“I’m not anxious about any other games other than tomorrow, that’s the only one that we’re going to play”. We are an aggressive team, but we just have to be smart. “I just came from the media room to get a plan on what I’m trying to do today”.
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That was some fine planning, but he wasn’t the only Texas Rangers hitter with a good plan.
Odor, thrown out on the bases twice after hits, ended it with a two-run homer to give the AL-best Rangers Tuesday’s 8-7 win over the Seattle Mariners.
Texas scored five runs and knocked Hisashi Iwakuma out of the game after three innings in a relatively easy 6-3 victory over the Mariners.
Seattle Mariners’ Ketel Marte (4) makes the tag on Texas Rangers’ Rougned Odor as second base umpire Carlos Torres, right, watches in the seventh inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, in Arlington, Texas.
The Rangers will begin a four-game series in Seattle on Labor Day for the final meetings between the two clubs this season.
Twins starter Pat Dean held Cleveland to two runs through four innings, but was removed from the game in the middle of a five-run Cleveland fifth inning. But it’s a really good thing Adrian Beltre and others are here to help guide him in the right direction. They are back to just three games over.500 at 68-65 and their postseason prospects are growing dimmer.
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.
Levi Weaver recaps the Rangers’ 6-3 series-opening win over the Mariners with Yu Darvish picking up the win to send Seattle back to third place.
BRAVES 7, PADRES 3 Julio Teheran won for the first time in 10 starts, rookie Dansby Swanson drove in three runs and Atlanta beat visiting San Diego.
Hamels needed only 27 pitches to get through the first three innings, but his 35 in the fourth included three walks two with the bases loaded. However, Chapman struck out Jordy Mercer with two runners on to secure for his 12th Cubs save, 32nd of the season and second in two nights.
Gomez provided the comfort, walking to start the third and scoring the game’s first run on a Nomar Mazara groundout following a stolen base and a sacrifice bunt.
Texas also recently signed former Houston Astros outfielder Carlos Gomez to bolster their outfield after right fielder Shin-Soo Choo went down with a broken forearm. That brought up Gomez, who fouled off a Hernandez fastball before launching a hanging changeup. Lot of fastballs up in the zone, a lot of chases. He threw 41 of his 60 pitches for strikes. “In the at-bat before, I was swinging at pitches down”. I just said I’m going to get it up. He threw me that changeup, and it was up. “When you’re looking for a specific pitch in an area, it’s hard to miss it”. Caminero hit Andrus in the ribs with a high 98 miles per hour fastball two batters after allowing Odor’s two-run homer. Beltre’s home run, a two-run shot in the fifth, was No. 438 of his career to move him into a tie with Andre Dawson for 43rd on the all-time list.
SHORT HOPS: Felix Hernandez is 7-11 in his career at Glove Life Park.
“We have bounced back all year”, manager Scott Servais said.
“They have a pretty good offense and a pretty good team”, Hernandez said.
It’s something that has been issue for him over the last 150 games he’s played. We left it all out there tonight.
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Darvish (5-3) continues to show signs of regaining his form after missing all of last season after undergoing elbow surgery. Pitch counts have soared during grinding at-bats, and the Rangers have produced runs in a variety of ways. “Everybody in here welcomed those guys with open arms and they fell right in here and jumped on board with us”. They’re prepared for whomever goes out and faces them. “Our guys have great confidence in that”.
