Hisashi Iwakuma, a start removed from a no-hitter against Baltimore, continued his fine pitching, allowing five hits and two runs and striking out six and walking one as Seattle beat Texas 3-2 at Arlington, Texas.
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Iwakuma, who had a no-hitter in his last outing, gave up just five hits in seven innings to a Texas team that had won five straight overall and eight straight at Globe Life Park.
He is 6-0 in his last seven starts against the Rangers. Instead, Gonzalez mixes two different fastballs with a slider and change (plus a rarely-used curve) to induce weak contact. “Today, I thought I did a good job”.
The Mariners got the bats out early and held off the Rangers offense in their 3-2 win.
McClendon also made a joke about managing being the key to Wednesday’s 3-0 win, which was met with a laugh, but the truth was that he almost had a tough decision to make in the ninth. “What if I go on the DL and three days from now my knee pops and, damn, it feels good?” he asked. “I think it’s a situation that there are times the matchups are not in your favor”.
That included a double in the first inning which got Rangers’ starter Chi Chi Gonzalez in trouble early.
Montgomery (4-6) allowed three runs on six hits in six innings. He hasn’t won in his last seven starts.
There were no doubt two pitches later when Mike Napoli hit a 447-foot homer to center, or one pitch after that, when Elvis Andrus hit a 413-foot homer to center. Left fielder Franklin Gutierrez doubled to score Seager, leaving runners at second and third with one out.
Hisashi Iwakuma returns to the mound for the first time since tossing a no-hitter as the visiting Seattle Mariners look to even their three-game series against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday. 342 with eight homers. “The game was on the line there”.
“The guy made a throw”. Shin-Soo Choo was hit by a pitch to load the bases. 333 during that span.
For the second time in two games, Cano failed to dive for a ball that it suuuuuuure seemed like he could’ve knocked down.
“That was a great play”, Iwakuma said.
Dallas’ Jordan Spieth, the world’s No. 1-ranked golfer, threw out the ceremonial first pitch two days after his runner-up finish at the PGA Championship. He swung at three pitches off the plate and, as he walked back to the dugout, said to himself: “I was wondering, ‘What the (heck) am I doing?’ I guess it’s part of baseball”.
-LHP Charlie Furbush (left biceps tendinitis) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to July 8. Furbush experienced biceps discomfort last Saturday in the bullpen in Boston and was sent home.
“He’s been challenging for us”, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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The last of Beltre’s three RBIs came when Fernando Rodney walked him with the bases loaded to force home the winning run on Monday night with one out.
