WEST SACRAMENTO -- The story of the Rangers’ week has been the influx of injuries, hitting one after the other over the course of 10 days. The biggest may have been Nathan Eovaldi, who was in the midst of the best year of his career when he went down with a right rotator cuff strain .

It’s a loss. A major one, no doubt about it. But a guy named Jacob deGrom is still here.

On Sunday afternoon, in the blistering heat of West Sacramento, deGrom dealt five scoreless innings against the A’s, carrying the Rangers to a 9-6 victory and a series sweep. It’s the first time Texas has swept the A’s since Sept. 22-24, 2015, at the Oakland Coliseum.

“It definitely isn't fun for Nathan,” said Josh Smith, who reached base five times in the win. “We're gonna have to find a way to pick him up the r

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