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8:05 pm EDT Tue May 11, 2010

Trevor Cahill’s last start wasn’t nearly as good as Dallas Braden’s, but it was good enough to help the Oakland Athletics as they began a push to reclaim the top spot in the AL West. Cahill can pitch the A’s into a first-place tie with the streaking Texas Rangers in the opener of a three-game series at Rangers Ballpark on Tuesday night. Braden, Cahill’s teammate, threw the 19th perfect game in major league history in a 4-0 win over Tampa Bay on Sunday. The victory was Oakland’s fourth in five games, a stretch that followed a 1-6 slide which dropped the A’s out of first. Cahill earned one of those wins, pitching five innings and giving up one run to beat Texas 4-1 on Wednesday. That gave the A’s a victory in the three-game series and improved the right-hander’s record against the Rangers to 4-1 with a 2.05 ERA in five starts.

Cahill will make his second straight start in place of Brett Anderson, who is out with a strained forearm. The A’s took two of three from Tampa Bay as they continued to be led by their pitching staff. Oakland posted a 2.40 ERA in the last five games to pull within one game of Texas. Colby Lewis opposed Cahill last week, and he will try to extend the Rangers’ win streak to a season-high five Tuesday. Lewis gave up three runs in six innings and struck out six Wednesday, giving him 44 strikeouts in 38 2-3 innings versus Oakland. The defeat was one of the few that the Rangers have suffered recently. Texas has won eight of 10 and 13 of 18 since a six-game skid. Lewis will try to cool off Ryan Sweeney, who has provided the offense for the A’s during their hot stretch. He batted .400 with eight RBIs in the previous five contests and went 4 for 12 with a home run and six RBIs in the Rangers series.