A's silence Rangers, take rubber match

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05/05/2010 - Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Daric Barton finished 2-for-3 with an RBI as Oakland topped Texas, 4-1, in the rubber match of a three-game set.

Eric Patterson homered while Ryan Sweeney and Kevin Kouzmanoff also drove in runs for the Athletics, who took the series but won for just the fourth time in their last 11 games.

Trevor Cahill (1-1) earned his first win of the season by scattering five hits and one unearned run over five-plus innings. Andrew Bailey picked up his fifth save with a scoreless final frame.

Vladimir Guerrero drove in the lone run and Elvis Andrus collected a pair of hits for the Rangers, who dropped the final two games in the set after winning four in a row.

Colby Lewis (3-1) suffered his first setback of the season after being charged with five hits and three runs over six innings.

Already ahead by two, the A's picked up an insurance run off Darren Oliver in the seventh. Rajai Davis singled and advanced on a sacrifice bunt from Cliff Pennington, then stole third before Barton's single up the middle plated him.

Brad Ziegler sent down the side in order in the eighth, then Bailey did the same in the ninth to lock up the victory.

Oakland got on the board in the second, thanks to a pair of RBI groundouts from Sweeney and Kouzmanoff. Pennington got the frame started with a single then Barton stroked a ground-rule double to put two men in scoring position.

Patterson then led off the fifth with a blast to right-center for a 3-0 game.

Texas picked up a run in the sixth. Michael Young reached on Kouzmanoff's throwing error and Josh Hamilton singled, which put runners on the corners and brought the end to Cahill's outing for Tyson Ross.

Guerrero followed with a base hit to plate Young, but Ian Kinsler's double- play ball and a grounder from David Murphy kept it a 3-1 game.

Game Notes

Oakland had won 11 of the 19 meetings with Texas a year ago, and has taken four of the last six against the Rangers on the East Bay...Bailey has yet to allow a run this season and has worked 20 2/3 scoreless frames since last September 6...The A's improved to 8-3 in day games this season...Texas was held to two runs or fewer for just the second time in its last 15 contests.

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With the playoffs about two months away, the top two teams in the Western Conference are the clear cut leaders to win the NBA Championship. The Dallas Mavericks have the best record in the NBA (44-9) and have been absolutely scorching since the second week of the season.  What makes the Mavs’ record more impressive is the fact that they dropped their first four games of the season.  Currently they have won 17 out of their last 18 and are MySportsbook.com’s favorite (2-1) to win it all.  Right behind the Mavs are the Pacific leading Phoenix Suns (39-13).  Last season, the Suns lost in the Conference Finals to non-other then the Mavericks four games to two.  Of course the Suns were without center Amare Stoudemire who has is averaging 19.9 PPG and 9.5 RPG since coming back from his knee injury.  Unlike the Mavs, the Suns have struggled a bit lately having lost their last three and four out of their last seven.  Of course the main reason for their three straight loses is due to the absence of two time MVP Steve Nash, who is out with a shoulder injury.  Heads-up, the Mavs have beaten the Suns in both of their meetings this season.

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