ARLINGTON http://www.philliesfanproshop.com/authentic-chase-utley-jersey , Texas (AP) — Rougned Odor keeps feeling better. Joey Gallo needed a break.Odor hit his third career grand slam and Gallo and Robinson Chirinos had back-to-back homers in a seven-run fourth inning as the Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-3 Friday night.Odor has avoided saying he feels good throughout a hot streak since the All-Star break during which he has batted .404 (21 for 52) with six homers to raise his batting average 31 points to .270.“Feeling better,” he said again.But how does it feel to hit a grand slam? “Great!”Both Odor and Gallo have homered in each of the first two games of a four-game series between last-place teams. Texas has outscored the Orioles 28-11 in those games and has won six of seven.“Odor right now is pretty well locked in, not just offensively but defensively,” Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.Right fielder Gallo and second baseman Odor combined for an out on Renato Nunez’s double to the right-center field gap in the eighth inning. Gallo threw to Odor well out on the outfield grass, and he fired a strike to catcher Chirinos to put out Trey Mancini trying to score.Gallo leads the Rangers with 28 homers but has struggled to improve his batting average, currently .193.“The All-Star break helped,” Gallo said. “It’s tough when you’re here every day and struggling. We went to Mexico and got away. We didn’t worry about baseball. Then you get back and you kind of miss it.”Rookie right-hander Ariel Jurado (2-1) won his second straight start for Texas after a loss in his major league debut.Jurado left after giving up six hits, two walks and two runs while striking out three in five innings.“A really good night for him,” Banister said. “Cruised through four. … “We kind of learned who he is against major league hitters.”Another rookie, Baltimore’s David Hess (2-6), didn’t make it out of the fourth inning in his 10th major league start.The Rangers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Hess made two errors on the same play, allowing Odor to score from first base.Hess hit Adrian Beltre with a pitch leading off the fourth. Gallo then homered to right field, and Chirinos followed with another homer to the back of the lower deck in left.“Beltre getting hit by the pitch, I think that kind of gave them a little bit of fire,” Hess said. “And then I just left some balls over the middle of the plate and they didn’t miss them.”Donnie Hart relieved Hess with the bases loaded and one out. Odor hit a 1-0 pitch into the right field seats.Baltimore scored twice against Jurado in the fifth with two-out RBI singles by Jonathan Villar and Tim Beckham.Orioles rookie Evan Phillips, acquired from the Braves on Tuesday, retired all six Rangers he faced, striking out three.“Just as advertised,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. “Late, live fastball Richie Ashburn Jersey , threw a good changeup tonight, that was impressive.”Andrus’ eighth-inning single extended his hit streak to 14 games, the majors’ longest current streak.TRAINER’S ROOMOrioles: RHP Jhan Marinez went on the 10-day disabled list. He strained his right hamstring while warming up between innings and left Thursday’s game. RHP Phillips replaced Marinez on the 25-man roster.Rangers: CF Delino DeShields was a late scratch because of a headache. Carlos Tocci replaced DeShields. … OF Nomar Mazara (sprained right thumb) has been on the disabled list for two weeks. Texas manager Jeff Banister said he hoped to decide this weekend whether to send Mazara on an injury-rehab assignment.WHICH IS BETTER?Gallo has four assists in eight games as a right fielder. Is it a bigger thrill to hit a home run or to throw out a runner?“Throwing somebody out without a cutoff guy is pretty cool, especially if you don’t bounce it,” Gallo said. “A walk-off home run, that’s a pretty fun feeling as well. They’re about the same.”UP NEXTOrioles RHP Dylan Bundy (7-9, 4.53) faces Rangers LHP Mike Minor (7-6, 4.73) in a matchup of the teams’ wins leaders. PHOENIX (AP) — The way things have been going for the Arizona Diamondbacks, being 1 1/2 games out of first place in the NL West seems almost unimaginable.Yet that’s where Arizona stands after a 5-3 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night. Star slugger Paul Goldschmidt hit his 33rd home run and the Diamondbacks held off the NL East leaders in a matchup of slumping playoff contenders.The Braves lost for the fourth time in five games and had their edge over Philadelphia cut to 2 1/2 games.The Diamondbacks, who had lost five of six, moved within 1 1/2 games of Colorado atop the NL West.“We’ve lost a lot of tough games like these, and it’s just nice to see us come out on the other side of it,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “Nice to see these guys smile, nice to see these guys have some fun, nice to have that good feeling after playing a game.”Johan Camargo homered, doubled twice and drove in two runs for Atlanta. Diamondbacks left fielder David Peralta made a sliding catch on Camargo’s shallow fly ball for the final out, emphatically pumping his fist to celebrate.Goldschmidt homered for the ninth time in 27 games, sending an opposite-field drive to right for a solo shot in the first. He reached base in all five of his plate appearances, going 2 for 2 with three walks.Daniel Descalso’s two-run single highlighted a three-run third inning that put Arizona ahead 4-1.Patrick Corbin (11-5) gave up one run and four hits in six innings, striking out nine. Brad Boxberger got two outs for his 32nd save.“All these games are important. They’re all going to be a battle Chuck Klein Jersey ,” Corbin said. “You just have to make quality pitches.”Braves starter Kevin Gausman (9-10) lasted 4 2/3 innings. He was charged with four runs and seven hits with four walks and four strikeouts.“I was making some pretty bad misses trying to go away and missing in on a guy,” Gausman said. “I didn’t throw enough offspeed pitches for strikes.”Camargo made it 1-all with his 17th homer and second in two days, connecting in the third.“A highlight reel,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said of Camargo. “Kid’s playing unbelievable. Just really maturing, growing. He’s come so far and he’s showing us he’s a legitimate guy.”Peralta hit an RBI single in the third as Arizona strung together three straight singles to take a 2-1 lead. After a walk to A.J. Pollock, Descalso bounced a hit through the right side to drive in two more runs.The Braves battled back in the eighth against reliever Archie Bradley, who gave up an RBI double to Camargo and consecutive infield hits to Nick Markakis and Tyler Flowers to load the bases with one out.Brad Ziegler relieved, and an error by shortstop Nick Amhed gave Atlanta another run that made it 4-3.Bradley was visibly unhappy in the dugout after another bumpy outing. He’s had several over the past week.“When you’re going through a little bit of a rough patch, it seems like the ball doesn’t bounce your way,” Bradley said. “But I made good pitches, they just beat me.”Ziegler protected the lead, striking out Adam Duvall and getting Dansby Swanson to fly out with the bases loaded.“There’s no lead that’s safe with them,” Ziegler said of the Braves.Eduardo Escobar’s sacrifice fly gave the Diamondbacks an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth.END(ER) OF THEIR NIGHTSBraves OF Ender Inciarte, apparently unhappy with the strike zone, was ejected after striking out swinging at a pitch in the dirt to end the top of the fourth. He said something to home plate umpire Doug Eddings and was tossed, then proceeded to kick at the dirt and shout some more in Eddings’ face before going back to the dugout.“Sometimes guys get frustrated and voice opinions on things. It happens,” Snitker said.Eddings also ejected Braves hitting coach Kevin Seitzer in the eighth when he yelled from the dugout after Duvall was called out on strikes.UP NEXTBraves: RHP Julio Teheran (9-7) makes his team-high 28th start on Saturday against Arizona. The Braves are 16-11 in his starts this season.Diamondbacks: Saturday’s scheduled starter RHP Clay Buchholz (7-2) has a 0.64 earned run average in his last four starts, but carries a 6.06 ERA in three starts against Atlanta in his career. « The All-Star shortstop may participateNew York Mets, although with a limited pitch » Weitere Artikel der Kategorie Allgemein |
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