Davis hits 40th HR in A's 5-2 win over Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Khris Davis reached 40 home runs by slamming two as the Oakland A's won their second consecutive game against Texas with a 5-2 victory on Sunday.
Oakland has now won six of its last seven games and Texas has dropped three of four.
Davis hit a solo homer off Texas starter Colby Lewis (6-3) in the fourth inning to cut the Rangers' lead to 2-1. After the A's moved ahead 3-2, Davis added some insurance in the eighth with a two-run homer off Keone Kela.
Davis has 10 homers this year against Texas, the most ever for one player against the Rangers in a season. He also became the first Oakland player to hit 40 homers in a season since Jason Giambi had 43 in 2000.
Davis helped make a winner of Ross Detwiler (2-3), who limited the Rangers to two runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings. Ryan Dull worked the ninth for his third save of the season.
Texas scored twice off Detwiler in the third on RBI singles from Delino DeShields and Ian Desmond.
After Davis got Oakland on the board, it took advantage of control problems by Lewis to take the lead for good in the sixth. Lewis walked three in the inning, with Marcus Semien tying the score with a bases-loaded walk. A fielder's-choice grounder from Renato Nunez made it 3-2.
Lewis gave up just three hits and struck out four but was charged with three runs in 5 1/3 innings.
Davis and Healy each had two hits for Oakland. Carlos Gomez had two of the eight Texas hits.
NOTES: Despite The Rangers having the best record in the American League, the 11-2 setback on Saturday marked the seventh loss by nine or more runs this season. That's the most of any American League team. ... Oakland's Joey Wendle became the eighth batter to lead off a game with a homer against the Rangers on Saturday. That's the most that Texas has allowed in a season in club history. ... The Rangers have at least 20 home runs from all three outfield positions this season, just the fourth time in club history that has happened. ... The 60 runs scored in a six-game stretch from Monday through Saturday were the most Oakland has produced on the road in a six-game span since 2000.