The community of Oakland gathered at the Coliseum on Thursday to celebrate its connection and history with the Athletics.

The Texas Rangers have struggled defensively for the past week, including in Thursday's final game against the moving Oakland Athletics at Oakland Coliseum.

JJ Bleday hit an RBI single and made a magnificent catch in center field, Shea Langeliers had a sacrifice fly, and the Oakland Athletics went out winning in their final scheduled game at the Coliseum by beating the Texas Rangers 3-2 on Thursday for a series victory.

The Rangers’ hopes of an AL West three-peat slipped right through the fingers of Josh Hamilton on the last day of the 2012 season, Texas blowing what had been a 13-game lead over Oakland to fall into the AL Wild Card Game. They would lose to the Orioles, ending their season.

A crowd of 46,889 attended the game at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, the largest crowd ever to watch a baseball game in a ballpark’s final game.

A sellout crowd of 46,889 cheer and jeer, as well as throw things on the field, as the A's play their final game at the Coliseum before an eventual move to Las Vegas.

A rare sellout crowd of about 46,000 will be there to witness -- and likely celebrate the good memories afterward -- when the Athletics put a wrap on 57 years of major league baseball in Oakland with their final home game Thursday afternoon against the Texas Rangers.

The A’s are down to one, final game at the Oakland Coliseum. They can only hope they fare better in the sendoff. In their penultimate game at the Coliseum, the A’s lost to the Rangers, 5-1, in front of an announced crowd of 35,