ATHLETICS 9, RANGERS 4

Athletics 9, Rangers 4
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Barry Zito continued his mastery of the Rangers at Texas and the Oakland Athletics moved back into first place in the AL West with a 9-4 victory Saturday night.
Zito (7-7) improved to 8-0 in 10 career road starts against Texas, allowing four runs and five hits in 5 2-3 innings. He struck out four and walked five for the A's, who have won seven of their last eight.
Erubiel Durazo went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs, and Damian Miller also had two hits for the A's, who moved past Texas again a day after being knocked out of first place.
Brian Jordan and Rod Barajas homered for the Rangers, who have lost six of their last eight.
OAKLANDTEXAS
abrhbiabrhbi
Kotsay cf6011EYong 2b2110
McLmr 2b4210MYong ss4110
Scutaro 2b1000ASrano dh3022
EChavz 3b5120Txeira 1b4000
Httberg 1b5111Perry 3b3000
DMiller c3321BJordn rf4111
Durazo dh4122Mathws cf3000
Crosby ss3001Mench lf1000
Byrnes lf5111Blalock 3b2000
Kielty rf4012Brajas c4111
Totals409119Totals30464
Oakland000330300--9
Texas013000000--4
E--EYoung (3), Blalock (11). DP--Oakland 3. LOB--Oakland 11, Texas 5. 2B--EChavez (10), Kielty (11), ASoriano (18). HR--BJordan (1), Barajas (13).
IPHRERBBSO
Oakland
Zito W,7-75 2-354454
Duchscherer2 1-310011
RRincon100001
Texas
Drese L,7-64 1-356441
Ramirez1 2-310021
JeNelson123110
BShouse230002
PB--Barajas. Umpires--Home, Bruce Froemming; First, Tim Timmons; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Mike Winters. T--3:05. A--50,708.
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