Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics major league baseball live streaming online audio radio feed radio commentary internet broadcast sopcast espn 360 gamecast. Game Review: Coco Crisp's return helped the Oakland Athletics get back to .500. The hot-hitting center fielder might be a reason they get above the break-even mark for just the second time this season.
Crisp looks to continue his torrid hitting when the A's conclude a four-game set with the stumbling Texas Rangers on Monday.
Oakland (14-14) has topped the .500 mark once this season when it was 9-8. The team is in position to regain that status again after beating Texas 7-2 on Sunday to win for the third time in four games.
Crisp, sporting a retro afro hair style, had two hits and one RBI on Sunday, connecting for a leadoff double before scoring in a three-run first after missing the three previous games with a tight quadriceps.
"Obviously, that's what you want to do as a leadoff hitter is get on base," Crisp said. "It definitely felt good after a few days off to come back and right off the bat get something going."
3:35 PM ET, May 2, 2011
Overstock.com Coliseum, Oakland, California
Starting Pitchers
Texas: Holland (3-1, 5.12 ERA)
Oakland: McCarthy (1-2, 3.57 ERA)
Despite the recent injury, Crisp has been hot over his last five games, going 12 for 21 with three doubles, one triple, three RBIs and five runs.
Crisp has a .341 average with one homer, six RBIs and eight runs over his last 10 meetings with the Rangers (16-12) since joining Oakland as a free agent prior to last season.
Conor Jackson is also producing at the plate for the A's, collecting five hits in this series with three doubles and two RBIs. In the past seven games, he's 9 for 25 with three doubles, one homer and seven RBIs.
Crisp and Jackson are providing some punch for an Oakland lineup that ranks near the bottom of the league with a .240 average and 97 runs. The club has scored more than six runs in a game four times -- all wins.
Brandon McCarthy (1-2, 3.57 ERA) will try to help the A's improve to 3-1 on a seven-game homestand in his first meeting with his former club after spending four injury-plagued seasons with Texas, including all of 2010 recovering from shoulder surgery.
The right-hander became a free agent following his refusal to accept a minor league assignment in the offseason.
Now, McCarthy is trying to rebound from his worst performance of the season, allowing seven runs and a career-high 14 hits in 5 1/3 innings of an 8-3 loss at Los Angeles on Tuesday. That was in stark contrast to his previous two outings during which he surrendered one run and 10 hits in 14 2/3 innings with 13 strikeouts.
He's hasn't faced the Rangers since appearing in relief for the Chicago White Sox on June 13, 2006.
The Rangers have dropped five of seven while committing eight errors, including three Sunday. Their 25 errors tie Oakland for most in the AL.
Derek Holland (3-1, 5.12) looks for improvement after giving up five runs in each of his last three starts. The most recent outing was his shortest of the season, as he lasted five innings while allowing 11 hits before leaving without a decision in a 7-6 win over Toronto on Wednesday.
The left-hander is 1-1 with a 2.35 ERA in three starts against the A's.
Elvis Andrus is hitting .340 with 10 runs in the last 12 games, and is 10 for 30 during a seven-game hitting streak with five hits coming in this series.
Crisp looks to continue his torrid hitting when the A's conclude a four-game set with the stumbling Texas Rangers on Monday.
Oakland (14-14) has topped the .500 mark once this season when it was 9-8. The team is in position to regain that status again after beating Texas 7-2 on Sunday to win for the third time in four games.
Crisp, sporting a retro afro hair style, had two hits and one RBI on Sunday, connecting for a leadoff double before scoring in a three-run first after missing the three previous games with a tight quadriceps.
"Obviously, that's what you want to do as a leadoff hitter is get on base," Crisp said. "It definitely felt good after a few days off to come back and right off the bat get something going."
3:35 PM ET, May 2, 2011
Overstock.com Coliseum, Oakland, California
Texas: Holland (3-1, 5.12 ERA)
Oakland: McCarthy (1-2, 3.57 ERA)
Despite the recent injury, Crisp has been hot over his last five games, going 12 for 21 with three doubles, one triple, three RBIs and five runs.
Crisp has a .341 average with one homer, six RBIs and eight runs over his last 10 meetings with the Rangers (16-12) since joining Oakland as a free agent prior to last season.
Conor Jackson is also producing at the plate for the A's, collecting five hits in this series with three doubles and two RBIs. In the past seven games, he's 9 for 25 with three doubles, one homer and seven RBIs.
Crisp and Jackson are providing some punch for an Oakland lineup that ranks near the bottom of the league with a .240 average and 97 runs. The club has scored more than six runs in a game four times -- all wins.
Brandon McCarthy (1-2, 3.57 ERA) will try to help the A's improve to 3-1 on a seven-game homestand in his first meeting with his former club after spending four injury-plagued seasons with Texas, including all of 2010 recovering from shoulder surgery.
The right-hander became a free agent following his refusal to accept a minor league assignment in the offseason.
Now, McCarthy is trying to rebound from his worst performance of the season, allowing seven runs and a career-high 14 hits in 5 1/3 innings of an 8-3 loss at Los Angeles on Tuesday. That was in stark contrast to his previous two outings during which he surrendered one run and 10 hits in 14 2/3 innings with 13 strikeouts.
He's hasn't faced the Rangers since appearing in relief for the Chicago White Sox on June 13, 2006.
The Rangers have dropped five of seven while committing eight errors, including three Sunday. Their 25 errors tie Oakland for most in the AL.
Derek Holland (3-1, 5.12) looks for improvement after giving up five runs in each of his last three starts. The most recent outing was his shortest of the season, as he lasted five innings while allowing 11 hits before leaving without a decision in a 7-6 win over Toronto on Wednesday.
The left-hander is 1-1 with a 2.35 ERA in three starts against the A's.
Elvis Andrus is hitting .340 with 10 runs in the last 12 games, and is 10 for 30 during a seven-game hitting streak with five hits coming in this series.
