Rangers score six in seventh inning to beat Orioles

By foxsports
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Mitch Moreland's go-ahead double off the right-field fence and Rougned Odor's two-run single highlighted a six-run seventh inning, leading the Texas Rangers to an 8-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.

Delino DeShields and Nomar Mazara each had three hits for the Rangers. Mazara, promoted from Triple-A Round Rock last week, has two three-hit games in seven starts.

Keone Kela (1-0), who turned 23 on Saturday, worked a scoreless seventh inning in relief, striking out two and walking one.

The Rangers' big seventh inning helped them overcome solo home runs by Manny Machado, Adam Jones and Chris Davis, who increased the Orioles' major league-leading homer total to 23.

A.J. McFarland (0-1) took the loss after retiring only one of the four batters he faced in relief of starter Yovani Gallardo.

Gallardo took a 4-2 lead into the seventh and was pulled after allowing the first two batters to reach. It was the first time that he pitched at least six innings in 10 starts -- since Aug. 22, 2015, when he was with Texas.

Orioles right fielder Mark Trumbo overran Odor's two-run single, allowing Odor to reach third and score the final run on a single by Elvis Andrus.

Rangers starter Colby Lewis pitched six innings and had season highs with four runs, three homers, 10 hits and seven strikeouts. Texas' leader with 17 wins last season, he has given up five homers in his three starts.

Machado's first-inning homer into the Orioles' bullpen in left-center gave him hits in all 11 Orioles games this season.

Jones' shot landed behind Baltimore's bullpen and was measured at 460 feet, the longest of his 197 big-league homers.

Davis' homer was his fifth of the season and tied him for the American League lead with Trumbo, Seattle's Robinson Cano and Toronto's Josh Donaldson. That gave Baltimore eight homers in a span of eight innings.

Adrian Beltre, who signed a two-year contract extension for $36 million through 2018 early Saturday, had two RBIs.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Orioles: RHP Kevin Gausman (shoulder) will have a work day on Sunday that will determine the next step in his rehab. LHP Brian Matusz (back strain) might rejoin the team next weekend.

Rangers: LF Josh Hamilton (knee) will begin a rehab stint next weekend in Arizona with the goal of getting him about 35 at-bats before his scheduled return in mid-May.

UP NEXT

Orioles: RHP Mike Wright (1-0) allowed four earned runs in five innings at Boston in his only previous start. The Orioles scored three runs after he left to give him the win.

Rangers: LHP Derek Holland (1-0) blanked the Mariners over 6 2/3 innings on Tuesday to get the win, giving up only four singles.