Athletics Defeat Rangers 5-4
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Kenny Rogers lost at the Coliseum for the first time in more than 10 years, with Bobby Crosby's three-run double in the fifth inning leading the Athletics to a 5-4 win over the Texas Rangers on Thursday.
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The Oakland Athletics are doing their best to eliminate one of their pursuers in the AL West. Texas entered the weekend needing a series sweep to get back in the race. Instead, the Rangers are on the verge of being swept and falling 10 games behind division-leading Oakland with a month left in the season.
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Jason Botts hit his first career home run and Ian Kinsler drove in a run with a broken-bat grounder that pushed the Texas Rangers to a 4-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday night.
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Kenny Rogers pitched five-plus innings to pick up his first win since July 5 and Carlos Guillen homered to lift the Detroit Tigers over the Texas Rangers 4-2 Thursday night.
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Eric Chavez singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning, leading the Oakland Athletics to a wild 7-6 win against the Rangers on Monday night in a game that was
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The Rangers, who had registered only 5 points in their last eight games and had lost four in a row, cruised past the Lightning Friday night.
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Brian Jordan hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning and the Texas Rangers extended their winning streak to four games with a 5-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.
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Rookies Bobby Crosby and Nick Swisher hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning against Bob Howry, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 5-4 victory over the visiting Cleveland Indians on Saturday night. The A's rallied from a four-run deficit in the final three innings to keep their AL West lead.
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ARLINGTON, Texas The Anaheim Angels continued their chase for the American League West division crown with a 5-to-3 win over the Texas Rangers.
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Zack Greinke allowed five hits in five shutout innings for his first win as a starter since April, Ross Gload homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 8-1 on Monday night.
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The Montreal Canadiens yet again brought out the best in the Rangers as New York snapped its five-game losing streak with a win on Saturday.
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Jose Guillen started a three-run rally with a solo homer and Miguel Batista won his third straight decision in the Mariners' 5-4 win over the Rangers on Saturday night.
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Bobby Crosby barreled over catcher Vance Wilson for the winning run in the 10th inning, and just like that the Oakland Athletics had their second straight victory against the team with the best record in baseball. Not a bad lift for a club that got swept by the lowly Arizona Diamondbacks just last weekend.
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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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Erubiel Durazo hit three homers and drove in all five of Oakland's runs, and Mark Mulder became the majors' first 16-game winner by pitching the Athletics to a 5-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.
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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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Chris Drury had the go-ahead goal midway through the third period, and the New York Rangers scored five unanswered goals in a 5-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.