A's attempt to narrow gap in West in finale with Rangers
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07/29/2010 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After coming through with a much-needed victory on
Wednesday, the Oakland Athletics will try to gain further ground on the
American League West-leading Texas Rangers when the divisional rivals wrap up
a three-game series tonight at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
The Athletics lost 3-1 to Texas in a 10-inning thriller on Tuesday, but were
able to avenge that defeat with a dominant performance from Trevor Cahill last
night. The All-Star hurler delivered eight shutout innings and Kurt Suzuki
knocked in a pair of runs as Oakland evened this key set with a 3-1 triumph.
Cahill (10-4) limited a potent Rangers offense to a mere two hits and walked
three in outdueling Texas starter Colby Lewis, who gave up just one run and
five hits while registering eight strikeouts over his seven innings of work.
"He was outstanding," A's manager Bob Geren said of Cahill. "When you think
about the environment he was pitching in, the weather, the team, it was about
as good as you can do."
Lewis held his own as well until the sixth inning, when Suzuki snapped a
scoreless tie by hitting his team-leading 12th homer of the year. The Oakland
catcher later added an RBI single during a two-run eighth that gave his club a
3-0 advantage.
"[Lewis] left one pitch up to Suzuki, and when you make a mistake to that kid
he usually doesn't miss," Rangers manager Ron Washington remarked.
Nelson Cruz, who had the game-winning homer in the 10th inning of Tuesday's
opener, had one of Texas' two hits of Cahill to extend his hitting streak to
16 games. The standout outfielder is batting .403 (27-for-67) with three
homers and 16 RBI during his career-best tear.
Oakland now has won 10 of its last 13 contests, but still trails the front-
running Rangers by 7 1/2 games in the AL West standings. Texas had won four of
five prior to Wednesday's setback.
The Rangers will attempt to bounce back behind C.J. Wilson, who's been as good
as any pitcher on a Texas staff that also contains former AL Cy Young Award
winner Cliff Lee over the past few weeks. The converted closer comes in having
won six of his last eight decisions and has yielded two runs or less seven
times in a nine-start span dating back to June 9, producing an excellent 2.33
earned run average over that stretch.
Wilson has been especially strong since the All-Star break. After permitting
just one run and three hits and racking up a career-best 10 strikeouts in 6
2/3 innings to defeat Boston on July 18, the left-hander fired eight shutout
innings to lead Texas to a 1-0 victory over rival Anaheim this past Friday in
his second start of the second half.
The 29-year-old is also an impressive 7-2 with a 3.18 ERA in 12 outings at
hitter-friendly Rangers Ballpark for the year, and allowed one run in a seven-
inning no-decision against the A's in Arlington back in May. Wilson had faced
Oakland 30 times in relief prior to that start and went 1-3 with a 5.08 ERA
and five saves in those games.
The Athletics counter with a pitcher who's on quite a roll of his own in Vin
Mazzaro. The young right-hander enters the finale with a 4-0 record and an
outstanding 2.12 ERA over his past five assignments and has lasted at least
six innings in each of his six most recent starts.
Most notably, most of Mazzaro's success has come on the road, where he's
compiled a 4-1 mark along with a 3.13 ERA in seven games (five starts). The
second-year major-leaguer has emerged triumphant in three straight away
starts, including a July 17 clash at Kansas City in which he surrendered one
run in a career-best 7 2/3 innings of work.
Mazzaro followed up by holding AL Central-leading Chicago to two runs and
three hits in a sharp six-inning stint on Saturday, which ran his season
record to 6-2.
The 23-year-old did not fare well in a meeting with the Rangers on May 4,
however, with Mazzaro reached for four runs and issuing four walks before
exiting after three innings.
These divisional foes have split eight meetings thus far in 2010, with the
Rangers having prevailed in three of the five matchups held in Arlington.
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