ARLINGTON, Texas -- Yoenis Cespedes gave Oakland an early lead with his bat. NMD Rea . He prevented what could have been a huge collapse with his arm. Cespedes hit a three-run homer in the first inning, then threw out Alex Rios at third base to end a big Texas comeback in the eighth as the Athletics survived a shaky night from the bullpen to extend their AL West lead with a 9-8 victory over the Rangers on Friday night. The Rangers trailed 9-2 when Elvis Andrus and Rios had two-run singles as part of six-run inning to close within one. Adrian Beltres third hit was a single to Cespedes in left field, and the Cuban star ended the threat by throwing out Rios trying to go from first to third, where the tag from Josh Donaldson arrived just about the same time as Rios foot. "It was a bang-bang play," Donaldson said. "Cespedes made a perfect throw and I was able to put a tag on it, and it ended up as an out." Rios said he was certain he would make it to third with the play happening in front of him. "And actually, I was correct," said Rios, who was ejected by Andy Fletcher for angrily arguing the call. "I believe I was safe on that call." The As handed the Rangers their fourth straight loss and moved 4 1/2 games ahead of Texas in the opener of the final series of the regular season between the past two AL West champions. Cespedes 23rd homer came off Derek Holland (9-9), who is winless in a career-high seven straight starts. Dan Straily (10-7) allowed two hits in 5 2-3 innings to win his fourth straight start and beat Texas for the second time in 11 days. The right-hander might have stayed around longer if he hadnt struggled with four walks and a hit batter. The bullpen was wild, too, and it almost cost the As the game. Brett Anderson walked Beltre and A.J. Pierzynski to start the eighth, and Ron Cook later gave Ian Kinsler a free pass with the bases loaded for Oaklands eighth walk. Andrus followed with a single to right field, and Rios singled to centre after a passed ball moved both runners into scoring position. The call against Rios set off several Rangers. First-base umpire Joe West tossed Texas pitcher Matt Garza for complaining from the dugout in the top of the ninth. "At that part of the game there were a lot of emotions," Rios said. "Were fired up and to have that rally killed like that, its disappointing." Sean Doolittle, who gave up Beltres hit in the eighth, allowed a double to Robinson Chirinos with two outs in the ninth but ended up striking out the side, getting Jurickson Profar looking for his second save in seven chances. "We usually lock those games down, but we didnt," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "We put ourselves in a position not to win, but we didnt lose." Donaldson homered and drove in three runs, and Brandon Moss hit his 27th for Oakland. Derek Norris had three hits. Hollands shortest outing of the season ended with no outs in the fourth after consecutive singles from Norris and Kurt Suzuki. The left-hander has been stuck on nine wins since Aug. 4 and is 0-3 with an 8.78 ERA in three starts in September. Holland gave up eight hits and six runs in three innings in his second loss to the As in 10 days. The Rangers dropped to 2-9 in September and fell a game behind Tampa Bay for the AL wild-card lead. Straily walked his first two batters with a 3-0 lead, and Kinsler and Andrus both scored to get Texas within 3-2. But the 24-year-old right-hander bounced back with five strong innings before losing his control again in the sixth. "Really what it came down to, we were in a fight and I wasnt bringing it," Straily said. "I was just missing. Instead of being super-aggressive, I was trying to hit spots." Beltre had both hits off Straily, driving in Kinsler with a single in the first before Pierzynski brought home Andrus on a sacrifice fly. Beltre had an infield hit in the sixth, and Straily didnt make it out of the inning after hitting Pierzynski with a pitch and walking Jim Adduci. NOTES: Every starter in the Oakland lineup had at least one hit and the As finished with 14 hits, just two nights after getting a season-high 22 in an 18-3 win over Minnesota. NMD Skor Sverige . Playing in his 19th career final, the second-seeded Tsonga was favourite to win the Open 13 for the third time and to secure an 11th career title, but he struggled with Gulbis attacking approach. Adidas Falcon Rea . Not only that, when Julian de Guzman first stepped on the pitch for Deportivo de la Coruna he became the very first Canadian to play in Spains top tier. http://www.nmdsverige.com/nmd-r1-adidas-skor.html . The group of Slava Fetisov, Igor Larionov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Sergei Fedorov, & Slava Kozlov were a dominant force for The Wings at one point in the 90s.2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 | 1983 | 1982 | 1977-1981 Canada: 4 W - 1 T - 2 L, Fourth Place The Soviets won their second straight gold medal with a convincing showing. With Sergei Nemchinov, Alexei Gusarov and goaltender Evgeny Belosheikin anchoring the back-end, the Russian forwards were able to freewheel on the attack and poured in 50 goals. Alexander Tchernikh led the Russians in scoring with seven goals and 14 points. Nikolai Borschevsky and Igor Viazimikin scored six goals each. After beating the Czechs 6-4 and tying Canada 3-3, the Soviets wrapped up the gold medal with an 8-2 thumping of the host Swedes. The decisive win actually turned out to be a 3-1 nail-biter against surprising Finland. It turned out to be the only loss of the tournament for the Finns, who settled for the silver medal. Raimo Helminen led the tournament with 11 goals and a record 22 points, while future NHLer Esa Tikkanen chipped in eight goals. The Czechs won the bronze medal through a high-scoring attack that featured eight players with at least three goals and totalled 51 for the tournament. Petr Rosol had 10, while future NHLer Petr Klima had six. Canada opened the tournament with a 4-2 loss to the Finns and never really recovered. Russ Courtnall and John MacLean showed their stuff with seven goals each, but the Canadians just couldnt get it together against the stronger teams and finished fourth. Mario Lemieux might have provided the star power Canada seemed to lack, but he opted not to participate in the tournament. Final Standings TEAM GP W L T GF GA PTS Soviet Union 7 6 0 1 50 17 13 Finland 7 6 1 0 44 21 12 Czechoslovak. Adidas NMD R1 Herr. 7 5 2 0 51 24 10 Canada 7 4 2 1 39 17 9 Sweden 7 3 4 0 27 28 6 United States 7 2 5 0 32 38 4 West Germany 7 1 6 0 12 54 2 Switzerland 7 0 7 0 16 72 0 Team Canada Roster (GP - G - A - Pts) Russ Courtnall (7 - 7 - 6 - 13) Dean Evason (7 - 6 - 3 - 9) Randy Heath (7 - 3 - 6 - 9) Gary Leeman (7 - 3 - 6 - 9) John MacLean (7 - 7 - 1 - 8) Dave Gagner (7 - 4 - 2 - 6) Dale Derkatch (7 - 5 - 0 - 5) Dan Hodgson (7 - 1 - 4 - 5) Kirk Muller (7 - 2 - 1 - 3) Lynden Byers (6 - 1 - 1 - 2) Sylvain Cote (7 - 0 - 2 - 2) Mark Paterson (7 - 0 - 2 - 2) J.J. Daigneault (7 - 0 - 2 - 2) Brad Shaw (7 - 0 - 2 - 2) Yves Courteau (7 - 0 - 1 - 1) Bruce Cassidy (7 - 0 - 0 - 0) Gerald Diduck (7 - 0 - 0 - 0) Gary Lacey (5 - 0 - 0 - 0) Team Canada Goaltending (W-L -OT - GAA - SO) Ken Wregget (2-2-1 - 2.80 - 1) Allan Bester (1-0-0 - 1.00 - 1) Tournament All-Stars G - Evgeny Belosheikin (USSR) F - Petr Rosol (CZE) D - Alexei Gusarov (USSR) F - Raimo Helminen (FIN) D - Frantisek Musil (CZE) F - Nikolai Borschevsky (USSR) Top Scorers PLAYER GP G A P Raimo Helminen (FIN) 7 11 13 24 Petr Rosol (CZE) 7 10 5 15 Aleksandr Chernykh (USSR) 7 7 7 14 Russ Courtnall (CAN) 7 7 6 13 Nikolai Borschevsky (USSR) 7 6 7 13 ' ' '