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ARLINGTON, Texas -- While an unorthodox move, Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin figured the best chance to extend the game was to make sure Adrian Beltre didnt end it.Melvin never really anticipated what happened right after intentionally walking Beltre with one out in the 10th inning to reload the bases after Carlos Beltrans tying two-run single for Texas.After the four intended wide pitches to Beltre, reliever Marc Rzepczynski hit Rougned Odor on the shoulder with his next pitch, forcing home the winning run to give the AL-best Rangers a 5-4 victory Tuesday night.I threw one and it ran instead of sank. And it ran right into his shoulder, Rzepczynski said. That sums it up right there.John Axford (4-4) had walked the bases loaded before Beltrans single up the middle. Next was Beltre, who had a game-deciding grand slam in the series opener Monday night.With two lefties coming up, I figured my best shot was to get a ground ball and force a double play, Melvin said.Oakland had tied the game in the ninth off closer Sam Dyson, then took a 4-2 lead in the 10th when Yonder Alonso had an RBI double and scored on Ryon Healys single as five of its first six batters reached against Keone Kela (4-1).Dyson struck out the side, but also gave up three hits and a run for his fourth blown save in 31 chances. The As had been 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position before Danny Valencias two-out RBI single tied the game at 2.Kela, the sixth Texas pitcher, got all three of his outs on strikeouts, between three hits and a walk.The As lost their fourth straight, dropping a season-high 16 games under .500. At 52-68, they are 18 1/2 games behind Texas in the AL West after their 19th loss this season in which they led the game by multiple runs.Axford struck out rookie Nomar Mazara to start the 10th, but walked Robinson Chirinos, pinch-hitter Jonathan Lucroy and All-Star center fielder Ian Desmond in order to set up Beltran.I felt strong. I felt good. Everything was coming out nice. I felt like I had my electric stuff today, Axford said. But I wasnt finding the zone and some of the borderline ones, Im not going to get. Im all over the place, Im not going to get something close.TERRIFIC TRIGGSOakland rookie starter Andrew Triggs limited the Rangers to two hits and one run over 5 2/3 innings in his third career start. The right-hander is in his eighth stint this season with the As, and made his 21st appearance. He struck out two and walked none, but hit Chirinos to start the sixth before he scored on a double by Beltran against reliever Ryan Dull.SHORT HOPSTexas (71-50) has won nine of 13 after its first game-ending hit by pitch with the bases loaded since Sept. 11, 2010, against the New York Yankees. ... Beltran matched his career high with four hits. ... Texas went ahead 2-1 in the seventh when Odor led off with a rare walk, only his 12th coming in his 476th plate appearance this season. He later scored on a sacrifice fly by Elvis Andrus.EARLY EXITRangers starter Lucas Harrell left after two innings because of a right groin strain. He faced only 12 batters, allowing three hits and four walks. But Oakland managed only one run against him, when Valencia drew a bases-loaded walk.TRAINERS ROOMAthletics: 2B Jed Lowrie will have season-ending surgery after being on the DL since Aug. 5 with lingering left foot issues. Lowrie will have a bunion removed from his big toe, but Melvin said there is also ligament damage.Rangers: RF Shin-Soo Choo is scheduled to have surgery Wednesday to have a plate inserted near his left wrist and forearm where he was hit by a pitch.UP NEXTAthletics: Rookie LHP Sean Manaea (4-7, 4.57 ERA) is 2/3 with a 3.27 ERA in nine games since coming off the DL on June 29.Rangers: RHP Yu Darvish, pitching one day after his 30th birthday, will try to beat the As for the first time since he first faced them in 2012. He is 0-8 in his last 10 starts against the AL West rival. Zapatillas Asics Baratas . Its the second straight game Bell has scored in extra time for Kelowna, which beat the Brandon Wheat Kings 6-5 on Friday, and he now has four game-winning goals on the season. Zapatillas Asics España . Mitch Holmberg added a goal and three assists. Connor Chartier also scored for the Chiefs (3-0-0). Luke Harrison spoiled Garrett Hughsons shutout bid with a power-play goal at 13:17 of the third period. The Spokane goaltender finished with 28 saves, including a Brandon Fushimi penalty shot in the second period that would have tied the game 1-1. http://www.baratasasics.es/ . Dusautoir, the former World Player of the Year, sustained a torn bicep playing for Toulouse in the Heineken Cup on Saturday. The flanker, who has played 65 times for France, is expected to be out for up to four months. Zapatillas Asics Baratas España . Its an influence in football and a big part of the game. Asics Baratas Chinas . Giroud, who wasnt in the starting lineup for two matches after allegations about his private life and a decline in form, scored twice in the first half. Tomas Rosickys chip made it 3-0 before half time at Emirates Stadium, while defender Laurent Koscielny scored an unmarked header in the second half.TORONTO -- John Gibbons liked the Blue Jays chances after they belted three home runs and built a 4-1 lead in the early going against the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner. Unfortunately for the Toronto manager, the Tampa Bay Rays were also zoned in at Rogers Centre. Ben Zobrist, Wil Myers, Evan Longoria and Kelly Johnson each hit solo homers off Blue Jays starter Esmil Rogers to help David Price pick up his fourth win of the season Friday as Tampa Bay defeated Toronto 8-5 in a game that looked a lot like this weeks home run derby. "In this ballpark the ball flies. Once its elevated it goes a long way," said Gibbons, whose team got solo home runs from Edwin Encarnacion, J.P. Arencibia and Brett Lawrie, to go along with a two-run shot from Jose Bautista. "We do the same thing on offence on our side." Price (4-5), who is now 7-0 in eight career starts in Toronto, gave up four runs on seven hits over seven innings. The 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner also struck out five and gave up one walk after surviving a rocky start. "We score four off Price -- you feel pretty good about it when you do that," Gibbons said. "He hangs around. He goes deep in the game every night but you feel pretty good if you can get four off him." Ryan Roberts had the go-ahead RBI in the eighth inning and scored an insurance run for red-hot Tampa Bay (56-41), which sits second in the AL East coming out of the all-star break. "We were playing the best ball we had up to this point of the year leading up to the all-star break," Price said. "To have that four-day break, you dont want it to mess up the momentum that the team has and just the winning feeling we have in the clubhouse and in the dugout. That was a big win for us tonight, we hit on all cylinders." Brett Cecil (3-1) suffered his first loss of 2013 for the Blue Jays (45-50), who remain cemented in the AL East basement and started the unofficial second half of the season with a thud. Adding to Torontos misery was the fact that the Rays scored four runs off a Toronto bullpen that has been one of the clubs lone bright sports. All-stars Cecil and Steve Delabar couldnt keep the score tied 4-4 in the eighth as Roberts singled home Johnson before coming around on Desmond Jennings double to give the Rays a two-run lead. "Theyve been so good," Gibbons said of his relievers. "They cant be perfect all year long." Toronto put two runners on in the eighth, but Colby Rasmus hit a lazy flyball to left to end the threat. The Rays then scored two more in the ninth before Lawrie added the games eighth home run, his sixth of the campaign, as a consolation. Rogers gave up the four solo homers on seven hits to go along with four strikeouts over 5 2-3 innings. In two starts against Tampa Bay this season, the right-hander has allowed seven solo homers. Despite the trouble wwith the long ball, Gibbons said his starter pitched well.dddddddddddd "That was kind of a funny game for him. When he was on, he was dominating, and then of course the four solo home runs," said Gibbons, who didnt think Rogers was tipping his pitches to Rays. "He never really got into trouble, it was just the solo home runs." With thunderstorm and tornado warnings issued across Southern Ontario, the crowd of 33,266 inside the sealed-shut and steamy Rogers Centre saw a home run bonanza early on. Price, who has had an up-and-down season that included 47 days on the disabled list with a triceps strain, now has 13 career victories against Toronto in 17 starts, the most against any opponent. But it wasnt easy for the 27-year-old left-hander in the early going. After Encarnacion gave Toronto a 1-0 lead with his 26th homer of the season into the second deck in left in the bottom of the first, Zobrist tied the score with a solo shot of his own in the top of the third. Arencibia hit Torontos second solo homer in the bottom of the inning, this one to straight away centre field for his 17th of the season. Reyes then singled with one out and stole second before Price surrendered Bautistas 21st homer, a two-run shot to right-centre that gave Toronto a 4-1 lead. "I thought he kept getting better," Rays manager Joe Maddon said of Price. "He wasnt bad at the beginning, he just threw it in a couple of bad spots." The Blue Jays could have blown the game wide open after loading the bases with two outs, but Rasmus popped out to end the threat. Tampa Bay would make them pay dearly. Myers made it 4-2 with a solo shot to right in the top of the fourth, his fourth home run of the season. It was Myers second against Rogers, who gave up back-to-back-to-back homers, including one to the rookie, in Tampa Bays 4-1 victory on June 24 that snapped Torontos 11-game winning streak. Longoria hit the most impressive home run of the night in the sixth to cut Torontos lead to one with a moonshot off the facing of the third deck in left for his 19th. Then Johnson tied the score 4-4 with the Rays fourth solo home run, this time to right field for his 14th. "A couple mistakes," Rogers said. "Here in this league, you pay." Notes: Carlos Delgado signed autographs prior to the game in the fan zone outside the stadium. The former Blue Jays first baseman will be inducted into the teams Level of Excellence prior to Sundays series finale. Delgado, who played 1,423 games with Toronto, is the franchise leader in doubles (343), home runs (336), RBIs (1,058) and walks (827). ... Friday marked the start of a 10-game homestand for the Blue Jays that will also see them welcome the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros. ... Rays right-hander Alex Cobb, who sustained a concussion when he was hit in the head by a batted ball in June, is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with single-A Charlotte on Tuesday. ' ' '