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Emil Brown hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs to help the Oakland Athletics beat Texas 12-6, ending the Rangers' season-best five-game winning streak Sunday.

Frank Thomas drove in two runs to give him 1,695 RBIs, tying him with Cal Ripken for 21st all-time, and Mark Ellis had three hits for the A's.

Ian Kinsler had three hits for the Rangers, who had won nine of their previous 11.

With the game tied at 6, Bobby Crosby led off the seventh with a double, then stopped at third on Ellis' single. Rangers reliever Franklyn German's pickoff attempt had Ellis in a rundown between first and second, but when Crosby broke for the plate, Rangers first baseman Frank Catalanotto threw late to catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia as Crosby scored to put the A's in front.

Ryan Sweeney added a sacrifice fly later in the seventh to extend Oakland's lead to 8-6, and Brown's RBI single in the eighth made it 9-6.

Daric Barton added a two-run homer in the ninth for Oakland.

German (1-1) gave up two runs and three hits in 2-3 inning to suffer the loss.

Santiago Casilla (2-0) allowed two hits in 1 1-3 innings for the victory.

Rangers starter Sidney Ponson allowed six runs and seven hits in 5 1-3 innings, his worst outing of the four starts since his contract was purchased from Triple-A Oklahoma on April 26.

The A's activated Rich Harden from the 15-day disabled list to make his first start since April 2, but he couldn't hold a four-run first-inning lead. Harden was placed on the 15-day disabled list April 10 with a strained right shoulder.

In the first, Thomas' RBI single and Brown's fourth homer of the season gave the A's a 4-0 advantage.

Saltalamacchia's two-run single in a four-run third tied it for the Rangers, who took a 5-4 edge in the fourth on Josh Hamilton's RBI triple.

Harden allowed five runs runs and eight hits in 3 2-3 innings.

Ponson walked Jack Cust with the bases loaded in the sixth as the A's tied it at 5, and Thomas followed with a sacrifice fly off German to give Oakland the lead.

Notes:@ To open a roster spot for Harden, OF Chris Denorfia went on the 15-day DL because of tightness in his lower back. ...Texas placed RHP and No. 1 starter Kevin Millwood on the 15-day disabled list due to a strained right groin. RHP Doug Mathis was called up from Triple-A Oklahoma to take Millwood's roster spot. ...Texas also outrighted RHP Kazuo Fukumori, currently with Oklahoma, off the 40-man roster. ...The Rangers used pink bats in honor of Mother's Day and to promote breast cancer awareness.