Hitting: The Rangers had a runner a third in the fourth and fifth innings but failed to get him home. Beltre’s shot, with a velocity of 108 miles per hour, hit Ventura in the right rib cage area.
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Kemp hit a solo shot in the first inning and gave San Diego the lead for good with a three-run homer in the fifth.
Rangers: General manager Jon Daniels said he anticipates LHP Derek Holland and RHP Colby Lewis will return to the rotation on August 20 and 21, the dates they are eligible to come off the 60-day disabled list.
In Cincinnati, Joey Votto extended his post-All Star break surge with a three-run homer, and Dan Straily pitched six innings in the Reds’ victory over Arizona.
Hamels, who is 6-1 with a 2.24 ERA in his past nine starts, limited the Royals to five hits, struck out four and walked three. Texas starter improved to 11-2 with an unearned run allowed over 5.1 frames before Shawn Tolleson giving up three.
Texas Rangers third baseman Jurickson Profar is unable to hold on to a popup hit by Kansas City Royals’ Jarrod Dyson during the third inning of a baseball game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, June 24, 2016. The two teams have split the first two games after the Rangers won 7-4 on Saturday night. “He just waltzed right through them with 40 pitches, and then 33 in that fourth inning and just started struggling”. But, all in all, the only player that hurt him was Mazara. They closed within a half-game of second-place Miami in the NL East. Verrett took a shutout into the sixth for NY but departed after giving up a two-run homer to Christian Yelich, his 10th. “At that point the thought process was to send him back out in the sixth, but the ball Beltre hit off his rib changed that”. The 28-year-old Californian was even less effective in his previous outing, a loss to Minnesota on July 10 in which he surrendered six runs and nine hits over five frames.
“It so happened that today I was the guy that got us the go-ahead run”, DeShields said. By honoring and remembering his friend, Duffy is attempting to push that message forward so that we’re all doing our part to live and spread a little joy every chance we get. It was Mazara’s 12th home run, but his first since June 19.Mazara, who leads American League rookies with 94 hits, doubled home Delino DeShields, who walked to lead off the fifth, giving the Rangers a 3-1 advantage.The inning ended with Beltre lining a shot clocked at 109 miles per hour off Ventura’s ribs. Carlos Correa saved a run when he dived to stop a grounder hit by Daniel Nava and tossed the ball to second for a force for the second out.
Cheslor Cuthbert added a 413-foot home run to center in the third, as the Royals made the most of their contact against a sharp Darvish.
Seattle’s Norichika Aoki went 2-for-5 with a double and a triple and scored a run.
“It’s a big deficit heading into the last inning”, said Hosmer, who drove in a run in the ninth with an infield single.
The Rangers claimed 1B Matt Duffy off waivers from the Astros and assigned him to their Triple-A Round Rock club. He has six homers in his last six games and the Padres have homered in 20 straight, the longest streak in the National League this season. He was hitless in three at-bats this season with Houston.
Rangers: LHP Derek Holland, who is on the 60-day disabled list with shoulder inflammation, threw his first bullpen session, 25 pitches, since going on the DL.
Royals: CF Lorenzo Cain (left hamstring strain) hoped to begin a rehab assignment his weekend, but it has been pushed back to early next week.
Royals: LHP Mike Minor, who had labrum surgery in 2015, threw a simulated game but has yet to pitch in a big league game this season.
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Rangers: RHP A.J. Griffin will be working on five days’ rest Sunday after a no-decision Monday at the Angels.
