Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 7, Oakland 2
When: 7:15 PM ET, Saturday, June 30, 2012
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 96°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Manny Gonzalez, 2B - Greg Gibson, 3B - Gerry Davis
Attendance: 46711


Rangers 7, Athletics 2: Josh Hamilton homered and drove in four runs and Adrian Beltre also went deep as host Texas seized its fifth straight victory.

Ian Kinsler added a two-run single for the Rangers, who secured their major-league leading 50th win and pulled 6 1/2 games ahead of second-place Los Angeles in the American League West. The Angels dropped an 11-2 decision to Toronto earlier Saturday.

Making his first major league start and second appearance, Martin Perez (1-0) allowed two runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings to secure his first win.

After Kinsler's two-run single gave Texas a 3-2 lead, Hamilton followed two batters later and deposited an offering from rookie Tommy Milone (8-6) over the wall in left-center for his 25th homer - and third in six games.

Milone suffered his second setback of the season versus Texas after yielding six runs on as many hits in five innings.

Chris Carter belted a homer and also came around to score on Brandon Inge's RBI single for the Athletics.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Perez was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock on Tuesday. ... Milone yielded four runs over seven innings in a 4-1 loss to the Rangers on May 16. ... Inge has collected 34 RBIs in 40 games with Oakland.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   Texas
Tom Milone Player Martin Perez
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 5.1
6 Strikeouts 5
6 Hits 6
1.80 ERA 3.38
Hitting
Oakland   Texas
Chris Carter Player Adrian Beltre
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
1 HR 1
6 TB 5
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 6 1 12 .176 13 8 2 2 0 3
Texas 10 2 18 .286 16 8 7 1 0 1