OAKLAND -- Chad Pinder (aka "Chi" for Players Weekend) hit two home runs for only the second time in his young career, and the last-place Athletics knocked off the Rangers for the second straight game with an 8-3 victory on Saturday afternoon at the Coliseum.
The loss kept the Rangers from gaining ground in the American League Wild Card race on a day when both the Twins and Mariners lost. The Rangers remain two games behind the Twins for the second Wild Card spot.
Pinder hit both his home runs off Rangers starter Cole Hamels ("Hollywood"), who had won four straight starts coming into the game.