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PRINT THIS PAGE | E-MAIL THIS PAGE Sunday, September 20, 1998 Athletics 8, Rangers 4 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Well, maybe it won't be so easy for Texas, after all. Oakland stopped the Rangers' four-game winning streak, overcoming Juan Gonzalez's 300th career homer to beat Texas 8-4 Saturday night. Texas, which had won eight of 11 coming in, began the night two games ahead of second-place Anaheim in the AL West. The Angels, who played a late game against Seattle, start a three-game series against Texas on Monday in California. Ben Grieve went 3-for-4 and Matt Stairs drove in two runs as the Athletics took a 6-0 lead and stopped their five-game losing streak. Aaron Sele (18-11) lasted just 3 1-3 innings and probably lost his chance to win 20 for the first time. Sele allowed four runs and eight hits, leaving with the Rangers behind 4-0. Grieve, who'd missed his three previous starts because of a sore ankle, was back in the lineup in his hometown against the team he rooted for as a kid. Grieve is 13-for-37 against Texas this season and 17-for-44 for his career. Ryan Christenson also had three hits for the A's, who had 17 hits against six pitchers. Jimmy Haynes (11-8) took a shutout into the sixth before allowing Gonzalez's 44th homer of the season. Haynes wound up giving up three runs and seven hits in 5 1-3 innings. Gonzalez's homer came on his 4,239th career at-bat, the fifth-fewest ever behind Babe Ruth (3,630), Ralph Kiner (3,833), Mark McGwire (3,837) and Harmon Killebrew (3,928). Gonzalez has 154 RBIs, the most since Boston's Ted Williams and Vern Stephens each had 159 in 1949. Mike Simms hit a pinch three-run homer in sixth off Mark Holzemer as Texas closed to 6-4. Stairs then doubled home a run in the eighth off Danny Patterson. Oakland took a 2-0 lead in the first on Christenson's RBI double and Jason Giambi's run-scoring single, and made it 4-0 in the second on Grieve's run-scoring single and Mike MacFarlane's RBI double. Miguel Tejada singled in a run off Al Levine in the fifth and Stairs singled in anothjer in the sixth off Tony Fossas. Notes: Gonzalez is the 81st player to reach 300 homers. ... Sele had won his previous five decisions. The start was Sele's shortest of the season. He lasted 3 2-3 innings on May 29 at Baltimore. ... Haynes had lost three of his previous four decisions.   Send a Letter to the Editor about This Story | Start or Join A Discussion about This Story Send the URL (Address) of This Story to A Friend: Enter their email address below: texnews.com Reporter OnLine Local Sports Texas Sports Copyright ©1998, Abilene Reporter-News / Texnews / E.W. Scripps Publications Send the URL (Address) of This Story to A Friend: Enter their email address below:

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