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 Beltre came up with one out in the ninth inning and deposited an
0-1 slider from Luke Gregerson (5-5) just past the outstretched
glove of Josh Reddick and over the wall in right to make a winner
out of Neftali Feliz (2-1). Elvis Andrus added an RBI single for the
Rangers, who have won five straight and 12 of the last 13.
Geovany Soto delivered the lone RBI for Oakland, which had its lead
in the wild-card race trimmed to two games over Seattle with three
to play. The Athletics are 0-4 against the bottom-dwelling Rangers
in the last 10 days.
Soto came up with runners on the corners in the sixth and dropped a
safety squeeze down the first base line to score Brandon Moss and
give Oakland a 1-0 lead. Athletics starter Jason Hammel got two out
in the bottom of the frame with a runner on second but Andrus flared
a single to left and Leonys Martin just beat the throw from Moss to
score the tying run.
Hammel was charged with one run on five hits while striking out five
in six innings while Rangers starter Colby Lewis surrendered one run
and six hits in seven frames. Texas has allowed a total of seven
runs in the last five games.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Beltre singled leading off the seventh inning to
reach 2,600 hits for his career. ¦ Moss, who will undergo surgery in
the offseason, has been dealing with a right hip injury since
mid-May and sat out Wednesday after receiving a cortisone injection.
¦ Texas 2B Jurickson Profar, who has been sidelined for the whole
season following shoulder surgery, had a platelet rich plasma
injection in his shoulder after having his rehab shut down.
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