Jeffrey Springs throws 6 scoreless innings to help Athletics beat Rangers 3-0

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jeffrey Springs gave up two hits in six scoreless innings, Jacob Wilson and Miguel Andujar each had two hits and an RBI and the Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 3-0 on Thursday.

Springs (4-3) had allowed at least three runs in each of has last five starts and 19 total in that span. Mason Miller pitched a perfect ninth inning and earned his 10th save in as many opportunities this season.

Wilson hit a RBI single in the top of the seventh and Luis Urías added another in the eighth for the Athletics.

Marcus Semien had a single, two walks and a stolen base for the Rangers.

Tyler Mahle (3-1) gave up a run on five hits with a walk and six strikeouts over six innings. The 30-year-old right-hander gave up two runs across 12 innings in his previous two starts, both no decisions.

Tyler Soderstrom hit a two-out single, moved to second when Brent Rooker drew a walk and scored on a single by Andujar to make it 1-0 in the top of the first and the Athletics led the rest of the way.

The Rangers — who have gone seven consecutive games without hitting a homer, matching the club’s longest HR drought since their seven-game stretch in July 2021 — have been shut out four times this season.

Right-hander Jack Leiter (2-0, 2.03 ERA) is expected to pitch for the Rangers on Friday in the first of three home games against Seattle. LHP Bryan Woo (3-1, 3.09 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Mariners.

The Athletics begin a three-game series Friday against the Marlins in Miami. Neither team has announced its starting pitcher.

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Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Jeffrey Springs wipes his face after pitching to the Texas Rangers during the fourth inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Arlington, TX. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Oakland Athletics pitcher Mason Miller, right, and catcher Jhonny Pereda react after defeating the Texas Rangers 3-0 during a baseball game Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Arlington, TX. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Oakland Athletics' Tyler Soderstrom (21) reacts after being called out on strikes by home plate umpire DJ Reyburn during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Arlington, TX. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Oakland Athletics outfielders, from left, Miguel Andujar, JJ Bleday and Lawrence Butler react following a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Arlington, TX. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Texas Rangers pitcher Jacob Latz throws a pitch to the Oakland Athletics during the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Arlington, TX. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Oakland Athletics' Tyler Soderstrom swings at a pitch from the Texas Rangers during the sixth inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Arlington, TX. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Texas Rangers' Marcus Semien, bottom, steals second base under the tag of Oakland Athletics second baseman Luis Urías during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Arlington, TX. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Jeffrey Springs throws a pitch to the Texas Rangers during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Arlington, TX. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A former Polish justice minister who faces prosecution in his homeland over alleged abuse of power said Monday that he has been granted asylum in Hungary.

Zbigniew Ziobro was a key figure in the government led by the nationalist conservative Law and Justice party that ran Poland between 2015 and 2023. That administration established political control over key judicial institutions by stacking higher courts with friendly judges and punishing its critics with disciplinary action or assignments to far-away locations.

Current Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government came to power more than two years ago with ambitions to roll back the changes, but efforts to undo them have been blocked by two successive presidents aligned with the national right.

In October, prosecutors requested the lifting of Ziobro's parliamentary immunity to press charges against him. They allege among other things that Ziobro misused a fund for victims of violence, including for the purchase of Israeli Pegasus surveillance software.

Tusk’s party says Law and Justice used Pegasus to spy illegally on political opponents while in power. Ziobro says he acted lawfully.

Hungary, led by nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has hosted several politicians close to Law and Justice while Polish authorities were seeking them.

In a lengthy post on X Monday, Ziobro wrote that he had “decided to accept the asylum granted to me by the government of Hungary due to the political persecution in Poland.”

“I have decided to remain abroad until genuine guarantees of the rule of law are restored in Poland,” he said. “I believe that instead of acquiescing to being silenced and subjected to a torrent of lies — which I would have no opportunity to refute — I can do more by fighting the mounting lawlessness in Poland.”

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Budapest on Monday that Hungarian authorities have granted asylum to “several” individuals who would face political persecution in Poland, according to his ministry. He declined to specify their names.

In an English-language post on X, Tusk wrote that “the former Minister of Justice(!), Mr. Ziobro, who was the mastermind of the political corruption system, has asked the government of Victor Orbán for political asylum.”

“A logical choice,” he added.

FILE - The leader of the Polish junior coalition partners Zbigniew Ziobro, speaks to reporters alongside in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, file)