After high-scoring opener, A's, Rangers pitchers look to stem tide

Scoring runs wasn't the issue for the Oakland Athletics on Monday night in Arlington, Texas. Preventing them? That was another story.

After falling behind the Texas Rangers 10-2, the A's rallied for six runs in the eighth inning and had the tying runs on base in the ninth, only to lose 10-8. Oakland slipped to 2-6 against Texas in the season series.

In the middle game of the series on Tuesday night, the Rangers will sta