The Oakland Athletics lost a chance to clinch their third straight trip to the playoffs before their game in Texas started. Yet another loss to the last-place Rangers kept the A's from at least getting a little closer to one of those AL wild-card spots. Adrian Beltre hit a walk-off home run in the ninth inning for Texas' 12th win in 13 games, and Oakland's magic number for clinching the postseason remained at two with a 2-1 loss Thursday night. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=340925113&teams=oakland-athletics-vs-texas-rangers
