Athletics beat Rangers 9-2, avoid sweep in finale
Henry Bolte and Alika Williams each homered twice among four Athletics home runs in a 9-2 finale win over Texas, closing a series the club still lost 2-1.
Bolte's two homers salvage the finale
The Athletics closed out their series against the Rangers with a 9-2 win on September 2, avoiding a three-game sweep after opening losses of 1-8 and 5-8. Henry Bolte went 3-for-4 with 2 home runs, 4 RBI and a stolen base, and Alika Williams added a double and a home run of his own for 3 RBI. Zack Gelof went 2-for-5 with a double and a home run, Jonah Heim hit a solo shot, and Jacob Lopez held Texas to 2 earned runs over 6.0 innings with 7 strikeouts against 2 walks.
Rangers1-8Rangers5-8Rangers9-2The finale win was the only bright spot in a stretch that has the Athletics 1-4 in their last 5 games and sitting at 54-86 on the season.
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Tommy White will sit out the Athletics' next couple of games after exiting Tuesday's contest with back soreness, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.
The club also transferred Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, already out with a groin injury, to the 60-day injured list on Tuesday, closing off any chance of a near-term return.
Both moves land with the Athletics 17 games back in the AL West and down to an elimination number of 6.
Upcoming
The Athletics are in Seattle tonight, with Jack Perkins (3-10, 6.42 ERA) on the mound against Kade Anderson (0-0, 4.50 ERA). Perkins is coming off a loss to Baltimore in which he allowed just 1 earned run over 5.0 innings but issued 4 walks against 5 strikeouts, while Anderson went 4.1 innings and allowed 2 earned runs in a no-decision against Toronto in his last outing.
The Mariners are favored at home, and the market reads the total as low-scoring, a line that fits two clubs getting uneven results from their rotations lately and needing length from Perkins and Anderson alike to hold it there.