
The Oakland Athletics are stunned by their September collapse, yet stuck to find a solution. Sonny Gray and the A's kept tumbling Thursday, falling out of the top AL wild-card spot with a 7-2 loss to Texas that gave the Rangers a three-game sweep. Oakland owned the best record in the big leagues as recently as Aug. 15. We all are.'' Texas roughed up Gray (13-9) for four runs in the first inning and won its season-best sixth in a row.
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