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ARLINGTON, Texas — The best way to make people forget about a costly throwing error that was a main reason your team was headed for another costly defeat is to smash the go-ahead homer in the bottom ninth to rally your team for a victory.

The top three teams stay the same, but an electric back-end bullpen combo has the Brewers steadily climbing.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Jed Lowrie singled home Cristian Pache with two out in the ninth inning Sunday as the Athletics avoided a four-game sweep with a 6-5 win over the Texas Rangers before a crowd of 8,342 at the Coliseum.

NEW YORK — It was not long ago that the baseball world cast an eye of confused suspicion on the Yankees.

Reid Detmers might have set the bar impossibly high when he threw a no-hitter in his 11th big league start May 10. The Angels left-hander has found it difficult to produce a worthy encore.

HOUSTON – For an idea of just how desperate times are these days, Adolis Garcia, purveyor of one of baseball’s mightiest swings, led off the sixth inning Thursday with a bunt single, a career-first.

ARLINGTON, Texas — On the surface, it is a great mystery.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Credit the Rangers with serving up a satisfying appetizer on Sunday afternoon with a 7-1 win over the Boston Red Sox – in contrast to their performances in the series’ two previous games – before the main course of a historic evening of dueling Game 7s for…

ARLINGTON, Texas — It was such a promising start. The first batter of the season for the Rangers homered. The next three all reached and scored.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The A’s continued to struggle at the plate, but Stephen Piscotty hit a two-run home run and Cole Irvin and three relievers combined to shut out the Texas Rangers 2-0 Sunday at the Coliseum.

Checking in on the newcomers filling in for stars who left their teams in the offseason, like Carlos Correa and Freddie Freeman.