Rangers 10, Athletics 3
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Shortstop Elvis Andrus and third baseman Adrian Beltre hit three-run homers, and second baseman Rougned Odor added a solo shot, powering the Texas Rangers to a 10-3 victory against the Oakland A's on Wednesday night at the O.co Coliseum.
The surging Rangers increased their lead in the American League West to three games over Houston, which lost 6-5 to the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday afternoon.
Rangers right-hander Colby Lewis (17-8) gave up two runs on five hits over six innings and won his third straight start. Lewis improved to 3-0 against the A's this season. In his previous start against Oakland, he had a perfect game through seven innings but gave up a leadoff double to third baseman Danny Valencia in the eighth and settled for a 4-0 shutout on Sept. 11.
Beltre hit his 16th home run of the season in the fifth inning off A's left-hander Felix Doubront. The home run was Beltre's first since Sept. 13 when he hit a three-run shot and a two-run blast off Doubront in a 12-4 win at Globe Life Park.
Andrus hit his seventh home run of the season in the fourth inning, and Odor hit his 15th in the ninth.
Doubront (3-3) gave up a career-high tying seven runs on eight hits, including two homers, over 4 2/3 innings Wednesday. He entered the game with an 0-5 record and 12.68 in eight career appearances against Texas.
He gave up a career-high tying seven runs and a career-high three home runs in that 12-4 loss.
A's right fielder Josh Reddick hit his 20th home run of the season, a solo shot off Lewis in the sixth. Second baseman Eric Sogard hit a solo shot in the seventh off left-hander Sam Freeman, snapping his career-high homerless streaks of 457 at-bats and 141 games. The home run was Sogard's first since Aug. 6, 2014.
The A's took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning. Second baseman Brett Lawrie had a leadoff walk, moved to second on Sogard's single and scored when catcher Carson Blair grounded a single to left.
Texas responded with four runs in the fourth inning. Beltre hit an infield single with one out and moved to second when designated hitter Prince Fielder lined a single to right, ending his 0-for-20 drought.
First baseman Mitch Moreland singled to right, driving in Beltre, and Fielder took third on Reddick's error.
Andrus lined Doubront's 1-0 changeup over the left-center-field fence, increasing the Rangers' lead to 4-1. It was his seventh home run of the season and first since Aug. 19 against the Seattle Mariners.
The Rangers added three runs in the fifth on Beltre's home run. Center fielder Delino DeShields hit a leadoff double and went to third on Reddick's second error of the game. Right fielder Shin-Soo Choo walked, and Beltre crushed Doubront's first-pitch fastball high and deep over the left field fence.
NOTES: Rangers OF Josh Hamilton (sore left knee) ran the bases and faced live pitching before Wednesday's game. Hamilton, who had surgery Sept. 11, hasn't started a game or played in the field since Aug. 15. He pinch-hit Friday and Sunday. ... A's C/1B Stephen Vogt started at first base. It marked his first appearance in the field since Sept. 6 when he took a hard foul tip off his protective cup and sustained an injury that required a trip to the hospital. Vogt started at designated hitter Sunday at Houston and pinch-hit Tuesday against the Rangers. He is expected to resume catching during the Athletics' three-game series against San Francisco, which begins Friday. ... Rangers LF/1B Mike Napoli, who made his first seven career starts in left field over the previous nine games, was out of the lineup. Drew Stubbs, a more skilled defensive outfielder, started in left. ... A's INF Eric Sogard started at shortstop for the 12th time this season.