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	A's continue to struggle

Rangers 11, Athletics 4

Chad Gaudin threw 109 pitches, 58 for strikes, in six innings Tuesday night. (Ben Margot/AP)

Cust's two-run bomb

By Matt Smith / MLB.com

There was good news and bad news on Tuesday. The good news: Jack Cust homered and the A's put an end to an 11-game streak of scoring three runs or fewer. The bad news: Chad Gaudin gave up five runs and the 'pen six more as the A's losing skid reached nine.

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Series at a glance:

Mon. 07/16: TEX 4, OAK 1
Tue. 07/17: TEX 11, OAK 4
Wed. 07/18: OAK 6, TEX 0

TODAY'S WRAPS: July 17, 2007

Texas (41-52)
Won 3

Texas 11, Oakland 4

Oakland (44-50)
Lost 9

July 17, 2007

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	1	0	0	0	2	2	5	1	0	11	15	1
Oakland	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	8	2

Standings thru 7/17/07 | Gameday | Rangers Stats | Athletics Stats

Texas	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Lofton, CF	5	2	3	0	1	0	1	.309
Young, SS	5	1	5	3	1	0	0	.290
Teixeira, 1B	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	.305
1-Wilkerson, PR-1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216
Sosa, DH	4	0	0	1	1	2	8	.243
Byrd, RF	6	1	1	0	0	0	4	.361
Catalanotto, LF	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.227
a-Relaford, PH-2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.176
Laird, C	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	.228
Vazquez, 3B	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	.248
Hairston, 2B-LF	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	.217
Totals	39	11	15	7	8	4	18
a-Grounded into a forceout for Catalanotto in the 7th. 1-Ran for Teixeira in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Young 2 (25, Gaudin, Gaudin). 3B: Lofton (3, Gaudin), Vazquez (2, Gaudin). TB: Lofton 5; Young 7; Byrd; Catalanotto 2; Laird; Vazquez 3; Hairston 2. RBI: Young 3 (54), Sosa (64), Vazquez (15), Hairston (13), Laird (29). 2-out RBI: Young 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Byrd; Sosa 4; Relaford 2. S: Vazquez; Hairston. SF: Sosa; Hairston. GIDP: Byrd. Team LOB: 14. BASERUNNING SB: Byrd (1, 2nd base off Brown, A/Suzuki). FIELDING E: Vazquez (5, throw). DP: (Teixeira-Young-Tejeda).

Oakland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Buck, RF-CF	4	0	1	0	1	1	4	.277
Stewart, LF	4	1	2	0	1	1	3	.304
Cust, DH	2	1	1	3	2	1	1	.262
Johnson, 1B	5	0	0	0	0	0	7	.252
Crosby, SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.223
Kotsay, CF	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.225
Kielty, RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194
Ellis, 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.261
Scutaro, 3B	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	.244
Suzuki, C	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	.226
Totals	33	4	8	4	7	5	19
BATTING 2B: Stewart (12, Mahay). HR: Cust (16, 5th inning off Tejeda, 1 on, 0 out). TB: Buck; Stewart 3; Cust 4; Crosby; Ellis 2; Scutaro. RBI: Suzuki (5), Cust 3 (45). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Johnson 3; Buck; Ellis; Cust. SF: Suzuki; Cust. GIDP: Johnson. Team LOB: 11. FIELDING E: Kennedy (4, throw), Crosby (14, fielding). PB: Suzuki (1). DP: (Crosby-Ellis-Johnson).

Texas	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tejeda	4.1	4	3	3	6	2	1	6.68
Eyre (W, 3-3)	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.78
Wilson (H, 11)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.81
Mahay (S, 1)	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2.12

Oakland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Gaudin (L, 8-5)	6.0	8	5	5	6	4	0	3.39
Brown, A	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	10.13
Kennedy	0.2	1	2	1	2	0	0	4.60
Marshall	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	5.87
Komine	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.70

Eyre pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
Brown, A pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

WP: Gaudin.
IBB: Teixeira (by Gaudin), Teixeira (by Gaudin).
HBP: Teixeira (by Marshall).
Pitches-strikes: Tejeda 93-51, Eyre 16-8, Wilson 17-10, Mahay 27-18, Gaudin 109-58, Brown, A 7-6, Kennedy 28-13, Marshall 22-15, Komine 13-8.
Ground outs-fly outs: Tejeda 3-8, Eyre 2-0, Wilson 0-2, Mahay 3-4, Gaudin 9-5, Brown, A 0-0, Kennedy 3-0, Marshall 3-0, Komine 1-3.
Batters faced: Tejeda 23, Eyre 4, Wilson 4, Mahay 11, Gaudin 31, Brown, A 3, Kennedy 7, Marshall 7, Komine 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Eyre 1-0, Wilson 2-1, Kennedy 2-2, Marshall 3-0, Komine 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Ed Montague. 1B: Chris Guccione. 2B: Bill Miller. 3B: Marvin Hudson.
Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 15 mph, Out to RF.
T: 3:27.
Att: 20,209.

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

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