Shea Langeleirs hit a two-out, two-run homer in the sixth inning to break a tie and the A's held on to beat the reeling Rangers 6-3 on Friday night.
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Shea Langeliers hit a two-out, two-run homer in the sixth inning to break a tie and the Oakland Athletics held on to beat the reeling Texas Rangers 6-3 on Friday night.
Toronto beat Kansas City and leads the Rangers by a game for the third wild-card spot. Texas remained 2 1/2 games behind first-place Houston in the AL West and a half-game back of second-place Seattle. Houston and Seattle lost Friday.The last-place A's, who will be officially eliminated from the postseason with their next loss, received a ragged start from Paul Blackburn, who struggled with his command and threw 70 pitches in the first two innings.
Seager's two-run home run in the first gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead. It was his 29th homer of the season and 16th in his past 34 games. Marcus Semien doubled and reached third on a fielding error, then scored on Nathaniel Lowe's single to right to give Texas a 3-2 lead in the fourth. Two walks loaded the bases for Ezequiel Duran, but he lined out to center to end the inning.
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