Davis homers twice as Orioles pound Rangers
The Sports Xchange
Jul 18, 2017
BALTIMORE -- Chris Davis homered twice, including a grand slam, and drove in a career-high six runs as the Baltimore Orioles banged out four homers and beat the Texas Rangers 12-1 on Tuesday.
Davis hit a two-run shot in the first as the Orioles (44-49) scored six times against Texas starter Tyson Ross (2-2). The grand slam came off Austin Bibens-Dirkx in the fourth and broke the game open, giving the Orioles a 10-1 lead.
The Baltimore first baseman finished the night 2-for-4 and is now batting .221 this season.
Trey Mancini and Seth Smith hit the other Orioles homers. Mancini's was a two-run bomb during in the first, while Smith led off the eighth with a solo shot.
Orioles starter Dylan Bundy (9-8) struggled a bit in the early innings but settled down and lasted six innings. He allowed one run on four hits while breaking a personal two-game losing streak.
Rookie Miguel Castro then came on and threw two perfect innings before Zach Britton took care of the ninth to give Baltimore its second consecutive victory.
Ross allowed nine runs (eight earned) on seven hits in 3 1/3 innings as the Rangers (45-48) lost their third straight.
Shin-Soo Choo gave the Rangers a quick 1-0 lead when he homered to center off Bundy on the game's second pitch. However, the Orioles answered quickly as their first six batters reached against Ross, and all scored.
Jonathan Schoop lined a two-run double to left-center with no outs, and Davis sent the next pitch into the Baltimore bullpen for a 4-1 lead.
Two batters later, Mancini crushed his 15th homer to left, the two-run shot that made it 6-1.
Davis struck again in the fourth, greeting Bibens-Dirkx with the grand slam to center. It was the eighth grand slam of Davis' career.
NOTES: Orioles CF Adam Jones and Rangers SS Elvis Andrus were their teams' winners of the Heart and Hustle Award, an honor given out by the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association. ... The Orioles batted around twice in the first four innings, sending nine to the plate in a six-run first and 10 to bat in a four-run fourth. ... Rangers RF Shin-Soo Choo's homer to start the game was his third leadoff homer this season. Overall, he has hit 13 homers this season.
Jul 18, 2017
BALTIMORE -- Chris Davis homered twice, including a grand slam, and drove in a career-high six runs as the Baltimore Orioles banged out four homers and beat the Texas Rangers 12-1 on Tuesday.
Davis hit a two-run shot in the first as the Orioles (44-49) scored six times against Texas starter Tyson Ross (2-2). The grand slam came off Austin Bibens-Dirkx in the fourth and broke the game open, giving the Orioles a 10-1 lead.
The Baltimore first baseman finished the night 2-for-4 and is now batting .221 this season.
Trey Mancini and Seth Smith hit the other Orioles homers. Mancini's was a two-run bomb during in the first, while Smith led off the eighth with a solo shot.
Orioles starter Dylan Bundy (9-8) struggled a bit in the early innings but settled down and lasted six innings. He allowed one run on four hits while breaking a personal two-game losing streak.
Rookie Miguel Castro then came on and threw two perfect innings before Zach Britton took care of the ninth to give Baltimore its second consecutive victory.
Ross allowed nine runs (eight earned) on seven hits in 3 1/3 innings as the Rangers (45-48) lost their third straight.
Shin-Soo Choo gave the Rangers a quick 1-0 lead when he homered to center off Bundy on the game's second pitch. However, the Orioles answered quickly as their first six batters reached against Ross, and all scored.
Jonathan Schoop lined a two-run double to left-center with no outs, and Davis sent the next pitch into the Baltimore bullpen for a 4-1 lead.
Two batters later, Mancini crushed his 15th homer to left, the two-run shot that made it 6-1.
Davis struck again in the fourth, greeting Bibens-Dirkx with the grand slam to center. It was the eighth grand slam of Davis' career.
NOTES: Orioles CF Adam Jones and Rangers SS Elvis Andrus were their teams' winners of the Heart and Hustle Award, an honor given out by the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association. ... The Orioles batted around twice in the first four innings, sending nine to the plate in a six-run first and 10 to bat in a four-run fourth. ... Rangers RF Shin-Soo Choo's homer to start the game was his third leadoff homer this season. Overall, he has hit 13 homers this season.
