“They had a couple of extra greater hits than us, and that was the result of the sport”. Hamilton’s sacrifice fly to center scored Beltre for the 4-3 lead and Elvis Andrus’ single up the middle scored Moreland, who had moved to third on the sac fly, to make it 5-3. Mike Napoli is 2-for-2 with a double and a walk versus Karns, who gave up two runs in seven innings to beat Texas on May 8.Perez did not receive a decision last time out after permitting three runs (two earned) in six frames of an 11-3 victory at Seattle. Shawn Tolleson labored the ninth for his 22nd save in 23 possibilities – all since May 20.
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An MRI earlier in the morning showed no structural damage to a sore left knee that had kept Hamilton out of the past two games.
Now he’ll get to see where he’s at against one of the AL’s top pitchers.
Still, the Rays had a 3-2 lead after six with a rested Geltz, McGee and Brad Boxberger ready. The Rays are 7-3 in their last 10 games, 27-25 on the road, and they are five games back in AL East. As a team the Rays are hitting.
The Texas Rangers continue to hover around the. Like the Rangers’ bullpen, the Rays’ pen hasn’t allowed much in the way of runs over the last week.
The Tampa Bay Rays have climbed back into the American League playoff race by winning four straight and start a Lone Star State trip with the first of three against the Texas Rangers on Friday.
“We had that one”, Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier said.
But Texas tied the game at 3 on Delino DeShields’ first career homer in the seventh. Texas 1B Mitch Moreland knocked in four runs Thursday to push his total to a career-high 61, eclipsing his previous high of 60 in 2013.2. “Mitch had a big-at-bat tonight”. “I just battled out there”, said Karns, who loaded the bases without an out in the first by hitting DeShields before walking the next two batters. “Who knows what would have happened if I had not thrown that ball to third?”
“I just was kind of out of control and did a weird slide”, he said. The left-handed Perez will take the mound against the Rays, who have a 20-12 record against lefty starters this season. He threw what he called a normal bullpen session before Friday’s game.
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Tampa Bay responded with a run of their own off Martin Perez in the second to tie it up. He will be re-evaluated Saturday….
