ADREED: The starting defensive end for the Baltimore Orioles is officially being traded to the Texas Rangers, according to ESPN writers. For the hit man, a $230 million, six-year contract was negotiated.
Adolis Garcia and Evan Carter hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning and the Texas Rangers went on to defeat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 on Wednesday night in Arlington, Texas, reclaiming first place in the American League West. Reliever Jonathan Hernandez (1-0) earned the victory as three members of the Rangers’ bullpen allowed only one hit in a combined 4 1/3 scoreless innings. Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller (3-2), who had allowed just one earned run in winning his previous three starts, struggled with his command and lasted just four-plus innings. He gave up two runs on four hits, with four walks and five strikeouts.
The Mariners scored in the top of the first as Josh Rojas, leading off with J.P. Crawford a late scratch because of right oblique soreness, tripled to center. Rojas scored later in the inning on Mitch Haniger’s groundout. The Rangers got to Miller in the fourth. With one out, Garcia lined a 3-1 sinker to straightaway center that went just over the glove of a leaping Julio Rodriguez at the wall. Garcia stopped running after passing first base as he was unsure if Rodriguez, who crumpled on the warning track, had made the catch. Carter then hit an 0-1 splitter just over the wall in right-center to put the Rangers up 2-1. Texas tacked on two runs in the sixth. With one out, Josh Smith was hit by a pitch from Tayler Saucedo, who was relieved by Tyson Miller. Wyatt Langford lined a single to right, sending Smith to third. Jonah Heim hit an RBI single to right, and Haniger misplayed the ball down the line. The error allowed Langford to score from first to make it 4-1.
