Oakland 4 runs in 11th to beat Rangers 8-4 in game of solos

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jed Lowrie hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the 11th inning after an earlier home run and the Oakland Athletics went on to beat the Texas Rangers 8-4 on Saturday.

“Ride the wave,” Lowrie said. “We had a big inning, and I think that was good for everybody in the dugout.”

Lowrie singled to right with one out in the 11th off Spencer Patton (0-1), who then threw a wild pitch that allowed another run before Stephen Piscotty added a two-run homer.

After both teams scored a run in the 10th, the A’s won for only the third time in their last nine games. They have to win the rubber game Sunday to avoid going winless in their last seven series before the All-Star break.

The A's had their most runs since a 13-6 win at Texas on June 22. The five runs just in extra innings were more than they scored in eight of their previous 10 games.

“We got some big hits that we’ve been missing here recently,” manger Bob Melvin said.

J.B. Wendelken (2-1), the sixth Oakland pitcher, worked both extra innings.

There were five solo homers before the game went to extra innings, with both teams having back-to-back shots.

“It seemed like every ball that was hit in the air was a homer early on,” Rangers manager Chris Woodward said. “We had our opportunities. We couldn't get the big hit to win it."

Texas led 2-0 when All-Star sluggers Adolis Garcia and Joey Gallo homered in a span of three pitches in the first. Garcia hit his 22nd homer and Gallo his 24th, the 11th in 12 games for the right fielder who will participate in MLB’s Home Run Derby on Monday night.

Sean Murphy and Seth Brown went back-to-back in the A's second. Murphy hit a 438-foot homer into the second deck of seats in left-center, then Brown followed with one that...

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