The Oakland Athletics are still waiting on their third straight trip to the playoffs. On this night, they had only themselves to blame. The A's couldn't take advantage of their first chance to clinch an AL wild-card spot on their own, allowing homers to rookie Jake Smolinski and Robinson Chirinos in a 5-4 win for the Texas Rangers on Saturday night. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=340927113&teams=oakland-athletics-vs-texas-rangers