Davis Homers Twice, Crisp Goes Deep As A's Beat Rangers 6-4
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Khris Davis homered twice, Coco Crisp also went deep and the Oakland Athletics beat the AL West-leading Texas Rangers 6-4 on Wednesday night.
The A's have won four consecutive series for the first time since May 2014.
Crisp's two-run homer in the eighth, on a 99 mph fastball from Matt Bush (3-2), put the A's up 4-3. Davis added another two-run shot, his 25th homer of the season, later in the inning to chase the hard-throwing reliever.
Oakland is 9-4 since the All-Star break. The A's took two of three games in Texas, where they have gone 6-0-1 in their last seven series.
Ryan Dull (5-2) threw 1 1-3 perfect innings in relief of Sean Manaea, who struck out nine without a walk in 6 2-3 innings. Ryan Madson worked the ninth for his 22nd save in 28 chances, two nights after giving up Adrian Beltre's game-ending homer in the series opener.
Rangers starter Yu Darvish, winless in his last nine starts against Oakland, stuck out six without a walk and departed with a 3-2 lead after six innings.
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