Sean Murphy crushes a solo homer to center field to extend the A's lead to 4-2 in the bottom of the 3rd inning

Chad Pinder crushes a solo homer to center field, padding the A's lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the 3rd inning

Cole Irvin strikes out four batters and allows two earned runs on six hits in 6 1/3 innings against the Rangers

A's manager Mark Kotsay discusses an uncharacteristic tough night for his bullpen in the 8-5 loss to the Rangers

Ramón Laureano scores on a throwing error by Jonah Heim to give the A's a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the 3rd inning

Seth Brown taps an RBI groundout to second to tie the game at 2 in the bottom of the 3rd inning

Ramón Laureano grounds an RBI single past the infield and into left-center field to cut the A's deficit to 2-1 in the 3rd

Frankie Montas wheels and deals his way through the Rangers' lineup, striking out 11 batters in seven innings of work

Mark Kotsay praises Frankie Montas' performance in the A's 4-1 loss to the Rangers

Chad Pinder takes advantage of Martín Pérez's wild pitch, scoring from third to tie the game at one in the 4th inning