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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Adrian Beltre got the fastball he wanted. Wholesale NFL Jerseys China .Beltres second home run of the game was a two-run shot on the first pitch from Ryan Madson with two outs in the ninth inning, and it rallied the Texas Rangers past the Oakland Athletics 7-6 Monday night for their third straight win.Hes a really good pitcher, really good changeup, Beltre said. I was hoping that he would throw me something over the plate that I could drive, and thats exactly what he did.Madson was feeling good after converting all four save opportunities since the All-Star break, while Oakland was winning seven of 10 games.A good fastball-hitting guy, sitting fastball, Madson said. Maybe I was being a little bullheaded, trying to beat him instead of putting it in a good place.The heater I had for the last whole week, I was confident in it. It just happened to end up middle-middle to a fastball-hitting guy.Madson had his sixth blown save in 27 opportunities.Ian Desmond homered early for the Rangers. They increased their AL West lead for the first time since June 26, to 3 1/2 games over Houston.Beltre, who finished with four hits, had two singles in his first three at-bats before hitting a solo homer in the seventh against John Axford.What superlatives do you want me to put on it? Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. You can use them all. You could see the determination on his face.He had two special at-bats tonight, none bigger than the last one.Texas had trailed since Danny Valencia hit a two-run homer for Oakland in the first. All 13 runs in the game were scored with two outs.Texas turned three double plays behind starter Martin Perez, who has induced a major league-best 25 in 21 games.After the third inning, Perez held Oakland scoreless for three innings.I think I was more aggressive in the last three innings. Expand the zone and throw the ball where I wanted, he said.Valencia also had the first of three run-scoring doubles in a three-run third that gave the As a 5-1 lead.Nomar Mazara singled with one out in the ninth for Texas. Desmond hit his 19th homer in the first.Jake Diekman (2-1) worked a scoreless inning for the win.Billy Butler had three hits for the As.TRADE TALKRangers RHP Yu Darvish threw in the bullpen in preparation for Wednesdays scheduled start against Oakland, his third since coming off the disabled list for the second time this season.Through a translator, he expressed interest in the trade deadline a week away. Im always curious about who were going to get and all that stuff. And also I wonder, where am I going? he said with a laugh.MUNCY UP, HAHN DOWNA day after Athletics RHP Jesse Hahn allowed one run in 7 2/3 innings against Tampa Bay, Oakland optioned him back to Triple-A Nashville. The Athletics also recalled OF/1B Max Muncy from Nashville, where he batted .251 with eight home runs and 26 RBI in 64 games. Muncy ran for Butler in the eighth inning.TRAINERS ROOMAthletics: No one went on the disabled list Monday, the 21st day this season that Oakland has had 12 or more players on the DL. As players have missed a total of 966 games.Rangers: GM Jon Daniels said he expects DH Prince Fielder to undergo season-ending surgery to repair a herniated disk in his neck within a week. . Halfway through the minimum stay on the 60-day disabled list, RHP Colby Lewis (strained right lat muscle) threw from 75 feet. Hes about where we though he would be at this point, Banister said.UP NEXTAthletics: RHP Sonny Gray (4-9, 5.49 ERA) will start the second game of the series Tuesday.Rangers: RHP Nick Martinez (1-2, 6.45), scratched from Mondays scheduled start at Triple-A Round Rock, will be recalled to start Tuesdays game. Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys . Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday that allowed the veteran right-hander to retire as a member of team with which he broke into the majors and spent the bulk of his distinguished 16-year career. China Jerseys . -- Five former Kansas City Chiefs players who were on the team between 1987 and 1993 filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the team hid and even lied about the risks of head injuries during that time period when there was no collective bargaining agreement in place in the NFL. http://www.nfljerseyschina.net/ .ca. Hey Kerry, big fan of yours, just finished reading your book. I think that we all saw the Canucks/Flames line brawl just after puck drop. It was obvious that something was about to happen, even to the referees because the fourth lines were on to start.With the Boston Bruins set to take on the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final on Saturday, the main storylines will certainly start off with the four wins needed to advance to the Stanley Cup final and still new-Penguin Jarome Iginla taking on the team he almost went to prior to the trade deadline. But for Milan Lucic, theres still an old wound that hasnt healed - former teammate Marc Savards NHL career coming to an end after an elbow to the head from Pittsburghs Matt Cooke three years ago. "Its an interesting question because if it wasnt for that [Cooke hit], where would Marc Savard be today? Hed still be under contract with us, and would be on our team," Lucic told Joe Haggerty of Comcast Sportsnet. "I still talk to (Savard) and keep in touch with him. He was a good friend of mine when he was on the team. "Its still in the back of your mind, but its not the focal point when youre getting ready to play in this kind of a series." Lucic is one of a dozen Bruins still on the roster after that incident and Cooke answered the bell to forward Shawn Thornton the folllowing season. Jerseys Cheap. Both teams have also played a handful of games against each other over the last three years and Bruins head coach Claude Julien was quick to point out where his clubs real focus should be. "Are you talking about the (Marc) Savard thing? Or are you talking about the way Matt Cooke plays?" he told Haggerty on csnne.com. "There are different ways of answering that. At one point, youve got to move on from certain things. Just like the next question will be like Iginla. Stuff like that. We all know about that. The thing we have to focus on is finding a way to win the series. "If you just want revenge on this guy or that guy...is it really the right focus to have? The best way to get that satisfaction is by winning a series. So I think thats where your focus has to be." Both teams last met in playoffs in 1992 when the Penguins - with Jaromir Jagr in the lineup - swept Boston en route to their second straight Stanley Cup. Pittsburgh was 3-0 against the Bruins this season with every win in regulation. Files from csnne.com were used for this report. ' ' '
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