The Rangers clinched the American League West on Friday after beating the Athletics 3-0 on the road.
Cole Hamels led the way by tossing seven shutout innings with seven strikeouts to improve to 15-5 on the season. He was pitted in a difficult pitcher's duel early, as Kendall Graveman took a perfect game into the seventh inning, but Texas' bats came alive to score all three of their runs in that inning.
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Carlos Gomez broke up the perfect game with a single, then Adrian Beltre hit a home run later in the inning to seal the deal.