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04/24 23:21 CDT Garca and Carter hit back-to-back homers and Rangers beat
Mariners 5-1
Garca and Carter hit back-to-back homers and Rangers beat Mariners 5-1
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) --- Adolis Garca and Evan Carter hit Texas' first
back-to-back home runs this season and the Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners
5-1 on Wednesday night.
Garca's team-high seventh homer in the fourth inning barely cleared the wall
in straight-away center field and tipped off the glove of Julio Rodrguez.
Garca stood near first base apparently thinking Rodrguez made the catch until
he saw the center fielder walk toward the infield, turn and look over the fence.
"I've seen Julio do that deke before where he acts like he didn't catch it, so
I didn't know what was going on," said Carter, who watched from the on-deck
circle.
Mariners manager Scott Servais said he thought Rodrguez made the catch.
"It's right at him, right over his head," Servais said. "Tough to get back to
the fence and make a jump. You're kind of off balance when you get there. Heck
of an effort."
The homer snapped Texas' 25-innings home scoreless streak. The Rangers were
shut out by the Mariners on three hits on Tuesday.
"You're looking for a shot in the arm," Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. "Man,
those are two big hits."
Carter, who was dropped from third to fifth in the batting order, hit a triple
to drive home Garca in the seventh in an inning kept alive on an obstruction
call at first base against Mariners reliever Austin Voth when Nathaniel Lowe
appeared to hit into a 3-6-3 double play.
Texas scored twice in the sixth when Jonah Heim singled into the right field
corner and Mitch Haniger committed a two-base error.
Jonathan Hernndez (1-0), making his first appearance of the season, retired
four of the five batters he faced. Hernndez was sidelined with a lat strain
until being activated from the 15-day injured list on Tuesday.
The Mariners left nine runners on base and were 1 for 11 with runners in
scoring position.
Josh Rojas scored Seattle's run in the first inning on a fielder's choice
grounder by Haniger after opening the game with a triple. Rojas led off for the
first time this season after J.P. Crawford was a late scratch because of right
oblique soreness.
Rangers starter Jon Gray allowed one run on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. Gray,
who returned to the rotation after pitching 1 2/3 relief innings last Saturday
at Atlanta, struck out seven and walked one.
The Mariners' Bryce Miller (3-2) gave up the two homers and four hits plus four
walks in four-plus innings.
Texas' Corey Seager left the game following the seventh inning with a left shin
contusion after being hit by a pitch. Bochy said he didn't know if Seager would
be available Thursday.
Rangers rookie Wyatt Langford, 1 for 12 before Wednesday, had his first
three-hit game.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mariners: Servais said he didn't know if either Crawford or C Cal Raleigh, who
sat out following a tooth extraction, will be available Thursday.
Rangers: RHP Max Scherzer (back surgery) pitched 2 1/3 innings for Triple-A
Round Rock in his first rehab outing this year. He allowed three runs on five
hits, two of them home runs, struck out four and threw 52 pitches. ... RHP
Austin Pruitt (right knee medial meniscus injury) was placed on the 15-day
injured list retroactive to Sunday.
UP NEXT
Mariners RHP Luis Castillo (1-4, 4.40 ERA), who has allowed 18 hits but fanned
19 in 14 2/3 career innings vs. Texas, will start the series finale on
Thursday. Rangers LHP Andrew Heaney (0-2, 6.35) has pitched five innings in one
of his four previous starts.
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