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ARLINGTON, Texas - The Oakland Athletics lost a chance to clinch their third straight trip to the playoffs before their game in Texas started. Dave Krieg Jersey .Yet another loss to the last-place Rangers kept the As from at least getting a little closer to one of those AL wild-card spots.Adrian Beltre hit a walk-off home run in the ninth inning for Texas 12th win in 13 games, and Oaklands magic number for clinching the post-season remained at two with a 2-1 loss Thursday night.The As (86-73) already knew they were going to have to wait at least another day to celebrate when Seattle won at Toronto 7-5 in an afternoon game shown on the big video board in the Rangers ballpark.Their seventh loss in 10 games dropped them out of a tie for the wild-card lead with Kansas City, which beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3. With three games left, the As still need a combination of Oakland wins and Seattle losses totalling two in order to clinch.Theyre all different, but the common denominator is were not scoring any runs, said Oakland manager Bob Melvin, whose team was swept by Texas at home last week. Were getting opportunities to do it and were still not getting them in.Beltre sent a drive just over the wall in right field off Luke Gregerson (5-5) with one out for his team-leading 19th homer of the season and just his second since Aug. 10. It was the first walk-off homer of the season for the Rangers.Texas closer Neftali Feliz (2-1) pitched a scoreless ninth.Its been fun, said Beltre, who dodged one dousing during an on-field interview but couldnt avoid a drenching from a second bucket. Weve been playing very well.Oaklands Coco Crisp reached base five times on two singles and three walks, but Josh Reddick went 0 for 5 behind him and never moved him up to second base.The As put the leadoff runner on five times in seven innings against Colby Lewis, but he pitched around five walks and six hits with seven strikeouts.With his season-ending no-decision, the 35-year-old Texas right-hander coming off partial hip replacement surgery ended up tied with Japanese ace Yu Darvish for the team lead with 10 wins.We talked all season about how inspirational he is, Texas manager Tim Bogar said. It was fun to watch Colby go out there and fight through that and get through seven innings.Jason Hammel made his first start for Oakland since the birth of his second child over the weekend in Massachusetts. He had a one-hitter in the sixth when Leonys Martin reached on a bunt single with two outs, stole second and scored on Elvis Andrus single for a 1-1 tie.The right-hander, just 2-6 since coming over from the Chicago Cubs in a trade at the deadline, was replaced after allowing consecutive singles to Beltre and Jake Smolinski to start the seventh. Dan Otero got two strikeouts to keep the Rangers from taking the lead.Sometimes youve got to make one run stand up and I didnt do that, so Im pretty disappointed, Hammel said. It just stinks its two little light hits that end up tying the ball game.FACING HIS OLD TEAMGeovany Soto, playing at Texas for the first time since the Rangers traded him to Oakland a month ago, put the As up 1-0 with a sacrifice bunt in the sixth. Brandon Moss held up at third until the bunt was down and scored easily.TRAINERS ROOMAthletics: OF Brandon Moss is planning to have surgery following the season after an MRI revealed torn cartilage in his right hip.Rangers: LHP Martin Perez, who had reconstructive elbow surgery in May, will start a throwing program in November at home in Venezuela. After a couple of trips back and forth, hell return to Texas in January to get ready for spring training.UP NEXTAthletics: LHP Scott Kazmir (14-9, 3.63) is 0-4 with an 8.58 ERA over his past six starts and has the second-highest ERA in the majors since the All-Star break.Rangers: RHP Nick Tepesch (5-10, 4.14) has a 2.96 ERA in four September starts. Larry Johnson Jersey . After rookie right-hander Alex Colome excelled in a 5-2 victory in the opener, the Rays fell to Chris Tillman and the Orioles 4-1 on Friday night. Neil Smith Jersey . At a news conference Tuesday where it was thought that the fiery Schallibaum may be shown the door after a dismal finish to the Major League Soccer season, team president Joey Saputo said no decision has been made on whether the Swiss Volcano will be back in 2014. http://www.customchiefsjersey.com/custom-e-j-holub-jersey-large-466n.html . PETERSBURG, Fla.San Antonio, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - The Portland Trail Blazers became the second team this week to beat the San Antonio Spurs in triple-overtime. Damian Lillard had a career-high 43 points, LaMarcus Aldridge scored 32 and the Blazers pulled away in the third overtime to top the Spurs 129-119 on Friday night. Lillard hit game-tying 3-pointers in regulation and the first overtime and scored nine of Portlands 17 points in the third overtime as the Blazers wrapped up their fourth consecutive win. I was really proud of the way we kept competing, said Portland coach Terry Stotts. Obviously it helps to make some big shots, but there was a lot of trust in moving the ball. Cory Joseph hit a tying shot in the second OT for San Antonio, which became the first NBA team in 63 years to play in consecutive three-overtime games. At least the 1951-52 Baltimore Bullets split theirs. The Spurs fell to Memphis 117-116 in Wednesdays triple-OT thriller, two days after the Blazers beat them in Portland. The whole teams effort, Im just really proud of them, said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. They did a great job under tough circumstances. The three-game losing streak for the reigning NBA champions is their longest since a three-game slide Jan. 26-29. Tim Duncan had a season-high 32 points and Danny Green added 27 for the Spurs, who lost despite starting the first two overtimes on 6-0 runs. In the initial overtime, they scored just one more point over the next 2 1/2 minutes. Lillards tying 3-pointer came after Wesley Matthews missed a 3 and Aldridge got the offensive rebound, kicking it back to Lillard at the point. Manu Ginobili missed an off-balance shot for the Spurs before the buzzer. Earlier, Danny Green had a 3-pointerr waived off after a replay review showed he was still touching the ball when the shot clock expired. Jordan Lucas Jersey. In the second overtime, Duncan also had a basket taken off the board for the same reason. After scoring the first six points again, the Spurs got two more in the next two minutes of the second overtime. Lillard sparked an 8-0 run with a dunk after splitting the defense, which was followed by 3s from Dorell Wright and Steve Blake for a 112-110 lead. But the Spurs tied it when Joseph rattled in a baseline leaner at the other end. Matthews missed a 3 off the back of the rim at the buzzer with a chance to win it, but the Blazers scored 11 straight points to start the third overtime to pull away. It was the largest lead by either team since the Spurs 11-point advantage in the second quarter. Earlier, after Lillard missed a dunk off the back of the rim with Duncan in his face, the Spurs took a 97-95 lead with 5.7 seconds left in regulation on Greens 3 from in front of the Portland bench. But Lillard tied the score at the other end by dribbling past Green off an inbounds pass and getting a layup to drop with Duncan there again. The Spurs, with 1.4 seconds to work with, were unable to win in regulation after Greens 3 at the buzzer was blocked by Lillard on the high right side. Game Notes Aldridge had 16 rebounds while Duncan and Green both pulled down 10 ... Matthews scored 16 points ... Joseph had 10 points and seven assists ... The Spurs are in Dallas on Saturday to take on the division-rival Mavericks, who expect to have new point guard Rajon Rondo in uniform ... The Blazers opened a four-game road trip that continues Saturday in New Orleans. ' ' '