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ARLINGTON, Texas -- When the ball caromed away from Texas Rangers centre fielder Craig Gentry, he quickly recovered to get it and throw to shortstop Elvis Andrus. The game was over after a perfect relay to the plate. Oaklands Josh Donaldson was tagged out by catcher A.J. Pierzynski, preserving the Rangers series-clinching 4-3 victory over the AL West-leading Athletics on Thursday. Donaldson, who reached on a two-out single off closer Joe Nathan, was trying to score from first on Seth Smiths fast-sinking ball that that short-hopped the charging Gentry. "Little did we know, fortunately, that ended up being a blessing," Nathan said. "I was hoping that Gentry had enough foot speed to catch it, but it sunk on him, but he kept it almost in front of him, not too far," manager Ron Washington said. "If he didnt hit Elvis with the relay perfectly, I dont think we would have been able to pull that play off." Ian Kinsler put the Rangers ahead for the first time with his two-out single in the seventh. Texas pulled within a game of the Athletics by winning three times in the four-game set. The divisions top two teams dont play again until the first weekend of August. "Any win right now is special, especially against a good team like the As, especially to win the series," Andrus said. "Theyre really aggressive on the bases. ... I just want to get the ball quick, so I can make a throw and make that guy stop." Kinsler came to the plate in the seventh right after Leonys Martins hustling infield single, getting to first base ahead of Sean Doolittle (3-2) when the pitcher was taking the toss from first baseman Brandon Moss. That loaded the bases with two outs, and Kinsler hit a full-count pitch through the middle of the infield. Donaldson and Smith singled in the ninth after Nathan struck out the first two hitters. When Donaldson saw the ball get away from Gentry, who replaced Martin defensively in centre to start the ninth. Donaldson never slowed down rounding third base even as coach Mike Gallego signalled him to stop after initially waving him home. "As soon as I saw it hit his chest, I was gone," Donaldson said. "It took a perfect throw to get me. It sucks to lose a game that way, but you take that chance. It was frustrating because it was the worst outcome we could have had." Tanner Scheppers (5-0), the fourth reliever after starter Josh Lindblom, worked 1 2-3 scoreless innings before Nathan struck out two in the ninth and got his 22nd save in 23 chances. Oakland, which went from a seven-game deficit in mid-May to starting this series with a season-high three-game division lead, lost for the fifth time in seven games. "That was as frustrating as any loss weve had," manager Bob Melvin said. "They played hard on every single pitch and every single out, but it seemed everything that could go wrong did go wrong." Texas finished 4-7 on its season-long 11-game homestand. David Murphy led off the Texas seventh with a double, but was thrown out at third after Robinson Chirinos bunt back to pitcher Ryan Cook, who was then relieved by Doolittle. Pierzynski had a pinch-hit single and Jurickson Profar a foul popout before Martin kept the inning alive. The As went up 3-2 in the top of the seventh when Jed Lowrie had a leadoff single and eventually scored on an error by Andrus, who went to his right to make a nice grab on Donaldsons grounder. Andrus threw to third, but the ball ricocheted off the leg of the sliding Lowrie, who then got up and ran home. That was all the As got in the seventh, when they left the bases loaded for the second inning in a row. They left 13 runners on base. Oakland went ahead 2-1 in the sixth when pinch-hitter Chris Young drew a bases-loaded walk. Robbie Ross, the fourth pitcher in the inning, then came on and got three straight outs. Lowrie was in a 7-for-48 slide before three hits Thursday. He had an RBI single in the fifth, but grounded into a double play to end the eighth. Geovany Soto, catching until Pierzynski hit for him in the seventh, led off the Rangers fifth with a tying solo homer to straightaway centre. It looked like Coco Crisp had a chance to make a homer-stealing grab, but ran into the 8-foot wall about the same time he was reaching up to try to make the catch. Andrus had a sacrifice fly for Texas in the sixth. Notes: The Rangers said after the game they would option Lindblom to Triple-A Round Rock on Friday, when 1B Mitch Moreland will be activated from the disabled list. .. Rangers RF Nelson Cruz made a leaping catch and held on when he hit in midair the inverted wall in front of the Texas bullpen in the eighth. ... 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Paul Georges buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of the third quarter spurred a 21-4 run, finally sending Indiana past the Magic 97-87 in a tougher-than-expected opening night matchup. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Jersey . -- Canadian Andrew Wiggins got the ball on the wing, made a nifty spin move and then let go with a soft floater from about 10 feet that swished through the net in Allen Fieldhouse. Throughout the Tour de France, Australian professional cyclist Richie Porte will be checking in. Here is his latest entry, as told to ESPN contributor Rupert Guinness:Stage 12: Montpellier to Mont Ventoux, 178 kilometres (110.6 miles)There are limits to what is fair in sport, or what is not. And on Thursday, what we saw during Stage 12 of the Tour de France on Thursday -- when Chris Froome, Bauke Mollema and I crashed near the finish at Mont Ventoux as we were taking time on our rivals -- was clearly not fair at all.I know many have watched the video replay of the crash over and over again. It was caused by a television motorbike grinding to a halt with about 1.2 kilometres to go due to fans blocking the roadway. I went straight into the motorbike with Froome and Mollema following.At the end of the day, the right decision was made to give myself and Froome the same time for the stage as Mollema, which meant Froome kept the leaders yellow jersey. As for me, I gained some places on the overall classification, moving up from 14th to 11th overall, still 2:22 behind Froome.The race jurys decision was one it had to take. The Tour has become out of control with the crowd numbers, and their behaviour has become increasingly dangerous.Look, I really love the fans, and 99 percent of them are brilliant. I agree that you comme to the race to have a good time, but you dont need to be running beside the riders, you dont need to be pushing riders, hitting riders.dddddddddddd Things have got to change. With what happened Thursday, I cant believe there werent more barriers there. (Editors note: Because the distance of Stage 12 was shortened due to gale-force winds, organizers had not brought more barriers down from the initial finish at the summit of Mont Ventoux.)So what can be done to avert a repeat of Thursdays fiasco? Who knows ... the police were there. Why werent they being utilised more? But right now, I want to resume racing the Tour, hoping simultaneously that troubles like Thursdays are behind me.I was lucky that I was not more seriously injured in the stack. I have trained so hard for this. Yeah, OK, now I get the same time as Mollema on the stage ... but I also crashed, and now Im sore on the eve of such a crucial stage -- Fridays Stage 13, a 37.5-kilometre time trial from Bourg Saint Andeol to La Caverne du Pont dArc.In the morning, I will see how exactly I am feeling. I havent taken much skin off or anything, but the fact of the matter is, it shouldnt have happened. That is what hurts the most. ' ' '