Rangers take advantage of 4 errors by Oakland en route to 4-3 win over Athletics
By JANIE McCAULEY | Associated Press | May 3, 08 12:32 AM CDT in
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Milton Bradley had three hits with a double and run scored against his former team, and the Texas Rangers took advantage of four errors by the Oakland Athletics in a 4-3 victory Friday night for their first three-game winning streak of the season.
Michael Young and Brandon Boggs each had sacrifice flies and Ian Kinsler added an RBI groundout to help Vicente Padilla (4-2) win his second straight start, after pitching a seven-hit shutout of the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.
The Rangers beat Joe Blanton (2-5) and sent the Oakland opening day starter to 0-5 at home this year _ the most home losses by a pitcher in the majors. Blanton lost to the Rangers for the first time since his rookie season of 2005, snapping a six-game winning streak against them.
(This version CORRECTS the score to 4-3 throughout.)
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