OAKLAND, Calif. — Marcus Semien had 4 hits and 5 RBIs, and the Texas Rangers scored 10 instances within the second inning of a 15-8 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday.
Jonah Heim added 4 hits and two RBIs as Texas prolonged its season-high successful streak to 4 video games, outscoring opponents 37-16 throughout that stretch.
“It was good to interrupt out,” supervisor Bruce Bochy stated. “We had a variety of good issues happening there. … Actually all through the lineup, someone did one thing to attain or knock in a run.”
The Rangers despatched 16 batters to the plate within the second of their largest inning since Could 23, 2015, when in addition they scored 10 within the third in opposition to the New York Yankees.
“I really feel like momentum is an actual factor,” Semien stated. “We got here out, clearly, sluggish yesterday, so it was good to begin off like that.”
Texas’ 15 runs matched a season excessive, and its 19 hits set a brand new mark.
“Once we can put the sport sort of out of hand within the second inning, it is good for our pitching workers,” Heim stated. “It is good for our offense simply to go up there, keep calm, put collectively good at-bats, maintain the road shifting.”
Kyle McCann and Seth Brown homered for Oakland, which misplaced its third straight recreation after successful six in a row.
The sport drew an attendance of three,965 after Monday night time’s season-low 2,895. The A’s have introduced plans to play the subsequent three seasons in Sacramento whereas a brand new stadium is inbuilt Las Vegas.
Semien related in opposition to Ross Stripling on the primary pitch of the sport for his third leadoff homer this season and No. 27 for his profession. He hit an RBI single and a two-run double within the second.
Stripling (1-6) allowed a career-high 11 runs — 5 earned — in 1â…” innings. He permitted 10 hits and two walks.
“This was one of many tightest (strike) zones I’ve seen this 12 months in a recreation,” A’s supervisor Mark Kotsay stated. “We needed to elevate the baseball. There wasn’t actually a backside of the zone for Strip to pitch to. These guys are actually good hitters and when you have to come to the center of the plate, it may be difficult.”
José Ureña (1-2) made his first begin of the season for Texas. He allowed two runs, one earned, and 4 hits in 5 innings.
“His stuff acquired higher,” Bochy stated. “He maintained his stuff. [His] final three innings had been actually good. He had good velocity. He had an excellent changeup, slider going, so good day’s work for him.”
