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
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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
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 |