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By Mychael Urban / MLB.com
Eric Byrnes hit two homers while Erubiel Durazo added one of his own, but the bullpen couldn't protect a late lead Friday as the A's fell. Complete story >
Athletics Coverage• A's notes: Dotel blending right in• Kotsay's running grab: 56K | 350K• Byrnes homers twice: 56K | 350K• Durazo homers: 56K | 350K
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By Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com
Laynce Nix highlighted a five-run rally in the eighth with a two RBIs as the Rangers moved back into first place in the AL West on Friday night. Complete story >
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Texas (57-44)
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Standings through 7/30/04 | Gameday | Athletics Stats | Rangers Stats
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| Oakland | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Kotsay, CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .320 |
| Byrnes, LF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| Chavez, 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .270 |
| Hatteberg, 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .294 |
| Miller, C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .290 |
| Durazo, DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .313 |
| Crosby, SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Kielty, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .204 |
| Scutaro, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .277 |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |
BATTING
2B: Hatteberg (19, Narron), Crosby (23, Benoit), Byrnes (24, Cordero), Miller (18, Cordero).
HR: Byrnes 2 (16, 1st inning off Narron, 0 on, 1 out; 3rd inning off Narron, 0 on, 0 out), Durazo (15, 3rd inning off Narron, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Byrnes 10; Hatteberg 3; Miller 2; Durazo 5; Crosby 2.
RBI: Byrnes 2 (48), Durazo 2 (51), Miller (42).
2-out RBI: Durazo 2, Miller.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Miller, Kotsay 2, Scutaro 3, Durazo.
Team LOB: 10.
FIELDING
E: Scutaro (5, drop ball).
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| Texas | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Young, M, SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .328 |
| Blalock, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .284 |
| Soriano, 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .279 |
| Teixeira, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .275 |
| Matthews, RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .287 |
| Young, E, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .324 |
| Dellucci, LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .252 |
| Laird, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .270 |
| a-Mench, PH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 |
| Barajas, C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| Nix, CF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .271 |
| Totals | 34 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | |
a-Hit by pitch for Laird in the 8th.
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BATTING
HR: Teixeira (25, 8th inning off Lehr, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Young, M 2; Blalock; Teixeira 5; Matthews 2; Young, E; Nix.
RBI: Blalock (74), Teixeira (63), Nix 2 (31), Young, M 2 (61).
2-out RBI: Blalock, Nix 2, Young, M 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Matthews, Soriano 2, Laird 2.
Team LOB: 8.
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| Oakland | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Harden | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3.92 |
| Lehr (H, 4) | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.30 |
| Bradford (BS, 3)(L, 5-5) | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.89 |
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WP: Harden, Narron.
IBB: Dellucci (by Bradford), Blalock (by Bradford).
HBP: Mench (by Bradford), Byrnes (by Benoit).
Pitches-strikes: Harden 96-61, Lehr 34-21, Bradford 24-12, Narron 61-35, Benoit 56-34, Francisco 15-9, Cordero 16-12.
Ground outs-fly outs: Harden 7-6, Lehr 1-1, Bradford 2-0, Narron 2-5, Benoit 2-9, Francisco 2-0, Cordero 1-1.
Batters faced: Harden 26, Lehr 6, Bradford 7, Narron 17, Benoit 16, Francisco 4, Cordero 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Bradford 1-1, Benoit 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Mike Winters. 1B: Bruce Froemming. 2B: Tim Timmons. 3B: Hunter Wendelstedt.
Weather: 85 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 3 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:58.
Att: 44,116.
Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball and the Office of the Commissioner
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