A's beat Rangers to avoid three-game sweep

Coco Crisp hit a go-ahead single in the eighth inning, and the Oakland Athletics beat the first-place Texas Rangers 4-3 on Thursday to avoid a series sweep.
Sep 22, 2011, 11:51 pm - Associated Press
TEX
OAK
123456789RHE
0200010003100
10000111-460
G. Balfour
win

G. Balfour5-2

1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BB
M. Adams
loss

M. Adams1-3

1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 K, 0 BB
A. Bailey
save

A. Bailey21

1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

TEXOAK
1stJ Willingham doubled to left, J Weeks scored.01
2ndA Beltre doubled to deep right, M Young scored.11
2ndN Cruz hit sacrifice fly to center, A Beltre scored.21
6thD Murphy singled to right, J Hamilton scored, D Murphy to second advancing on throw.31
6thJ Weeks homered to right (389 feet).32
7thS Sizemore grounded out to second, D DeJesus scored, C Pennington to third.33
8thC Crisp singled to shallow right, J Weeks scored, C Crisp to second advancing on throw.34
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