Odor had a two-run shot for a 10-0 lead in the seventh and a three-run homer in the eighth, and leads the team with 27 home runs. The right-hander with the quirky delivery allowed two runs on four hits over five innings.
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In Baltimore, Josh Donaldson hit his fourth homer in two days and Jose Bautista also went deep in support of starter Marco Estrada (8-6).
PLUS: Dae-Ho Lee had two hits in five at-bats for his first hits in three games since returning from Triple-A Tacoma…
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Rougned Odor quickly atoned for his baserunning blunders with a big blast for the Texas Rangers.
So when Gomez hit a grand slam off Seattle ace Felix Hernandez in the fourth inning for a 6-0 lead in what ended up being a 14-1 loss to the Rangers, the game was effectively over.
“So far the body of work speaks for itself”, Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
Beltre started the inning by roping a single off a 97 miles per hour fastball six inches above the strike zone, after having just fouled off a 97 miles per hour fastball six inches outside the strike zone on the two-strike pitch before.
Adrian Beltre’s 26th home run of the season was the 438th of his career, tying him with Andre Dawson for 43rd all-time. I was surprised. He moved a little bit up on the plate, and I thought he was looking for a slider. “In my last at-bat, I was just trying to help my team”.
The win allowed the Rangers to maintain an 8 1/2-game lead over the second-place Houston Astros, who visit Globe Life Park on Friday to kick off another important three-game series.
They were able to get Darvish out of the game in the seventh and had runners on first and third with two outs. Cano is hitting.341 with a double, five home runs and 12 RBIs, dating to August 19, 2005.
Odor had three hits, but twice was thrown out on the bases earlier in the game. In between, Odor had a single to right but was easily thrown out by right fielder Shawn O’Malley when trying to stretch that hit to a double. When we play that kind of baseball, it shows how good we are. “There is a certain margin of error in some situations”.
Matt Bush (6-2), who gave up a go-ahead sacrifice fly to Robinson Cano in the eighth, came back with a flawless ninth.
“I’m going to try and get the fake nail put on tomorrow, throw with it, throw my bullpen and see if it’s OK”, he said. “That’s a good team over there and they’ve got a lot of fight”. Robinson Cano went 2-for-3 with a walk and boosted his average back to.301…
At worst, the Mariners are so much better off today than they were headed into last year’s offseason.
Texas extended its lead to 5-0 in a four-run third inning after Elvis Andrus led off with a walk and stole second. His ERA rose from 2.67 to 2.91.
Nick Vincent pitched a scoreless sixth inning, but Steve Cishek ran into trouble in the seventh after Ian Desmond’s leadoff single.
Odor’s 25th homer was a drive to the hill in center field on a 2-2 pitch from Mariners closer Edwin Diaz (0-3), who had converted his first 11 save chances of the season.
Also expected back is Nelson Cruz, who sat out Tuesday’s game with a nerve issue in his right hand. Cruz suffered the injury on a check swing Sunday.
Iwakuma threw 40 pitches in the inning.
Rangers: The scheduled rehab start for RHP Colby Lewis (right lat muscle strain) with Double-A Frisco at Midland was rained out. He gave up three runs in the first but followed with four shutout innings.
Iwakuma allowed a season-high five runs for the fourth time.
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Looking for his first victory since August 11, Garza bounced back from a back-luck outing his last time out with his longest start of the season and held the Cardinals to use three hits with a pair of walks over seven innings of work.
