Shea Langeliers, Brent Rooker paced the Rangers | Field level average

Shea Langeliers and Brent Rooker each scored while combining for six hits and eight RBIs to power the Oakland Athletics past the Texas Rangers 9-4 on Wednesday afternoon in the opener of a doubleheader. Brett Harris also homered and Oakland held the Rangers scoreless over the final five innings, helping the A’s snap a three-game losing streak. Seeking a third straight series win and fifth straight overall, the Rangers led twice, including 4-2 in the fourth when Leody Taveras hit his second homer of the season, a two-run shot at Oakland starter JP Sears ( 3-2). But the A’s did the rest of the scoring, starting with a game-tying, two-run double by Langeliers in the bottom of the fourth. The Oakland catcher earlier hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Rangers starter Michael Lorenzen (2-2) to give the hosts a brief 2-1 lead in the second. Harris put them ahead for good when he led off the fifth with his third home run, and Langeliers capped a five-RBI day with his third hit, a triple in the sixth that scored JD Davis for a 6-4 lead. Rooker completed the scoring with a three-run homer, his ninth, in the seventh after Rangers reliever Cole Winn hit Abraham Toro with a pitch and walked JJ Bleday. Rooker finished with a single, double and homer, three RBIs and three runs scored. Langeliers collected a double, a triple and a home run in the win. Sears was credited with the win after allowing four runs and seven hits over 5 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out three. Austin Adams and Mason Miller came out of the Oakland bullpen and completed the shutout. Miller retired all six men he faced, four by strikeout, over the final two innings. Lorenzen, who started the day with a 4-0 record and 0.29 ERA in his career against the A’s, took the loss after giving up six runs and nine runs in six innings. He walked two and struck out six. Davis scored twice for the A’s, who were outscored 4-2 and 15-8 in the first two games of the series. Marcus Semien homered for the second straight day for the Rangers as part of a 3-for-5 performance. The homer was his seventh. –Average at field level