ARLINGTON, Texas — Khris Davis homered twice, giving him 40 for the season, and the A’s beat Texas 5-2 on Sunday to keep the Rangers from moving closer to the AL West title.
Davis is the first A’s player to hit 40 homers since Jason Giambi had 43 in 2000. Davis has 10 homers in 15 games against the Rangers.
Davis lined a solo shot to left field in the fourth to match Oakland’s single-season team record for homers against the Rangers (Reggie Jackson’s nine in 1974). Davis broke that mark when he went the opposite way in the eighth, a two-run shot to right off Keone Kela that also pushed his RBI total to 99.