Rangers pitching falters in 10-4 loss to Mariners
Kyle Seager swatted a two-run homer off Andrew Cashner and Yonder Alonso added a bases-clearing double Thursday, and the Texas Rangers were limited to only three hits in the first six innings as the Seattle Mariners beat them for a third straight night, 10-4.
The loss knocks the Rangers two games under .500 and five games out of the second wild card with 16 games remaining. Nine of those are on a road trip that begins Friday at Anaheim.
The return of Adrian Beltre did little to spark the offense. Rougned Odor drove in a run in the second with a sacrifice fly to cut the Mariners’ lead to 2-1. Odor connected for a three-run homer in the seventh after the Mariners had taken a 10-1 lead.
The Rangers finished 2-5 on their seven-game homestand.
How Rangers pitchers fared: Andrew Cashner wasn’t great in the first four innings, but kept the Rangers close. Then, he ran out of gas quickly in the fifth. ... Kyle Seager connected in the second inning for a two-run homer, but the Rangers were down only 2-1 after four. ... Seattle scored three in the fifth on Yonder Alonso’s bases-loaded double off Cashner, when then walked Mike Zunino on four pitches before getting yanked. ... Nick Gardewine finished off the inning and was one of three pitchers — along with Keone Kela and Austin Bibens-Dirkx — to toil in the four-run sixth that took 34 minutes and required 50 pitches.
How Rangers hitters fared: Adrian Beltre was back in the starting lineup, and it didn’t help one bit. ... The Rangers’ best hitter was Joey Gallo, who singled and doubled, both to left field, in his first two at-bats. He entered the game in a 2-for-22 skid. ... Rougned Odor had the lone RBI while the game was still competitive, on a second-inning sacrifice fly, that made the score 2-1. Odor lifted a three-run homer in the seventh. ... Robinson Chirinos doubled in the second inning to extend his MLB-best streak of consecutive games reaching base to 27. ... Beltre went 1 for 3, boosting his career hit total to 3,036.
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AL wild-card standings
Team | Games back |
x-NY Yankees | +3 |
x-Minnesota | — |
LA Angels | 2.5 |
Seattle | 3.5 |
Kansas City | 5 |
Texas | 5 |
Baltimore | 5.5 |
Tampa Bay | 5.5 |
Note: Top two teams, marked with x, would make the playoffs if season ended today.
Seattle | 020 | 034 | 100 | — | 10 | 11 | 0 |
Texas | 010 | 000 | 300 | — | 4 | 6 | 0 |
Seattle AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. | |
Segura ss | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
Haniger rf | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .278 |
Cano 2b | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .281 |
Beckham 2b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Cruz dh | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
Seager 3b | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .257 |
Motter 3b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .199 |
Alonso 1b | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .269 |
Zunino c | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .248 |
Marjama ph-c | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Gamel lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .276 |
Heredia cf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .256 |
Hannemann cf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Totals 38 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | ||
Texas AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. | |
Middlebrooks ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 |
Griffin p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
DeShields cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .278 |
Choo rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .263 |
Hoying rf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .209 |
Andrus ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 |
Gosselin ss-2b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 |
Beltre dh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .314 |
Robinson pr-dh-ss | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
Gallo 3b | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .209 |
Chirinos c | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
Jimenez c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
Odor 2b | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .213 |
Napoli 1b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .193 |
Rua 1b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .220 |
Calhoun lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 |
Totals 32 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
LOB—Seattle 11, Texas 4. 2B—Cruz 2 (27), Alonso (22), Gallo (17), Chirinos (13). HR—Seager (25), off Cashner; Cruz (33), off Griffin; Odor (29), off Albers. RBIs—Cruz 2 (109), Seager 3 (82), Alonso 3 (63), Zunino (59), Gamel (53), Odor 4 (70). SB—Segura (21), Alonso (2), Zunino (1). SF—Odor. Runners left in scoring position—Seattle 7 (Segura 4, Seager, Heredia 2); Texas 2 (Chirinos, Napoli). RISP—Seattle 5 for 16; Texas 1 for 4. Runners moved up—Zunino, Cano.
Seattle | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
Hernandez | 3 2/3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 4.19 |
Garton | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.43 |
Albers, W, 5-1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 84 | 3.09 |
Texas | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
Cashner, L, 9-10 | 4 1/3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 93 | 3.40 |
Mendez | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3.38 |
Gardewine | 1/3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5.40 |
Kela | 1/3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2.86 |
Bibens-Dirkx | 2/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4.80 |
Griffin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 5.40 |
Gardewine pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. Inherited runners-scored—Garton 1-0, Mendez 2-0, Gardewine 2-0, Kela 2-2, Bibens-Dirkx 3-2. HBP—Cashner (Cruz), Albers (Gallo). WP—Cashner. Umpires—Home, Stu Scheurwater; First, Laz Diaz; Second, Jeff Nelson; Third, Vic Carapazza. T—3:21. A—21,931 (48,114).
This story was originally published September 14, 2017 at 10:29 PM with the headline "Rangers pitching falters in 10-4 loss to Mariners."