“That’s my job as a starting pitcher, that’s what we’re supposed to do, go out and keep the team in the game and see what happens”, Lewis said.
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Texas Rangers manager Jeff Banister, left, stands on the mound with… “And to me, they’re both important”. “It’s not anything other than that”. Their 16-27 home record is worst in the majors.
The vast majority of the second-inning damage came against overmatched Rangers left-hander Martin Perez, who allowed eight runs and seven hits over his one-inning-plus-eight-batters outing.
“First couple innings didn’t feel like stuff was as sharp as it was in the latter innings” said Lewis.
Trailing by five runs after the first inning, the Bronx Bombers came up with the highest-scoring second inning in club history and a rout was on. Robinson Chirinos flew out, but Delino DeShields delivered Hamilton with a single to right, giving the Rangers the lead for good at 3-2. The California native has turned in a quality start in nine of his last 10 turns. Davis hit a three-run shot in the first inning and a two-run drive in the second. Tanaka fell behind Josh Hamilton 2-and-0 before the leftfielder, who went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, lined a 92-mph to right that brought in Beltre to make it 2-1.
“I want to pitch good and help my team”, he said.
He joined Ty Cobb, Rusty Staub and Gary Sheffield as the only players to homer as teenagers and at age 40 or older.
Wieters hit Luis Avilan over the wall to secure the match – his fourth homer of his career.
Rodriguez hit his big league-best sixth homer on his birthday, STATS said, breaking a tie with Todd Helton, Chipper Jones, Derrek Lee and Al Simmons.
Just before spring training that year he was traded by Texas only three seasons into the $252 million, 10-year contract he signed after starting his career with Seattle from 1994-2000. Chasen Shreve, Justin Wilson and Dellin Betances followed with hitless relief. Mark Teixeira was not in the lineup, although Girardi said it was nothing more than “a planned day off”. “Easy!” – an indication he should be able to score easily.
Astros 10, Angels 5: Jose Altuve had a career-high five RBIs to lead Houston to a win over Los Angeles in a game between the top teams in the AL West. The Angels played without Mike Trout, who missed the game with an injured left wrist. “And I figured that if I hit more home runs, it would just justify whatever behavior I had off the field”. But he entered the game as a defensive replacement in the eighth.
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Rangers: LHP Derek Holland begins his rehab assignment Thursday for Triple-A Round Rock, when he is expected to go two innings or 35 pitches. Holland has been out since a shoulder issue only one inning into the home opener. That not only leads the Bronx Bombers in home runs, but is fifth most in the American League behind only Mike Trout, J.D. Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier made a leaping catch with his back facing the infield in deep center field in the sixth to rob James McCann of an extra-base hit.
