Rangers beat A's in 10 innings
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Arlington, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Rougned Odor's bases-loaded single plated Shin-Soo Choo with the winning run in the 10th inning to give the Texas Rangers an 8-7 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
Shin-Soo Choo doubled to right field. Robinson Chirinos and Carlos Peguero both walked. R.J. Alvarez then replaced Ryan Cook (0-2) on the mound. Odor's ground ball deflected off the glove of a diving Marcus Semien and into center field to plate Choo.
Josh Reddick's three-run homer capped a six-run seventh inning to give the A's a 7-3 advantage, but Oakland's bullpen failed to hold the lead.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"It's disheartening," A's catcher Stephen Vogt said. "We've played a lot of good games, but our record doesn't show it."
Drew Pomeranz threw the first 5 1/3 innings for the A's, while Nick Martinez went the first six-plus frames for the Rangers.
Keone Kela (1-1) pitched the top of the 10th for his first major league win as the Rangers snapped a four-game skid.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"It's another kick-start to the engine, and allowed everybody to kick in on their own," Kela said.
Kyle Blanks went 4-for-5 with a homer and three RBI, and Choo belted a three- run homer.
The A's, who lost for the third time in four games, got a couple of breaks in the seventh inning. Ike Davis led off and reached first thanks to a fielding error by shortstop Elvis Andrus. After Brett Lawrie singled to center, Mark Canha hit a ball that caromed off second base umpire Jerry Meals. The sequence may have turned into a double play, but with the bases full, Josh Phegley was hit by a pitch.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Alex Claudio entered from the bullpen, but pinch-hitter Craig Gentry tied the game with a sacrifice fly to center. Billy Burns bunted into a fielder's choice to plate Canha.
Two batters later, Anthony Bass grooved a 3-2 pitch to Reddick, who deposited the ball beyond the right field wall for his third homer of the season and a 7-3 lead.
Blanks singled in Andrus in the home seventh, and Fernando Abad came in to face Choo, who cracked a homer to right, barely over the fence to tie the game.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Burns scored on Reddick's groundout in the top of the first, but Blanks doubled in Prince Fielder in the bottom half of the inning.
Adrian Beltre singled in a run in the third and Blanks led off the home fourth with a homer to left for a 3-1 Texas advantage.
Game Notes
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Outfielder Alex Hassan, who was designated for assignment by the Rangers on Wednesday, was sent to Oakland on a waiver claim Saturday. He was optioned to Triple-A Nashville ... The Rangers left 10 men on base ... The Rangers are 3-8 at Globe Life Park this season.