TEXAS RANGERS 8 (75-76) Vs. SEATTLE MARINERS 6 (74-78) Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Safeco Field
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TEXAS RANGERS 8 (75-76) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS 6 (74-78) Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Safeco Field LINESCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Texas Rangers 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 8 0 6 Seattle Mariners 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 6 11 2 9 First Pitch: 7:10 Time of Game: 3:27 Temp: 57 F, Calm Attendance: 15,962 WP: Andrew Cashner (10-10, 3.44) LP: Nick Vincent (5-5, 4.57) SV: Alex Claudio (10) HOME RUNS: NO. PITCHER INN. MOB OUT COUNT DISTANCE Mitch Haniger 14 Andrew Cashner 3 0 2 1-2 401 ft, LF Rougned Odor 30 Andrew Albers 4 3 1 1-2 389 ft, RF Nelson Cruz 34 Andrew Cashner 4 0 0 2-2 417 ft, RF SEATTLE MARINERS: Mitch Haniger (1x5, R, HR, RBI) has reached base safely via hit or walk in 17 of his last 19 games (8/30-c). o During this stretch, is hitting .388 (31x80) with 15 runs, six doubles, one triple, six home runs and 13 RBI. Nelson Cruz (1x3, R, HR, RBI, 2 BB) hit his team-leading 34th home run of the season, the 4th-highest total of his career. o Hit 44 in 2015, 43 in 2016 and 40 in 2014 as well as 33 in 2009 with Texas. o Pushed his RBI season total to 111, which leads the AL and ranks 5th in the majors. Ben Gamel (2x4, R, 2B, RBI) has driven in 11 runs in his last 11 games. o Recorded his 39th multi-hit game this season, fourth-most among MLB rookies. Robinson Cano (2x4, R, 2 RBI, BB) has recorded a hit in 13 of 18 games this month, batting .366 (26x71) with 9 runs, 5 doubles, 2 home runs, and 14 RBI. o Recorded his team-leading 44th multi-hit game this season, and third in the last five games. Jean Segura (2x4, R, BB) went 2-for-4 with a run scored and a walk, his 4th multi-hit game in his last 7 games. o His 43 multi-hit games this season are 2nd-most on the club behind Robinson Canó (44). Casey Lawrence tossed 2.0 shutout relief innings, his 10th relief appearances of 2.0+ innings this season. Shae Simmons pitched one inning of relief, striking out the side in the 8th inning. o In 6 appearances (6.0 IP) for Seattle this season, has not allowed a run, allowing 1 hit and striking out 7. Mike Zunino (1x4, R, 2B) has recorded a hit in 12 of 15 starts in the month of September, batting .360 (18x50) with 9 runs, 4 doubles, 4 home runs and 8 RBI. Seattle’s bullpen struck out 10 batters in 5.2 innings, allowing just two runs. Seattle has lost 5 straight games following a 3-game winning streak. TEXAS RANGERS: The Rangers scored 7 runs in the top of the 4th inning…marked the 2nd time this season the Rangers have scored at least 7 runs in a single inning (also: 8 R in 8th, 4/26 vs. MIN)…also marked the 1st time since Aug. 8, 2015 at Seattle that the Rangers have scored at least 7 runs vs. the Mariners (8 R in 11th). The Rangers have hit 3 grand slam home runs this season: Rougned Odor (tonight), Nomar Mazara (4/27 vs. OAK) and Ryan Rua (4/26 vs. MIN). Rougned Odor (1x3, R, HR, 4 RBI, BB) recorded his 2nd career grand slam (also: 8/27/14 at SEA). o Becomes the 1st Ranger with consecutive 30-HR seasons since Adrian Beltre in 2011-12-13. o Becomes the 1st Texas 2nd baseman ever with consecutive 30-HR seasons...others w/ 30: Kinsler in 2009 and 2011, Soriano in 2005. o Becomes the 2nd left-handed batter in Rangers history with consecutive 30-HR seasons for TEX: also Rafael Palmeiro in 1999-2000-2001-2002-2003. o Becomes the 3rd Rangers player with multiple grand slams in one road city, joining Jeff Burroughs at CWS on 8/4/73 and 8/3/74 and Rafael Palmeiro at SEA on 9/19/02 and 7/28/03…Odor also hit a grand slam home run on Aug. 27, 2014 at Safeco Field. Elvis Andrus (1x5, R) has reached base safely in 20 of his last 24 games, including 18 games with at least 1 hit (8/25-current)…during this stretch he is batting .340 (33x97) with 17 runs scored, 9 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs, 20 RBI, 6 walks and 1 stolen base. o Over his last 14 road games (8/25-current), he is batting .400 (24x60) with 11 runs, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 10 RBI, 1 walk and 1 stolen base. Nomar Mazara (2x5, R, 2 RBI) recorded his 36th multi-hit game of the season (last: 9/12 vs. SEA). o Collected 2 RBI tonight, bringing his season total to 96…entered tonight’s game ranked T9th in the AL in RBI. Andrew Cashner recorded his 19th start this season of 6.0+ inning and his 20th start allowing 3 or fewer earned runs. NEXT GAME Seattle Mariners vs. Texas Rangers – Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 7:10 pm (ROOT Sports) LHP James Paxton (12-4, 2.98) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (10-4, 3.96) TEXAS MANAGER JEFF BANISTER: On the Wild Card standings and remaining schedule: “Well, look we got eleven to play, we still got some yard work to do. We got to continue to go out and play good baseball and continue to get some good starts from our starting pitcher. We got a guy going on the mound for us tomorrow that we feel good about, so we got to continue to play positive baseball on the offensive side, handle the baseball and take our shot. Cashner was good for us tonight, he kind of battled through some innings, had some long offensive innings for us. It can be a little bit challenging for him on a cool night getting lose.” On Rougned Odor having one his best games of the season: “Absolutely, the defensive stops that he was able to make, chasing Gamel down at third base, that was a big out for us in that situation. The grand slam down in the count, I think he had two strikes on him but was able to drive it out of the ballpark to right center, a huge night for Rougned.” NEXT GAME Seattle Mariners vs. Texas Rangers – Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 7:10 pm (ROOT Sports) LHP James Paxton (12-4, 2.98) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (10-4, 3.96) .