Rangers cool off Red Sox with 8-2 win
The Sports Xchange
Jul 6, 2017
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Andrew Cashner pitched seven strong innings, and Rougned Odor, Jurickson Profar and Carlos Gomez each had two RBIs in the Texas Rangers' 8-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.
Cashner (4-7) picked up his first victory in more than a month while snapping the Red Sox's six-game winning streak. He gave up two runs (both unearned), three hits and three walks while striking out four.
The right-hander had a no-hitter for 5 2/3 innings and appeared to be headed to the seventh inning with it before first baseman Pete Kozma -- a replacement for Joey Gallo, who left the game in the fifth with soreness in his left hamstring -- dropped a throw from shortstop Jurickson Profar on a routine grounder.
Xander Bogaerts, the next batter, belted a two-run homer.
Boston's only other hits were singles from Mitch Moreland, the hitter after Bogaerts in the sixth, and Jackie Bradley Jr. in the seventh.
Odor was 1-for-1 with a two-run homer, his 16th home run of the season, a walk and a hit by pitch. He also scored three runs.
Profar, called up from the minors earlier in the day, was 2-for-3 with two doubles, one of them driving in two runs in the fifth.
Gomez, who has hits in six consecutive games, had a solo home run and a run-scoring single for Texas, which played the last of a stretch of 20 consecutive games without a day off.
Adrian Beltre was 1-for-4 with a double, the 601st of his career, tying him with Barry Bonds for 16th all time.
Boston right-hander Doug Fister, making his third start of the season since being claimed off waivers last month, took the loss.
Fister (0-2) lasted only 3 2/3 innings, giving up six runs and five hits, including two home runs, three walks and a hit by pitch. Only four runs were earned, two resulting from his error in Texas' three-run fourth.
Boston pitchers entered the game with an American League-low 2.87 ERA in its previous 14 games.
Red Sox left-handed reliever Robby Scott also hit two hitters -- Beltre and Odor on consecutive at-bats -- in the fifth inning. Odor slammed his bat to the ground but walked to first base without incident.
Odor left the game an inning later. X-rays on his left wrist were negative.
The start of the game was delayed 1 hour, 26 minutes because of rain.
The Rangers got to Fister with two home runs.
Odor's two-run homer in the second was followed by Gomez's solo shot to left in the next inning that made it 3-0.
Texas sent eight men to the plate and scored three more times in the fourth.
NOTES: Boston DH Hanley Ramirez had his nine-game hitting streak snapped. ... Texas SS Elvis Andrus was placed on paternity leave for the imminent arrival of a baby son. INF Jurickson Profar was called up from Triple-A Round Rock and will play shortstop for the duration of Andrus' absence, manager Jeff Banister said. ... Boston LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (right knee), who made his second rehab start at Triple-A Pawtucket on Tuesday, will meet the team in Tampa Bay and throw a bullpen. It is still undetermined whether he will make another start in the minors or be activated for bullpen duty until rejoining the rotation after the All-Star break, manager John Farrell said.
Jul 6, 2017
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Andrew Cashner pitched seven strong innings, and Rougned Odor, Jurickson Profar and Carlos Gomez each had two RBIs in the Texas Rangers' 8-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.
Cashner (4-7) picked up his first victory in more than a month while snapping the Red Sox's six-game winning streak. He gave up two runs (both unearned), three hits and three walks while striking out four.
The right-hander had a no-hitter for 5 2/3 innings and appeared to be headed to the seventh inning with it before first baseman Pete Kozma -- a replacement for Joey Gallo, who left the game in the fifth with soreness in his left hamstring -- dropped a throw from shortstop Jurickson Profar on a routine grounder.
Xander Bogaerts, the next batter, belted a two-run homer.
Boston's only other hits were singles from Mitch Moreland, the hitter after Bogaerts in the sixth, and Jackie Bradley Jr. in the seventh.
Odor was 1-for-1 with a two-run homer, his 16th home run of the season, a walk and a hit by pitch. He also scored three runs.
Profar, called up from the minors earlier in the day, was 2-for-3 with two doubles, one of them driving in two runs in the fifth.
Gomez, who has hits in six consecutive games, had a solo home run and a run-scoring single for Texas, which played the last of a stretch of 20 consecutive games without a day off.
Adrian Beltre was 1-for-4 with a double, the 601st of his career, tying him with Barry Bonds for 16th all time.
Boston right-hander Doug Fister, making his third start of the season since being claimed off waivers last month, took the loss.
Fister (0-2) lasted only 3 2/3 innings, giving up six runs and five hits, including two home runs, three walks and a hit by pitch. Only four runs were earned, two resulting from his error in Texas' three-run fourth.
Boston pitchers entered the game with an American League-low 2.87 ERA in its previous 14 games.
Red Sox left-handed reliever Robby Scott also hit two hitters -- Beltre and Odor on consecutive at-bats -- in the fifth inning. Odor slammed his bat to the ground but walked to first base without incident.
Odor left the game an inning later. X-rays on his left wrist were negative.
The start of the game was delayed 1 hour, 26 minutes because of rain.
The Rangers got to Fister with two home runs.
Odor's two-run homer in the second was followed by Gomez's solo shot to left in the next inning that made it 3-0.
Texas sent eight men to the plate and scored three more times in the fourth.
NOTES: Boston DH Hanley Ramirez had his nine-game hitting streak snapped. ... Texas SS Elvis Andrus was placed on paternity leave for the imminent arrival of a baby son. INF Jurickson Profar was called up from Triple-A Round Rock and will play shortstop for the duration of Andrus' absence, manager Jeff Banister said. ... Boston LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (right knee), who made his second rehab start at Triple-A Pawtucket on Tuesday, will meet the team in Tampa Bay and throw a bullpen. It is still undetermined whether he will make another start in the minors or be activated for bullpen duty until rejoining the rotation after the All-Star break, manager John Farrell said.
