Texas 5 at Athletics 14 - Recap

OAKLAND -- Khris Davis and Josh Phegley hit three-run homers, powering the Oakland A's to a 14-5 victory against the Texas Rangers at the Oakland Coliseum on Monday night.

A's rookie left-hander Sean Manaea gave up only two runs on four hits but left the game after 4 1/3 innings with a strain of his left pronator muscle in his forearm. Manaea was rubbing his left forearm as he talked to an A's trainer and manager Bob Melvin on the mound before exiting after giving up a home run to Shin-Soo Choo.

Davis hit his 15th home run of the season in the third inning, and Phegley had his first blast of the year in the fourth. Davis went 2-for-4, drove in five runs and scored three times. Marcus Semien and Jake Smolinski each had three hits, and every A's starter except Yonder Alonso had at least one hit.

Rangers left-hander Cesar Ramos (1-3) gave up eight runs, six of them earned, on eight hits over 3 2/3 innings. He finished with five walks and one strikeout. He started in place of Yu Darvish, who went on the 15-day disabled list due to discomfort in his right shoulder.

Choo came off the disabled list and hit his first home run of the season, a solo shot in the fifth inning. Ryan Rua hit a two-run homer for the Rangers in the sixth, his fifth blast of the year, and Mitch Moreland hit his 10th homer in the ninth, a solo shot.

The A's lost the first seven games of their recent road trip, scoring a combined 15 runs during that skid. Then they finished the trip with a 6-1 victory at Cincinnati on Sunday before pounding out 17 hits and scoring 14 times Monday against the first-place Rangers, who lead the fourth-place A's by 11 1/2 games in the American League West.

Ramos gave up singles to the first three A's he faced -- Coco Crisp, Semien and Danny Valencia -- to load the bases, but he allowed only one run in the inning. Davis brought Crisp home when he grounded into a force play.

The A's added four runs in the third to make it 5-0. Crisp led off with a walk and went to second on a one-out error when third baseman Jurickson Profar couldn't catch Valencia's line drive. Davis sent Ramos' 2-0 fastball over the wall in left-center field for a three-run homer.

Ramos walked Billy Butler, gave up a single to Phegley and walked Smolinski, loading the bases. Alonso brought Butler home with a sacrifice fly.

Texas cut Oakland's lead to 5-1 in the top of the fourth when Rua singled with two outs, moved to second when Manaea hit Prince Fielder with a pitch and scored on Elvis Andrus' sharp single to left.

The A's answered with five runs in the bottom of the fourth. Semien singled with two outs, stole second and scored on Valencia's single. After Davis walked, Butler lined an RBI single off reliever Tom Wilhelmsen.

Phegley sent Wilhelmsen's 2-2 pitch over the right-center fence for a three-run homer, increasing Oakland's lead to 10-1.

Choo hit a solo home run with one out in the fifth. Oakland added four runs in the bottom of the inning. Semien and Davis had RBI singles, and Smolinski had a two-run single.

NOTES: Rangers RHP Yu Darvish (right shoulder discomfort) was placed on the 15-day disabled list. He underwent MRIs of his right shoulder and his neck, but neither showed structural damage. ... The Rangers recalled LHP Alex Claudio from Triple-A Round Rock to take Darvish's place. Texas also activated RF Shin-Soo Choo (strained left hamstring) from the DL. Choo had been on the DL since May 23. ... Rangers OF Jared Hoying was sent to Round Rock. Hoying hit .217 with three RBIs in his first 11 major league games. ... A's RHP Henderson Alvarez (right shoulder soreness) was scheduled to make a rehab start Monday for Class-A Stockton. ... Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre (strained left hamstring) did not start for the fifth straight game, but was available to pinch hit. ... A's RF Josh Reddick (fractured left thumb) took 25 swings off a tee. "It's kind of the start of the process, getting him into baseball activities incrementally," A's manager Bob Melvin said.