Darvish wasn’t the only player to leave the Texas Rangers’ loss to the Houston Astros. Houston had also lost 12 straight in Arlington, matching their club record for longest road losing streak against one opponent. Fister (5-3, 3.51 ERA) has four consecutive victories, and he made quality starts in eight of his past nine outings.
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“It just seems like we play a lot better against everybody else, ” Keuchel said.
The Astros had won 11 of 13 games coming into the series to get within two games of.500.
Fister won his fifth straight by giving his team exactly what was needed on a muggy evening.
“We had all of their guys on the ropes, ” Houston manager A.J. Hinch said. Harris owns an 0.33 ERA in 27 appearances this season. If any Darvish joint is not functioning as designed, the entire Rangers’ organization feels the discomfort. Houston is 12-4 since May 24.
BALTIMORE – Chris Tillman pitched effectively into the eighth inning to earn his seventh consecutive win, Ryan Flaherty drove in two runs and Baltimore extended Kansas City’s losing streak to seven games. The right-hander had five strikeouts while allowing one run over six innings. He did not return for the sixth.
Rangers: LHP Martin Perez (4-4) goes for his fourth consecutive win. Stros starter Doug Fister was the star of the game with a run plated on seven hits over six frames to get the win.
The Orioles took control with a four-run fifth inning against Edinson Volquez (5-6). The initial exam didn’t reveal any issues, but Darvish will be reevaluated.
Banister said he has been thinking about using Profar at first for a few days because he has been such an offensive catalyst, which has helped the Rangers go 8-2 with him in the lineup.
The middle infielder looked right at home, going spread eagle twice on stretches to get one double play and nearly another.
Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre (29) visits pitcher Yu Darvish (11) on the mound during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, in Arlington, Texas.
George Springer led off the game with his 14th homer. The 435-foot home run to left snapped a 0-for-12 hitless streak for the Houston right fielder. Ian Desmond had an RBI groundout for the Texas run in the third, after the center fielder threw out Jason Castro trying to score in the top of the inning. After a pair of hits, Desmond’s groundout plated Wilson from third. Profar, who once played in the Little League World Series, came up as a shortstop, but the presence of Elvis Andrus pushed Profar over to second base, and a utility role. He appeared as a pinch runner Wednesday and stayed in for defense, but he didn’t bat….
He reached the career 500-strikeout mark faster than any pitcher in major league history in 2014.
“I felt like overall it went pretty well”, Darvish said. Correa, 21, hit. 272 with 30 home runs and 100 RBIs in his first year with Houston….
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Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton had extensive surgery on his left knee Wednesday, including reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament.
