ARLINGTON, Texas—JP Sears carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and combined with three relievers on a one-hitter, Seth Brown homered to supply the game’s only run, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 1–0 on Thursday.
The A’s, who finished with the worst record in Major League Baseball last season, winning only 50 games, took two of three in the mid-week series from the defending World Series champion Rangers. Oakland has won four of its past five games and capped a 4–2 road trip after having gone 1–6 on a season-opening homestand.
