Beltre, Rangers slam A's
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Adrian Beltre's 10th career grand slam turned around the game for the Texas Rangers, who rallied for a 5-2 victory over the Oakland A's on Monday.
Texas, which came into the game on a 21-inning scoreless streak, saw that stretch extended to 24 by Oakland starter Ross Detwiler (1-1) as the A's built a 2-0 lead.
Elvis Andrus cut Oakland's advantage to 2-1 with an RBI single in the fourth inning before Beltre gave Texas the lead in the fifth.
A hit batter and two singles loaded the bases for Beltre, who blasted a homer off Detwiler into the stands in left.
That was enough support for Martin Perez (8-8). The lefty gave up an unearned run in the first and a solo homer in the second but nothing else in his seven-inning outing. Perez struck out six, walked one and allowed five hits in picking up his first victory since June 26.
Matt Bush struck out two batters in a perfect eight, and Sam Dyson worked a scoreless ninth for his 27th save.
Not all the news was good for Texas, as leadoff hitter Shin-Soo Choo fractured his left forearm when he by a Detwiler pitch to start the fifth-inning rally. He left the game, and the club will put him on the 15 day disabled list.
Detwiler was charged with five runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out three and walked four.
Oakland got to Perez on a run-scoring single from Billy Butler, then made it 2-0 in the second on a solo blast by Ryon Healy, his sixth home run of the year.
Ian Desmond, Carlos Beltran and Rougned Odor had two hits apiece for Texas. Healy and Danny Valencia each collected a pair of hits for the A's.
NOTES: With their three-game series against first-place Texas, Oakland will leave Arlington having played a division leader 15 times in a 22-game stretch. ... OF Khris Davis is the first Oakland player to reach the 30-homer mark since Brandon Moss in 2013. ... RHP Andrew Triggs, who will start Tuesday's game, is in his eighth stint with Oakland this year. It is the most stints in one year in team history. ... LHP Ross Detwiler became the fifth former Texas pitcher to start against the Rangers this year. The Rangers improved to 5-1 in those games. ... The Rangers have used just one reliever in a game five times in August. They did that five times in a 55-game stretch entering the month.