Rangers recap: Power returns to help Texas stop skid

The Rangers snapped an eight-game home losing streak with a 4-3 win against the San Diego Padres Friday night at Globe Life Park. Texas had lost five consecutive games before Friday.

The Rangers built a 4-0 lead in the fourth after Prince Fielder and Adrian Beltre homered in consecutive at-bats for the third time this season. Rangers’ starter Wandy Rodriguez pitched well into the sixth inning and the bullpen held off the Padres late with Shawn Tolleson pitching a scoreless ninth to earn his 13th save.

Pitching: Rodriguez rebounded from a rough last outing by holding the Padres to a run on three hits and a two walks in 5 1/3 innings. The lone run came in the sixth when Melvin Upton, Jr., led off with a homer. Keone Kela took over with one out and one on and got a strikeout and fly out to end the inning. Spencer Patton replaced Sam Freeman with one on and no outs in the seventh. He worked out of it after a two-out single by striking out Derek Norris. In the eighth, Tanner Scheppers was in trouble after a walk and double gave the Padres runners in scoring position with no outs. Jedd Gyorko’s sacrifice fly to left made it 4-2. The Rangers had Matt Kemp caught trying to steal third but after taking the throw from catcher Robinson Chirinos, second baseman Rougned Odor’s throw to third was in the dirt and sailed into the Padres’ dugout, allowing Kemp to score, making it 4-3. Scheppers ended the inning by getting pinch-hitter Yangervis Solarte to pop out to short. Shawn Tolleson closed it out in the ninth.

Hitting: Delino DeShields walked, stole second and moved to the third on a passed ball before scoring on Prince Fielder’s shallow pop fly in left. Third baseman Will Middlebrooks put his head down after making the catch, perhaps assuming DeShields wouldn’t attempt to score. But DeShields took off as soon as he saw Middlebrooks head go down and scored easily. Rougned Odor led off the third with a one-hop triple to right-center gap and scored on Carlos Corporan’s ground out. Prince Fielder and Adrian Beltre had back to back homers in the fourth to make it 4-0. Texas had runners on second and third with one out in the fifth but Fielder and Beltre both flew out to left.

Notable: Beltre’s first homer since May 25 snapped a 21-game, 87 at-bat drought without a homer. Fielder and Beltre have homered back to back three times this season ... the Rangers snapped a five-game losing streak and an eight-game losing streak at Globe Life Park.

This story was originally published July 10, 2015 at 10:11 PM with the headline "Rangers recap: Power returns to help Texas stop skid."