Lucroy's Walk-Off Single Gives Rangers 7-6 Win Over A's
Texas rallied from a four-run deficit on Friday night to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 on Jonathan Lucroy's two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.
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Texas rallied from a four-run deficit on Friday night to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 on Jonathan Lucroy's two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Derek Holland did not pitch well Wednesday night, and he knew it. The left-hander struggled for a second straight outing, and a Rangers' rally fell short to the Astros.
The Rangers are in the middle of a pennant chase this year, but they now have a reason to look ahead to next season.
Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus had another great game at the plate Tuesday night, going 2-4 to raise his average to .293 on the season.
MLB.com's Statcast estimated the homer would have traveled 425 feet if it didn't clank off the wall beyond the seats above the left-field wall.
Jurickson Profar hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth, and the Rangers handed the Astros another difficult loss by rallying for a 3-2 win on Tuesday night.
Odor had three hits and three RBIs, including a solo homer in the 12th inning that lifted the Texas Rangers to a 4-3 victory.
Adrian Beltre hit two home runs for the AL West-leading Rangers.
Carlos Gomez homered twice to give Texas the early lead, and Jonathan Lucroy capped a late see-saw game with a two-run homer in the eighth to lead the Rangers to an 8-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night.
Beltre broke a tie with his 440th homer in the eighth, and Yu Darvish pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning of the Rangers' second win in six games, 2-1 over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
Kyle Seager hit a two-run homer and Dae-Ho Lee added a solo shot to back Walker's five solid innings and lift Seattle to a 6-3 victory over Texas on Thursday night, the Rangers' fourth loss in five games.
Lind hit the fourth grand slam of his career as part of Seattle's five-run first inning, added a solo home run in his next at-bat and led the Mariners to an 8-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night.
Andrus had a homer, three doubles and two errors, Jonathan Lucroy hit a two-run homer and the Texas Rangers held off the slumping Seattle Mariners 10-7 on Tuesday night.
The Texas Rangers have recalled infielder Joey Gallo and outfielder Jarred Hoying, while activating reliever Tanner Scheppers from the 60-day DL.
Texas Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels has been named as the Texas Rangers nominee for the 2016 Roberto Clemente Award.
