The only thing stopping the Texas Rangers
now is the All-Star break.Matt Harrison pitched six-hit ball into the eighth
inning, Adrian Beltre Replica
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third consecutive game and the Rangers extended their winning streak to a
season-best seven games with a 2-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on
Sunday. “I think we finally got the type of baseball moving in the direction
we’re capable of playing,” Rangers manager Ron Washington said. “Now we know
what we have to do and how we have to do it, just have to go out there and get
a little break and continue to play good baseball. The biggest compliment I can
give to them is that I love watching them play.”
Harrison (7-7) struck out seven and walked
one in 7 2-3 innings to prevail in a pitchers’ duel over Trevor Cahill .Neftali
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save in 22 chances.”I was able to keep them off balance, moving the ball in and
out,” Harrison said. “I gave us a chance to
win today. I knew it was going to be tough pitching against Cahill. He’s a
great pitcher and he made one mistake today and that’s all we needed to win the
ballgame.” After Josh Hamilton drew a two-out walk in the sixth, Beltre lifted
a 1-0 pitch from Cahill (8-7) into the seats in left-center for Beltre’s 19th
of the season. AL West-leading Texas opened the season with six consecutive
wins, then topped that streak with a four-game sweep of Oakland.The Rangers
have won seven consecutive games heading into the break for the first time in
franchise history.A game played in 98-degree heat wrapped up an emotional
weekend for both teams following the death Thursday of a fan who reached for a
ball tossed into the stands by Hamilton. Brownwood
firefighter Shannon Stone tumbled over a rail, falling about 20 feet to the
concrete below. He died less than an hour later. Cahill nearly matched Harrison before faltering in the sixth. Cahill France Football Teams Shirt gave up two runs and five hits in 7 2-3 innings with three
strikeouts and two walks. “(Harrison’s) stuff
was electric,” Cahill said. “It’s always challenging when the other guy’s
throwing the ball well. It makes it a little more competitive.”
Cahill left a fastball up and over the
plate, and Beltre made him pay. That was all the Rangers needed against an Oakland offense that
continues to scuffle. “I was trying to get my pitch to hit, try not to miss my
pitch,” Beltre French
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ball hard somewhere.”Cahill entered the game with an 8-2 record and 2.18 ERA in
11 career starts against Texas.Oakland was shut out for the 11th time this
season and is 5-13 in its last 18 games after a six-game winning streak.