Rangers Keep Mariners Bats Quiet, Avoid The Sweep

Adrian Beltre hit a sacrifice fly off James Paxton in the 6th inning and the Texas Rangers made it hold as they avoided the sweep and beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0 on Sunday.

Paxton and Derek Holland exchanged blows for six and seven innings respectively. Paxton scattered five hits and struck out three while Holland allowed six hits and struck out five while walking none.

Despite 2-for-4 days from both Austin Jackson and Robinson Cano, the Mariners could not hit runners around. The Mariners had the tying runner on in each of the final three innings, but couldn’t push them across.

The Mariners had runners at 1st and 3rd with only one out in the 9th against Neftali Feliz. But James Jones popped out to short and Justin Smoak flew out to left to end it.

The loss snaps the five game winning streak for the Mariners. The M’s are one game up on the Detroit Tigers for the 2nd AL wild-card spot. The Tigers play the San Francisco Giants on Sunday Night Baseball.

The M’s now return home to Safeco to take on the Houston Astros in a three-game series that starts Monday.

BOX SCORE

Batting

Seattle


	AB	H	BB	K	LOB	AVG
Austin JacksonCF	4	2	0	0	1	.269
Chris DenorfiaLF	3	0	0	2	1	.213
Logan MorrisonPH	1	0	0	0	1	.237
Mike ZuninoC	0	0	0	0	0	.198
Robinson Canó2B	4	2	0	0	0	.321
Kendrys Morales1B	3	1	1	1	1	.233
Danny FarquharPR	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Kyle Seager3B	4	1	0	1	2	.280
Corey HartDH	3	1	0	1	0	.202
James JonesPR-DH	1	0	0	0	2	.252
Stefen RomeroRF-LF	3	0	0	0	3	.195
Justin SmoakPH	1	0	0	0	2	.203
Chris TaylorSS	2	0	0	0	0	.295
Brad MillerPH-SS	1	0	0	0	0	.214
Jesús SucreC	2	1	0	0	0	.250
Endy ChávezPH-RF	1	0	0	0	0	.279
Totals	33	8	1	5	13

Batting

2B – K Morales (17, D Holland); J Sucre (2, D Holland)

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – C Denorfia 1, L Morrison 1, S Romero 2, J Smoak 1

Team LOB – 7

Running

CS – A Jackson (6, 2nd base by D Holland/J Arencibia)

Fielding

E – R Cano (5, throw); J Sucre (1, throw)

DP – 2 (C Taylor-R Cano-K Seager, K Seager-R Cano-K Morales)

Texas


	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	SB	LOB	AVG
Leonys MartínCF	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	.279
Daniel RobertsonLF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.284
Adam Rosales3B	3	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	.294
Adrián BéltreDH	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.323
J.P. ArencibiaC	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	.165
Michael ChoiceRF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	.183
Rougned Odor2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.255
Ryan Rua1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.263
Luis SardiñasSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.259
Totals	27	1	6	1	2	6	3	10

Batting

3B – L Martin (7, T Walker)

SF – A Beltre

RBI – A Beltre (70)

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – A Rosales 1, J Arencibia 1, M Choice 1

GIDP – L Sardinas

Team LOB – 5

Running

SB – L Martin (26, 2nd base off J Paxton/J Sucre), A Rosales (3, 3rd base off J Paxton/J Sucre), R Rua (1, 2nd base off J Paxton/J Sucre)

CS – L Martin (11, 2nd base by J Paxton/J Sucre)

Fielding

Outfield assists – D Robertson

PB – J Arencibia

Pitching

Seattle


	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	WHIP	ERA
James Paxton(L, 5-2)	6.0	5	1	1	2	3	1.08	1.87
Dominic Leone	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	2.29
Lucas Luetge	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	1.50	4.50
Taijuan Walker	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	1.39	2.82

Texas


	IP	H	BB	K	WHIP	ERA
Derek Holland(W, 1-0)	7.0	6	0	5	0.86	0.64
Shawn Tolleson(HLD, 8)	1.0	1	0	0	1.15	2.93
Neftali Feliz(SV, 8)	1.0	1	1	0	1.09	2.55

WP – S Tolleson

Pitches-strikes – J Paxton 97-58; D Leone 4-3; L Luetge 5-3; T Walker 22-14; D Holland 94-59; S Tolleson 12-8; N Feliz 20-15

Ground balls-fly balls – J Paxton 9-5; D Leone 0-0; L Luetge 0-0; T Walker 3-1; D Holland 7-6; S Tolleson 2-2; N Feliz 2-2

Batters faced – J Paxton 23; D Leone 1; L Luetge 1; T Walker 5; D Holland 25; S Tolleson 4; N Feliz 5

Game Details

Game Time: 2:42.

Umpires: HP–Angel Hernandez. 1B–Vic Carapazza. 2B–Paul Nauert. 3B–Larry Vanover.

Weather: 84 degrees, Partly Cloudy.

Wind: 3 mph, Right to Left.

Attendance: 26,851.

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