Photo courtesy of AP Photo/Jeff Chiu. Esteury Ruiz steals second base as Marcus Semien catches the ball.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

OAKLAND- Mother’s day did not got in favor of Oakland against the Rangers as they fell by a final of 11-3.

JP Sears got the start against Andrew Heaney with Sears sporting a 0-3 record and a 5.27 era and Heaney having a 2-3 record and a 4.71 era.

The game got off to a rough start for Sears as Robbie Grossman got the Rangers on the board in the first inning with a two run homer on a fly ball to left field.

Oakland did find a response in the bottom of the second inning as Shea Langeliers singled on a ground ball that brought home Ramon Laureano.

In the third inning Adolis Garcia singled on a line drive to left field bringing home Marcus Semien bringing there lead back to two runs at 3-1.

Sears lasted until the sixth inning where he was replaced by Garret Acton who was making his major league debut. Sears finished the game with a stat line of 5.1IP, five hits allowed, two earned runs and six K’s.

Heaney was relieved after the sixth inning as Jonathan Hernández came in to replace him. Heaney finished with a stat line of six innings pitched, four hits allowed, one earned run, and nine K’s.

Hernández’s did not pitch great in the seventh inning as Langeliers homered on a fly ball to left center field tying the game at three.

Things were looking up for the A’s after tying the game up but the eight inning did not go well for the green and white.

It started with Jonah Heim singling on a live drive to center field bringing home Adolis Garcia. Then Leody Taveras grounded into a forceout that also sent Heim home as well.

With two outs already though it looked like the A’s could escape with only minimal damage with the score being 5-3. Sam Moll struggled to get that final out and cost the A’s another two runs bringing on Zach Neal to the mound.

Neal did not fair much better as Adolis Garcia hit a grand slam to left center field bringing the total runs in one inning to eight. That ended up being the rest of the damage but at that point the score was 11-3.

That scored ended up being the final as Hernández took home the win and Austin Pruitt took the loss.

The A’s next game will be tomorrow against the Diamondbacks at home and will start at 6:40 p.m.