Fed up with a long losing streak, and looking to cure themselves of the perpetual Oakland Coliseum calamity, the Rangers throttled the likely October-bound Athletics today in a way that they’ve been beaten often lately: A whole bunch of big ol’ dingers and a starter K-ing everyone who steps up to the plate.
The Rangers hit five home runs today and scored eight total runs. While they were A’s-ing the A’s at their own game at the plate, starter Lance Lynn was tying a career high with 12 strikeouts to just one walk in his 5 1⁄3 innings of heavy lifting from the mound.