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	Rangers take rubber match

Rangers 4, Athletics 3

Kenny Lofton steals second base in the first inning on Sunday. (Tony Gutierrez/AP)

Blalock's two-run single

By Ken Daley / Special to MLB.com

Hank Blalock delivered a go-ahead two-run single in the eighth inning, lifting the Rangers over the A's. Robinson Tejeda gave up three runs while striking out six over 6 1/3 innings, and Kenny Lofton collected career hit No. 2,300 and stole two bases.

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Series at a glance:

Fri. 04/20: OAK 16, TEX 4
Sat. 04/21: TEX 7, OAK 0
Sun. 04/22: TEX 4, OAK 3

TODAY'S WRAPS: April 22, 2007

Oakland (9-9)
Lost 2

Texas 4, Oakland 3

Texas (8-10)
Won 2

April 22, 2007

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	11	0
Texas	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	X	4	8	0

Standings thru 4/22/07 | Gameday | Athletics Stats | Rangers Stats

Oakland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Stewart, LF	5	1	2	2	0	0	2	.225
Swisher, 1B-CF	5	0	1	0	0	2	4	.242
Chavez, 3B	5	1	2	0	0	1	3	.274
Piazza, DH	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	.257
Bradley, CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.263
Walker, 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222
Buck, RF	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.244
Crosby, SS	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	.236
Kendall, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.172
Ellis, 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.255
Totals	37	3	11	3	2	7	19
BATTING 2B: Chavez (6, Tejeda), Piazza (6, Tejeda), Swisher (4, Tejeda). HR: Stewart (2, 5th inning off Tejeda, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Stewart 5; Swisher 2; Chavez 3; Piazza 3; Bradley; Crosby 2; Ellis. RBI: Piazza (5), Stewart 2 (7). 2-out RBI: Stewart 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Piazza; Buck; Chavez 2; Swisher; Crosby. GIDP: Buck. Team LOB: 9. BASERUNNING SB: Crosby (4, 2nd base off Tejeda/Laird). FIELDING DP: (Crosby).

Texas	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Lofton, CF	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	.274
Catalanotto, LF	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	.167
1-Hairston, PR-LF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.294
Young, SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	5	.162
Teixeira, 1B	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	.222
Sosa, DH	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	.186
Blalock, 3B	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	.254
Kinsler, 2B	4	0	1	1	0	2	3	.333
Cruz, RF	4	0	1	0	0	2	3	.267
Laird, C	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.104
Totals	31	4	8	4	4	11	20
1-Ran for Catalanotto in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Cruz (2, Gaudin), Catalanotto (1, Duchscherer). 3B: Blalock (2, Gaudin). TB: Lofton 2; Catalanotto 2; Blalock 5; Kinsler; Cruz 2. RBI: Kinsler (16), Sosa (12), Blalock 2 (4). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Teixeira 2; Sosa; Laird; Cruz. Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING SB: Lofton 2 (6, 2nd base off Gaudin/Kendall, 2nd base off Gaudin/Kendall), Blalock (2, 2nd base off Embree/Kendall), Catalanotto (1, 2nd base off Gaudin/Kendall). FIELDING DP: (Kinsler-Teixeira).

Oakland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Gaudin	6.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	1.85
Embree (H, 4)	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.93
Duchscherer (H, 3)(L, 1-1)	0.2	2	3	3	2	1	0	6.75
Street (BS, 1)	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.70

Texas	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tejeda	6.1	9	3	3	0	6	1	3.55
Eyre (W, 1-0)	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Gagne (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Otsuka (S, 2)	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

Pitches-strikes: Gaudin 97-64, Embree 13-9, Duchscherer 24-13, Street 11-8, Tejeda 106-77, Eyre 28-19, Gagne 11-6, Otsuka 10-7.
Ground outs-fly outs: Gaudin 6-5, Embree 0-0, Duchscherer 0-1, Street 0-1, Tejeda 7-6, Eyre 2-3, Gagne 1-0, Otsuka 0-1.
Batters faced: Gaudin 23, Embree 3, Duchscherer 6, Street 3, Tejeda 27, Eyre 7, Gagne 2, Otsuka 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Duchscherer 1-0, Street 3-2, Eyre 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Gerry Davis. 1B: Paul Nauert. 2B: Brian Gorman. 3B: Tom Hallion.
Weather: 75 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 15 mph, In from RF.
T: 3:06.
Att: 37,002.

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner

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