ARLINGTON -- The A's claimed their fourth consecutive win Tuesday night, edging the Rangers by a 3-2 margin behind Andrew Triggs' six-inning effort.
The rebound act -- Triggs yielded six runs in 1 1/3 innings in his previous outing -- continued a string of strong performances from Oakland's starting staff. Their work, complementing a robust offense, has helped the A's to victory in eight of their last nine tries.
Triggs held Texas to just four hits, the Rangers getting their lone run in the sixth on Adrian Beltre's game-tying sacrifice fly, but he was awarded the win thanks to Jed Lowrie's go-ahead double in the seventh that knocked Rangers starter Cole Hamels out of the game.