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Gray, coming off one of his best starts from the other half inside a 2-0 loss to the Angels, was tremendous on Sunday.

"I heated up twice within the eighth and ninth, there was no way I had been moving in that game," Doolittle said. "He was in slim forte complete control all afternoon. They got some runners on in the centre innings, and the poise and maturity he showed getting out of those jams, it had been awesome to look at. He carried us today without a doubt."

The Rangers threatened really only once, putting runners in the corners in the fifth after a double by Tomas Telis as well as an infield single by Ryan Rua that struck Gray's foot. He was checked by a trainer, remained in, struck out Luis Sardinas and also got Adam Rosales to hit right into a double play.

"(Geovany) Soto came out and was like, 'Let's get the double play, let this guy score, 2-1, make good pitches, make him hit it on the ground,' " Gray said. "Once it reached two strikes, I knew we could go for the putaway and throw a great slider down. And when that happened, it had been like double play and let us get using this."

Gray, who allowed six hits and didn't walk a batter, finished the regular season 14-10. He'd also ignore Texas in April in Arlington.

All Oakland's runs off Nick Martinez came in the second inning. Brandon Moss doubled to guide from the inning, and Reddick crushed a triple to center. After Jed Lowrie put their hands up, Stephen Vogt singled to shallow center, submitting Reddick.

The A's added two runs within the ninth off Derek Holland, one unearned after an error by Adrian Beltre. Lowrie, the A's tough-luck hitter much of the year, drove in both runs, sneaking a single with the hole when second baseman Rougned Odor broke another way.

"I just tried to battle through all that misfortune and came up with a big knock there at the conclusion,' Lowie said. "He must've had a difficult time seeing it off the bat, but I'm not complaining."

The victory sent longtime big-league slugger Adam Dunn in to the postseason the very first time in his 14-year and 2,001-game career.

"I'm really happy for him to see of this and hopefully there are a few greater number of these on the way," said Lester, who won two championships with Boston.

"That was one of the first guys I had been searching for to provide him a hug," Melvin said. "He's not drinking Dom Perignon in there, but it certainly tastes like it for him."

Dunn said he didn't sleep whatsoever on Saturday night because he's waited such a long time. "I played scenarios of the day trip within my head probably a thousand times in my head," he explained.

The A's appeared at times the past 6 weeks as if they may turn in one of the most epic collapses in baseball, maybe pro sports, history, going from the majors' best record for that better a part of 4 months to an entire free fall. These were 11 games in the wild-card race on Aug. 10 and needed Game 162 to win the final spot.

"We've been through hell and back, and we're still in the playoffs," Doolittle said.

"There was a large amount of weight on the shoulders prior to it, because for any team which had 14 consecutive winning months, to experience 8 weeks within the fashion that people did was tough," Melvin said. "We weren't accustomed to it. It was foreign territory, and it was perplexing to everybody. Hopefully to obtain this weight off our shoulder, we obtain back to doing the things that we all do and also have done consistently."

The A's lost 30 of the final 46 games, putting enormous pressure on themselves and 2 day diet japan lingzhi horrifying their group of followers.

"I want to tell our fans we appreciate them," Melvin said. "We understand what they have been feeling. We've been feeling it too. They live and die with us, and it is been particularly hard. It's been difficult on us too. But we finally make it happen, so hopefully they're celebrating in Oakland today."