OAKLAND -- Martin Perez pitched into the sixth inning of his first start of the season and the Texas Rangers held on to beat the Oakland Athletics 6-3 before another sparse crowd on Thursday.
Adrian Beltre singled and doubled to become the all-time hits leader among Latin-born players. Shin-Soo Choo homered for the second consecutive day and Nomar Mazara added two hits to help the Rangers split the four-game series.
The crowd of 10,132 was the largest of the series, which attracted 34,613 total for the four games.