BOTTOM LINE: The Athletics aim to break a three-game losing streak with a victory against the Texas Rangers. Texas is 52-50 overall and 30-20 at home. The Rangers have a 25-7 record in games when they ...

Battling an illness, Tyler Freeman got a smile-inducing boost of Vitamin B from 782 miles away on Monday night.

Josh Jung homered and scored three times in his return to the majors, Cody Freeman and Michael Helman had big-league firsts on consecutive pitches and the Texas Rangers beat the Athletics 7-2.