Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oakland 6, Texas 2
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, September 26, 2014
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Paul Emmel, 1B - James Hoye, 2B - Mark Carlson, 3B - Bill Welke
Attendance: 31586

Athletics 6, Rangers 2: Josh Reddick homered and had three RBIs as visiting Oakland defeated Texas to move closer to clinching a playoff spot.

Adam Dunn drove in two runs and Jed Lowrie had two hits and an RBI for the Athletics, who ended the Rangers’ five-game winning streak. Oakland’s victory reduced its magic number to one to clinch an American League wild-card spot.

Scott Kazmir (15-9) allowed two runs (one earned) and four hits in seven innings to break a four-game losing streak. Texas starter Nick Tepesch (5-11) gave up six runs (five earned) and six hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Lowrie delivered a run-scoring double in the fifth to give Oakland a 4-1 lead and Reddick followed with a two-run single to right-center field. The Rangers pulled within 6-2 on Leonys Martin’s infield out in the bottom of the frame but could get no closer while losing for only the second time in 14 games.

Ryan Rua’s first-inning double gave Texas the early lead and Dunn’s two-run double to right in the third put Oakland on top. Reddick led off the fourth with his blast to right to make it 3-1.

GAME NOTEBOOK:
Kazmir won for the first time since defeating Minnesota on Aug. 19. … Texas 2B Rougned Odor is 0-for-7 in the series. … Reddick’s homer was his first blast since Sept. 8.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   Texas
Scott Kazmir Player Nick Tepesch
Win W/L Loss
7.0 IP 4.1
5 Strikeouts 2
4 Hits 6
1.29 ERA 10.38
Hitting
Oakland   Texas
Josh Reddick Player Daniel Robertson
2 Hits 1
3 RBI 0
1 HR 0
5 TB 2
.500 Avg .333
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 8 1 13 .235 12 6 6 4 0 1
Texas 5 0 8 .152 8 6 2 0 1 1
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