Hamels roughed up as Mariners rout Rangers

Cole Hamels allowed seven runs in only 1 2/3 innings Monday, and a pair of September call-ups allowed six runs in the sixth inning as the Seattle Mariners pulled away for a 14-6 victory over the Texas Rangers.

Nomar Mazara and Rougned Odor hit home runs for the Rangers, who scored six runs against Felix Hernandez for a second straight start. Mazara’s homer, a three-run shot, was his 17th. Odor solo blast was his 30th, making him on the third second baseman in franchise history with a 30-homer season.　　　　

Hitting: The Rangers once again posted a five-run inning against Felix Hernandez. The problem is they were down 7-0 when they did it in the third inning. ... The rally started when Carlos Gomez and Elvis Andrus took one-out walks, which were followed by Nomar Mazara’s 19th homer of the season. Carlos Beltran followed with an infield single two batters later, went to second on a walk to Adrian Beltre and scored on a Rougned Odor single. Jonathan Lucroy then knocked in Beltre, who scored a run for the 11th second game to tie the club record. ... Odor provided the next Rangers run with a homer to start the sixth. It was his 30th of the season, making him one of six players since 2000 to hit 30 homers in his age 22 season. The others: Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera, Giancarlo Stanton, Bryce Harper, Manny Machado and Mike Trout. 　　

Pitching: Cole Hamels allowed a season-high seven runs in the second-shortest outing of his career. ... He allowed five runs in the first inning, two coming on a Robinson Cano home run, and two more in the second before getting pulled after 1 2/3 innings. ... Alex Claudio replaced Hamels and once again kept the Rangers in the game with 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief. ... Yohander Mendez was next, making his MLB debut. He allowed a two-out run in the fifth and didn’t get an out in the sixth while allowing four more runs. ... Jose Leclerc had a shaky outing, too, getting only two outs in relief of Mendez and allowing two runs.

This story was originally published September 5, 2016 at 6:43 PM with the headline "Hamels roughed up as Mariners rout Rangers."