ARLINGTON, Texas — Few hitters can break the A’s hearts quite like Adrian Beltre.
The Rangers star third baseman connected for a two-run walk-off homer against Ryan Madson in the bottom of the ninth Monday to beat Oakland 7-6, robbing the A’s of their fourth consecutive win.
It was shaping up as an impressive night for the A’s bullpen, aside from two swings of Beltre’s bat. He homered off John Axford in the seventh to pull Texas within 6-5. Then he jumped on the first pitch from Madson with two outs in the ninth and sent the game-winner rocketing over the wall in left-center.