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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Jharel Cotton is off to a historic start to his career with the Oakland Athletics.Hes still not satisfied.Cotton pitched seven crisp innings and the Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 7-1 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep.He became the first As pitcher since at least 1913 to start his career with four consecutive starts of five innings or longer while allowing one earned run or less.I wish I could give up no runs, he said. I feel like in all my starts I give a home run, but theyre good hitters, big league guys.Ryon Healy had three hits, including a two-run homer, and Stephen Vogt drove in three runs to help the As win after being shut out in back-to-back games.Cotton (2-0) struck out five and allowed three hits and no walks. He faced two over the minimum while quieting the Rangers potent offense, and threw just 70 pitches.I guess I have surpassed my own expectations, but just coming to ballpark in the big leagues and just going out there and seeing who I am, its fun to see for myself, Cotton said.It was no fun for the Rangers.Thats the first time weve seen (Cotton), Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. Hes got a special changeup, something we had not seen. When hes got that working for him it does present a challenge when its the first time these guys have seen him.Oakland had lost the first five games on this homestand. The As avoided their first winless homestand in Oakland history.I was nervous coming into today, As manager Bob Melvin said. That wouldve just been a cherry on top of a bad season. Its nice to be able to go out there and score some runs and have a good-feeling game.(The fans) all stayed for the entire game, theyre all waving and staying afterwards to wish us farewell and so forth. Its a great group of people and Im glad we won today for sure.Sean Doolittle and Ryan Dull pitched one inning apiece to complete the five-hitter.Adrian Beltre hit his 32nd home run for Texas.The Rangers, who clinched the AL West on Friday, fell into a tie with the Boston Red Sox for home-field advantage in the playoffs. Texas (92-64) holds a slight tiebreaking advantage based on division record.Beltre homered off Cotton in the seventh, the 445th of his career. The 37-year-old also singled to move past home run king Barry Bonds on the career hits list with 2,937.Coming off consecutive shutout losses in the first two games of the series, the As did all of their scoring in the second to chase starter Colby Lewis (6-4).Bruce Maxwell blooped an RBI single just past the outstretched glove of shortstop Hanser Alberto. Marcus Semien scored on a groundout and Vogt lined a three-run double to right before Healys 12th home run, a towering shot that put Oakland up 7-0.That ended a streak of 23 consecutive scoreless innings by Texas pitchers.MALRBORO MANRookie Matt Olson collected his first major league hit and impressed with his defense, making a leaping catch against the wall in right field.He never looks like anything really bothers him, Melvin said. The first ball that was hit to him it looked like he was smoking a cigarette out there and then he catches it no problem, which made me feel a little better because Ive never seen him play the outfield. And then the last one, I dont know that we have anyone as tall as he is who couldve jumped up there and got it.TRAINERS ROOMAthletics: Sonny Gray will come off the disabled list to make his first start in nearly two months against the Angels on Wednesday. Gray has not pitched in a game since Aug. 6 because of a forearm strain.UP NEXTRangers: LHP Martin Perez (10-10) faces the Brewers on Monday when Texas begins its final homestand of the regular season. Perez owns a 2.65 ERA at home, tied for the lowest in the AL among qualifying pitchers.Athletics: Sean Manaea (6-9) starts against the Angels in Anaheim on Monday. The left-handed rookie has not allowed a run in 11 consecutive innings since missing more than two weeks with a sore back. Saucony Saldi Online . Dukurs winning time was 1 minute, 45.76 seconds, a quarter-second better than Russias Alexander Tretiakov. Lativas Tomass Dukurs was third, 1.41 seconds off the pace. Jon Montgomery of Eckville, Alta. Saucony Scontate . The giant slalom world champion slipped during her first run in the morning, landing on her back and then twisting forward before getting her leg caught in the protective material on the side of the slope. http://www.sauconyscontate.it/ . 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Still, the veteran forward was ready to credit this victory to his goaltender.Roberto Luongo made 39 saves to back a three-point effort by Jagr, helping the Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 4-1 on Saturday night.The score says we won 4-1, Jagr said, but Lou saved three or four goals at least, so we have to thank him.Jagr had a goal and two assists, and Jussi Jokinen, Jonathan Marchessault and Derek MacKenzie also scored for the Panthers.When we got our chances, we buried them, and sometimes thats all it takes, Luongo said. All in all, I made a couple of big saves, but the boys were able to take advantage of the opportunities and give me a little bit of breathing room.Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored and Craig Anderson made 19 saves for the Senators, who have lost back-to-back games for just the second time this season.We did a lot of good things, and we have to build off it, Ottawa wing Chris Neil said, adding that if you play like that, youre going to win more games than youre going to lose.Pageau ended Luongos shutout bid when his shot from below the goal line found its way between the netminder and the crossbar at 4:45 of the third period.Through 40 minutes, the Senators had nothing to show for two very solid periods of hockey, other than 27 shots on goal.At one point in the first, they held a 12-3 advantage in shots but trailed 2-0 after Jagr had a hand in on both goals.He opened the scoring 25 seconds in when his backhand shot was redirected by the stick of Senators forward Derick Brasssard.ddddddddddddJagr then left the puck at the Ottawa blue line for Aleksander Barkov. He found Jokinen in the slot, and Jokinen beat Anderson high glove side with a wrist shot.Luongo got some help in the second period when Aaron Ekblad slid to block Mark Stones shot after the original attempt by Brassard went off the end boards right to Stone at the side of the net.Luongo later stopped Pageau point blank with a sprawling save, then foiled Dzingel on a breakaway.We were pretty lucky, Jagr said. Its nice to get a win but we were lucky and Lou played excellent and was unbelievable in the net.Marchessault gave the Panthers a 3-0 lead at 14:55 of the second when a blocked shot went right to his stick at the side of the goal. He quickly swatted the puck past Anderson.MacKenzie scored for the Panthers at 9:16 when his shot barely got through Anderson and across the goal line.Game notes Bobby Ryan, Mike Hoffman and Andrew Hammond were scratches for the Senators while Dylan McIlrath, Greg McKegg and Kyle Rau were scratches for the Panthers. ... Curtis Lazar was recalled by the Senators and made his season debut. ... The Senators placed goaltender Andrew Hammond on waivers. ... Panthers D Keith Yandle played in his 569th consecutive game. He currently ranks second in consecutive game played behind the 722 of Ducks F Andrew Cogliano.UP NEXTPanthers: At Madison Square Garden to face the New York Rangers on Sunday.Senators: Play Tuesday night in Montreal. Wholesale Hoodies NFL Shirts Outlet Jerseys NFL Wholesale Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale Jerseys Cheap Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '