as players due to come off the books at the end of next season.ddddddddddddo

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Ryan Madson felt good facing Adrian Beltre with two outs in the ninth inning Monday night. Perhaps too good.Beltre hit Madsons first pitch into the left-center field bullpen, turning the Oakland Athletics one-run lead into a 7-6 loss to the Texas Rangers.A good fastball-hitting guy, sitting fastball, Madson said. Maybe I was being a little bullheaded, trying to beat him instead of putting it in a good place.The heater I had for the last whole week, I was confident in it. It just happened to end up middle-middle to a fastball-hitting guy. Thats not where I was aiming.Madson had saves in his first four opportunities after the All-Star break, helping Oakland to a 7-3 record.Hes a really good pitcher, really good changeup, Beltre said. I was hoping that he would throw me something over the plate that I could drive, and thats exactly what he did.The Athletics had led since the first inning, when Danny Valencia hit a two-run homer.Oakland stretched its lead to 5-1 before Texas started coming back. Beltre, who singled in his first two at-bats, pulled the Rangers to 6-5 with his first homer of the game in the seventh inning.Madson (3-4) ended up with his sixth blown save in 27 opportunities.The worst part is not about me, its about the team, he said. They played a great game; they deserved to win that game.All 13 runs scored with two outs.Valencia had the first of three RBI doubles in a three-run third that gave the As a 5-1 lead.Whenever you get up in that batters box, you want to do a good job, Valencia said, regardless of whether theres no outs or two outs. Obviously, two-out knocks are a huge blow to the other side. We did a pretty good job tonight of hitting with two outs. We strung together a lot of quality at-bats.Ian Desmond hit his 19th homer for the Rangers in the first.Nomar Mazara singled with one out in the ninth. Pinch-runner Ryan Rua scored ahead of Beltre on his game-winning homer.Jake Diekman (2-1) worked a scoreless inning for the win.Billy Butler had three hits for the As.Jed Lowrie led off the third with a double. Valencia, Khris Davis and Butler followed with run-scoring doubles.Josh Reddick singled to drive in an unearned run against Matt Bush in the seventh before Beltre homered in bottom half.The teams have split the first eight games in the season series.MUNCY UP, HAHN DOWNA day after RHP Jesse Hahn allowed one run in 7 2/3 innings against Tampa Bay, Oakland optioned him back to Triple-A Nashville. The Athletics also recalled OF/1B Max Muncy from Nashville, where he batted .251 with eight home runs and 26 RBI in 64 games. Muncy ran for Butler in the eighth inning.DARVISH PREPSRangers RHP Yu Darvish threw in the bullpen in preparation for Wednesdays scheduled start against Oakland, his third since coming off the disabled list for the second time this season.TRAINERS ROOMAthletics: No one went on the disabled list Monday, the 21st day this season that Oakland had 12 or more players on the DL. As players have missed a total of 966 games.Rangers: GM Jon Daniels said he expects DH Prince Fielder to undergo season-ending surgery to repair a herniated disk in his neck within a week. . Halfway through the minimum stay on the 60-day disabled list, RHP Colby Lewis (strained right lat muscle) threw from 75 feet. Hes about where we though he would be at this point, manager Jeff Banister said.UP NEXTAthletics: RHP Sonny Gray (4-9, 5.49 ERA) will start the second game of the series Tuesday.Rangers: RHP Nick Martinez (1-2, 6.45), scratched from Mondays scheduled start at Triple-A Round Rock, will be recalled to start Tuesdays game.Nike Sb Schweiz . -- Jimmy Walkers first PGA Tour trophy came with a special gift tucked inside. Nike SB Schuhe Kaufen . What general manager Dave Nonis called "short and productive" negotiations ended with Kessel signing a US$64-million, eight-year contract on Tuesday. http://www.nikesbschuhe.ch/ ., and Rudi Swiegers of Kipling, Sask., took sixth spot on Saturday in pairs at the NHK Trophy ISU Grand Prix figure skating competition. Nike Sb Schuhe Sale Nike Sb Schuhe Schweiz .Y. -- Bills receiver Stevie Johnson has a bone to pick with the NFL schedule maker.Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan is confident he will have all but one (the retired Michael Ennis) of his history-making premiership-winning side back for the 2017 NRL season-opener.Whether they all intend to be there the following year is the bigger question.Just days after claiming the first premiership in the clubs history, the Sharks face the perennial premiers challenge of keeping their grand final-winning team intact.The first call of business for Flanagan is sorting the immediate futures of veterans Chris Heighington and Sam Tagataese, who are both currently without a club.Taga was going to move on. Hes probably going to go to England but he wants to stay another year, Flanagan said.We havent worried about it over these last couple of weeks. Him and Heighno - if they want to play again, well try and keep them here.The stiffer task follows not long after.Backline stars Ben Barba, Valentine Holmes, Jack Bird, Sosaia Feki and Chad Townsend join captain-in-waitiing Wade Graham as players due to come off the books at the end of next season.ddddddddddddolmes and Bird in particular could fetch astronomical money on the open market, however, the club could have money to spend should skipper Paul Gallen call stumps after 2017.Luke Lewis also has just one year left and will be 34 by the start of the next finals series.Flanagan is confident of staving off heavy interest in Holmes and Bird, and that both will have long-term deals to stay in the Shire by the start of next season.Theyre not a problem. Theyre both committed to the club, theyre not going anywhere so I dont see an issue with that especially on the back of this (grand final win), he said.New recruit Manaia Cherrington is the early favourite to wear the No.9 jumper of Ennis, although the club is also keen on under-20s rake Jayden Brailey. ' ' '