Athletics rookie Parker no-hits Texas for seven

OAKLAND, Calif. - Rookie Jarrod Parker chatted with teammates in the dugout and kept his same demeanor as he worked his way through seven hitless innings against Texas.

The way his changeup and fastball were working against baseball's top-hitting team, there was no reason to change.

Parker held the Rangers hitless until the eighth and Brandon Inge drove in four runs in Oakland's eight-run second in the Athletics' 12-1 win Monday.

"We went in with a really good plan and the execution of it was exactly what we wanted to do," Parker said. "It's one of those days. I had good stuff and they were off a little bit."

Parker (2-2) easily worked through the powerful Rangers lineup in his ninth career start before Michael Young grounded a single through the middle on a slider to lead off the eighth.

"I made a bad pitch and he did what he was supposed to do," Parker said.

Parker got a warm ovation from the crowd of 10,120 and quickly got out of the inning on two more pitches - a popup by Nelson Cruz and a double-play ball by David Murphy.

That ended the night for Parker, who allowed one hit, walked three and struck out six.

Inge started the scoring in the big inning with a three-run homer off Scott Feldman (0-4) and capped it with an RBI single. Kila Ka'aihue added a two-run homer for the A's, who had lost 10 of their last 11.

Feldman was charged with all eight runs in the second inning and lost his fourth straight start. Things got so bad for the Rangers in their fifth loss in six games that they brought in outfielder Craig Gentry to pitch the eighth.