A’s unable to hold off Texas after Healy’s HR

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ARLINGTON — The Rangers snapped a 24-inning scoreless streak on Monday night, Adrian Beltre hit his first grand slam in five years and they lost Shin-Soo Choo for the season — all in a 5-2 victory over the Athletics at Globe Life Park.

Martin Perez also set a club record for inducing double plays during his seven innings, as the Rangers defeated former teammate Ross Detwiler, making his second start for the Athletics. Detwiler allowed five runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings, exiting the game after giving up the slam. It was Beltre’s 19th homer of the season and his 10th career grand slam.

The A’s opened the scoring with an RBI single from Billy Butler in the first and a solo home run from Ryon Healy to lead off the second. That was all they were able to score off Perez. He allowed the …

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