep.
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Despite not getting a decision starting pitcher Park Chan-ho contributed to the Texas Rangers stirring 5-4 win Thursday that clinched a three-game series sweep of the Oakland Aâs and moved
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Hank Blalock&#39;s solo homer and David Dellucci&#39;s two-run double rallied Texas in the ninth inning, and the Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 yesterday to complete a three-game sweep that moved them within two games of the AL West leaders.
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Brad Wilkerson's power surge helped the Texas Rangers keep up their winning form. Wilkerson had three homers and six RBIs, both career highs, to help the Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-3 on Tuesday night.
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Erubiel Durazo hit a three-run homer and Eric Chavez also connected for the Oakland Athletics, who completed a four-game sweep of the slumping Baltimore Orioles with a 9-4 victory Thursday.
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Big Statement: Six games into their AL West obstacle course, the Red Sox are gaining momentum, rather than slowing. They swept the Angels and took two of three from Texas at Fenway Park, and
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Frank Thomas hit his 476th home run, Nick Swisher connected three batters later and Esteban Loaiza completed a perfect August by winning his fourth straight decision to lead the Oakland Athletics past the beat-up Boston Red Sox 9-0 on Monday night.
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Brett Tomko won his sixth consecutive decision and San Francisco beat the visiting Houston Astros, 9-2, to maintain their wild-card lead and move within 1Â½ games of first-place Los Angeles in the National League West.
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After four consecutive failures in division series from 2000-3, the Oakland A's finally had a chance to celebrate when they beat the Twins 8-3 to complete a three-game sweep.
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Kevin Millwood allowed eight hits in his second complete game of the season and Mark Teixeira hit a tiebreaking homer, leading the Texas Rangers to a 9-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.
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Joe Mauer singled home the winning run in the ninth inning after Justin Morneau hit a tying homer in the eighth, and the Minnesota Twins completed a four-game sweep of the slumping Oakland Athletics with a 4-3 victory Sunday.