Crisp homered for the second night in a row, this one a two-run blast in the eighth inning that carried Oakland from behind to ahead 4-3 with one swing.
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“That was a really good win for us coming back from a hard game last night”, he said. “I was maybe too bullheaded and tried to beat him instead of putting it in a good spot”. “I just got overconfident with my fastball”. “That’s not where I was aiming”.
The tarp covers the field as a light rain falls during a delay before a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
“That’s the pitcher who I want to be”, Gray said.
ORIOLES 3, ROCKIES 2: Adam Jones scored the winning run in the 10th inning on a low throw to the plate by pitcher Jordan Lyles, and Baltimore beat Colorado for its fifth straight win.
“I felt like one of the strengths on the club was the offensive depth”, Daniels said, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The righty owns a 6.45 ERA in six games, four of them starts, over two stints with the Rangers this year.
Valencia also had the first of three RBI doubles in a three-run third that gave the A’s a 5-1 lead. Jake Diekman took over for Bush with none on to get the final two outs. Obviously, two-out knocks are a huge blow to the other side.
The Texas Rangers run onto the field to celebrates a game winning two-run homer by Adrian Beltre, not shown, during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Arlington, Texas, Monday, July 25, 2016. “We can go to (minor-leaguer Joey Gallo) at some point if there’s an opening and there are at-bats”.
Ian Desmond hit his 19th homer for the Rangers in the first. It seems like every game there’s that one inning with three, four, five earned (runs). Ryan Rua singled before Moreland also went over that bullpen, a 423-foot homer to get Texas within 5-3.
Oakland’s bullpen worked three innings of scoreless relief. He hit three homers at home against them May 17.
Darvish had lost both of his first two post-All-Star break games, and he was in trouble early when Crisp opened the game with a triple and scored on Jed Lowrie’s sacrifice fly.
Josh Reddick singled to drive in an unearned run against Matt Bush in the seventh before Beltre homered in bottom half. He’d had four starts where he’d allowed seven runs, including his last one against Tampa Bay.
While it hasn’t been the best season for Fielder, who was hitting.212 with eight home runs and 44 RBIs, his loss impacts the offense.
YANKEES 2, ASTROS 1: Austin Romine hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning to make a victor of Michael Pineda, and the New York’s bullpen did just fine without star closer Aroldis Chapman in a victory over Houston.
Rangers starter Yu Darvish, winless in his last nine starts against Oakland, stuck out six without a walk and departed with a 3-2 lead after six innings.
Athletics: No one went on the disabled list Monday, the 21st day this season that Oakland has had 12 or more players on the DL.
Rangers: GM Jon Daniels said he expects DH Prince Fielder to undergo season-ending surgery to fix a herniated disk in his neck within a week.
“The ball was up and center-cut”, manager Jeff Banister said of Bush (3-2). If Hill is not ready, RHP Sonny Gray will start on his normal rest.
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Texas is calling up Nick Martinez (1-2) from Triple-A Round Rock to make the start.
