Rangers 8, Orioles 4
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers put together their biggest inning of the season and rallied past Baltimore 8-4 Saturday night at Globe Life Park.
The Rangers (7-6) matched their win total from last April when they started the season 7-14.
Texas scored six times in the seventh inning, turning a 4-2 deficit into an 8-4 lead by sending 10 batters to the plate against three Baltimore pitchers.
Mitch Moreland's RBI double to right put the Rangers up for good at 5-4 off T.J. McFarland (0-1) and two batters later Rougned Odor laced a two-run single to right. Elvis Andrus capped the frame with an RBI single to right off Mychal Givens as Texas collected five hits in the frame.
The big inning overshadowed a night in which the Orioles got three more home runs to add to the American League lead at 23 on solo shots by Manny Machado, Adam Jones and Chris Davis. All three of the homers came off Texas starter Colby Lewis, who allowed four runs on 10 hits in his six innings.
The Orioles built a 4-2 lead for Yovani Gallardo, who pitched six innings for the first time since Aug. 22 when he was a member of the Rangers. But Gallardo opened the seventh by walking Brett Nicholas before giving up a double to Delino DeShields.
Gallardo gave up four runs on nine hits in his six innings.
Keone Kela (1-0) struck out two in the seventh inning to pick up the win for Texas. Sam Dyson pitched a hitless eighth and Shawn Tolleson followed with a perfect ninth.
DeShields and rookie Nomar Mazara each had three hits to key the 14-hit charge for the Rangers. Davis and J.J. Hardy had two hits apiece for Baltimore.
The Orioles kept up their homer barrage, blasting three over the first five innings to build a 4-2 lead.
Machado extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a solo homer off Lewis in the first inning. The Rangers tied the game in the bottom of the first, but the Orioles got solo homers from Jones in the third and Davis in the fifth to build a lead. Pedro Alvarez also added an RBI single in the fifth as Lewis became the first Texas starter this year to allow more than three runs in a game.
The Rangers cut the lead in half on the second RBI from Adrian Beltre in the bottom of the fifth.
NOTES: The Rangers recalled RHP Nick Martinez from Triple-A Round Rock and put him in the bullpen. Texas optioned LHP Andrew Faulkner to Round Rock to make room for Martinez. ... Texas RHP Yu Darvish is slated to throw his second batting practice session Sunday in his bid to return from Tommy John elbow surgery. OF Josh Hamilton, who is on the disabled list recovering from left knee surgery, is scheduled to participate in the BP session. ... Texas will keep LHP Cole Hamels on his regular schedule and he'll start Tuesday's series opener against Houston. The Rangers have pushed back their other starters as RHP A.J. Griffin will follow Hamels with LHP Martin Perez pitching Thursday. ... The four home runs Baltimore hit in the seventh inning against Texas on Friday were the most hit by a team in one inning since Detroit had four in an inning June 1, 2013. ... Baltimore OF/DH Mark Trumbo became the first player to slam five home runs in the first 10 games of his Orioles' career. Nine players had hit four in their first 10 games with Baltimore.