OAKLAND, Calif. -- Cole Hamels pitched seven shutout innings, Adrian Beltre hit a two-run homer and the Texan Rangers clinched the American League West crown with a 3-0 victory against the Oakland Athletics on Friday night at the Oakland Coliseum.

The Rangers (91-63) won the West for the second straight year and for the fourth time in the past seven seasons. They've made the postseason five times overall in that span and reached the World Series in 2010 and 2011 but lost both years.

"It's just the first step," Beltre said from a champagne-soaked clubhouse. "It's just the first step. It's not easy to get where we are right now. We took the first step to win the division and get into the playoffs. We have a good enough team to win the World Series. That's our goal. We're going to celebrate today, but we know this is not just what we accomplished. We want to accomplish a lot more things."

Hamels (15-5) allowed six hits, struck out seven and walked two. He won for the first time since Aug. 25 against Cleveland. Hamels went 0-1 with a 10.50 ERA in his previous four starts. But he looked ready for the postseason in a rematch against the A's and right-hander Kendall Graveman, seven days after allowing six runs over six innings and

Junior quarterback Kenny Hill passed for 452 yards and two touchdowns as TCU registered a 33-3 victory over host SMU in a nonconference game at Dallas.

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Junior receiver John Diarse had six catches for 139 yards and one touchdown for the Horned Frogs (3-1). Junior running back Kyle Hicks rushed for 89 yards and sophomore outside linebacker Ty Summers racked up 13 tackles as TCU defeated the Mustangs for the 15th time in the past 17 meetings.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Ben Hicks was 19-of-35 passing for 244 yards and two interceptions for SMU (2-2). Sophomore receiver Courland Sutton caught five passes for 113 yards for the Mustangs, who were outgained 589-320.

The Horned Frogs led by three points at halftime before beginning to create separation on Hill's two third-quarter touchdown throws.

Hill connected with Diarse on a 75-yard scoring pass on the first play from scrimmage in the third quarter. Diarse caught the ball on a quick slant before shedding the tackle attempt of SMU redshirt freshman safety Kevin Johnson to get free in the secondary. He completed the long score to give TCU a 13-3 advantage.

Hill threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to sophomore receiver Jaelan Austin with 7:17 remaining in the third quarter to increase the margin to 17. Junior Brandon Hatfield kicked field goals of 25 and 30 yards to boost the lead to 26-3.

Junior running back Trevorris Johnson capped the strong second-half run with a 14-yard touchdown run to make it a 30-point margin with 4:47 remaining.

TCU led 6-3 at halftime on field goals of 46 and 20 yards by redshirt freshman Ryan Graf, the latter coming with 2:29 left before the break. Sophomore Josh Williams booted a 23-yard field goal for the Mustangs.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Jered Weaver reached a milestone, along with beating the Texas Rangers again.

The 33-year-old right-hander picked up the 150th win of his career and the Los Angeles Angels held on to beat the Rangers 5-4 Wednesday night at Globe Life Park.

Weaver joined Chuck Finley (165 wins) as the only pitchers in franchise history with 150.

"It just means that I've been here for a little while and been a part of some pretty good teams and some winning teams," said Weaver, 18-8 lifetime against Texas. "It's one of things I'll think about when I'm done, take it all in, but it was a good team win today."

After watching Texas rally to win the first two games of the series, the Angels' bullpen pitched three shutout innings to back Weaver. Mike Trout's three-run home run gave Los Angeles a lead it wouldn't surrender.

The Rangers (90-63) had their magic number to clinch the American League West remain at two after finishing out a 3-3 homestand. Texas also holds a one-game lead on Cleveland (88-63) for the best record in the AL.

Weaver (12-12) wasn't his sharpest, but he added a victory his career-long mastery of the