The A's opened the scoring with an RBI single from Billy Butler in the first and a solo home run from Ryon Healy to lead off the second. That was all they were able to score off Perez. He allowed the two runs, one earned, on five hits with six strikeouts to pick up his first victory in nine starts. Sam Dyson picked up his 27th save of the year.
Elvis Andrus broke the Rangers' scoreless drought with a single to right field in the fourth that drove in Carlos Beltran, who had led off the inning with a single.