Rougned Odor made the most of his second chance on Tuesday, crushing a two-run, walk-off homer in an 8-7 win over the Seattle Mariners.
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Gomez’s third career grand slam was his second home run since joining the Rangers last week and his first since his first at-bat August 25.
In Anaheim, Mike Trout and Albert Pujols each hit one of the Angels’ five home runs.
Martin Perez got the win for Texas, while Felix Hernandez took the loss for Seattle.
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez punches his glove after giving up a grand slam to Texas Rangers’ Carlos Gomez in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, in Arlington, Texas.
The Rangers scored on a ground-ball out in the third (1-0), then unloaded on King Felix in the fourth, the big blow a grand slam by newly acquired LF Carlos Gomez on an 86 miles per hour change-up that caught the inner half of the plate.
Rangers: RHP Colby Lewis allowed five runs and eight hits over 3 1-3 innings in a rehab start for Double-A Frisco.
Texas is off Thursday, before welcoming the Houston Astros for a three-game series beginning Friday night. Christian Yelich had two hits, including a homer leading off the sixth for the Marlins, while J.T. Realmuto had three hits.
Lee then got knocked to the ground by Elvis Andrus on an inning-ending play at first base.
Kyle Seager drew one of the bases-loaded walks in the fourth, and an inning later had an RBI single that produced another run when right fielder Carlos Gomez overran the ball before Lee followed with his hit. He walked a batter and hit one, while striking out two. Seattle has lost four straight and eight of its last nine games.
He had already given up a run before the fourth inning.
Former Phillie Jayson Werth homered for the Nationals, who ran their winning streak against the Phillies to nine.
The Rangers are seeking a sweep and a fifth consecutive victory. The Reds are losers of four in a row.
Yet, Hernandez never made it to the fifth inning.
After falling behind 4-0 when Beltre hit his 24th homer, a two-run shot in the third, the Mariners pushed ahead against suddenly erratic All-Star lefty and AL ERA leader Cole Hamels with six runs over the next two innings.
The victory gave Toronto the win in the crucial three-game series, as the Blue Jays took two games while pushing the Orioles four games behind in the American League East.
ATLANTA – Matt Wisler turned in his second strong outing since being recalled from the minor leagues, pitching Atlanta over San Diego.
Jonathan Schoop walked with two outs in the Baltimore eighth and Wieters followed with a drive to right off Grilli (4-2) for his 12th homer of the season. Perez (8-10, 4.45 ERA), making his career-high 28th start, has quality starts in both outings against Seattle this season, both in Arlington. It’s true that we’re competing with six other teams for just two spots, but after a much-needed day off tomorrow, there are still 29 games left in the season.
Wisler allowed one run on four hits over six innings and struck out a career-high 10 batters.
Hernandez gave up a shift-beating leadoff single to Carlos Beltran and walked Adrian Beltre to start the inning.
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Iwakuma worked a scoreless second inning, but the third would be his undoing.
