Rangers try to extended winning ways against A's

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09/08/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Texas shoots for its fourth straight win this evening when it plays game two of its three-game series with the Oakland Athletics at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

The Rangers won for the fifth time in their last six tries to open this set on Friday, as Frank Catalanotto finished 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored, and fell a double short of the cycle to lead Texas to a 5-3 victory.

Edinson Volquez (2-0) tossed six scoreless innings for his second straight win, allowing just two hits while striking out five and walking three, and was then supported by four Rangers relievers who preserved the win.

Ian Kinsler and Marlon Byrd rapped out three hits apiece for the Rangers, who have now won 10 of 12 overall.

Dan Haren (14-7) took the loss for Oakland after yielding five runs on twelve hits in just 4 2/3 innings, striking out seven and walking three.

Nick Swisher had a double and Jack Hannahan scored and drove in a run for the A's, who didn't have an extra-base hit until the ninth, and have dropped four of six.

Kason Gabbard gets the call for the Rangers tonight, as he tries to stretch his unbeaten streak to seven starts. Gabbard, who is 6-1 with a 4.07 ERA on the season, gave up five runs and five hits in six innings to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Sunday, but did not factor in the decision of his team's 8-7 win.

Gabbard, who has split his two starts against the A's, suffered his lone defeat in his first start with the Rangers on August 2 against Cleveland after being acquired from the Boston Red Sox for reliever Eric Gagne at the trade deadline. He was 4-0 with a 3.73 ERA in seven starts for the Red Sox.

Oakland will counter with righty Chad Gaudin, who is 10-10 with a 4.25 ERA. Gaudin absorbed the loss on Monday to the Angels, giving up seven runs (six earned) and eight hits in five innings.

Gaudin has faced the Rangers 13 times, four of which have been starts, and is 1-4 against them with a 5.40 ERA.

Texas has won seven of its 13 matchups with the A's this season.

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