Marcus Semien hit a three-run homer and ran on four runs to lead the Texas Rangers 8-5 athletics on Tuesday night.
Wyatt Langford, Josh Smith and Jake Berger hit the solo homers for the Rangers on the night the team combined for eight long balls.
Miguel Andujar, Lawrence Butler, Louis Urias and Brent Luker hit the Solo Homers for the A. Rooker was the seventh of the season.
Texas’ JOC Pederson went 0th in 13th, expanding the franchise worst slide to 0 at 41 as it was his fourth single in Cincinnati on April 2nd.
Baltimore’s Chris Davis set the longest hitless record with a position player with a 0-for-54 skid that began on September 14, 2018 and ended April 13, 2019.
Patrick Corbin (2-0) took his second straight start, earning two runs and seven hits in five or more innings.
Luke Jackson got three straight groundouts for his seventh save tied up to the American League lead before a crowd of 10,059 was announced at Sutter Health Park.
Osvaldo Bido (2-2) allowed all four Texas homers. He made his career high by allowing eight runs, giving up eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Important moments
Semien finished fifth in his 13-year career alone in three times, beating a 4-2 game in the fifth time he hit Homer for the second time this season.
Key Statistics
Texas manager Bruce Bochy shuffled his lineup after Texas was locked out in three of his past 12 games, and the Rangers responded by scoring six or more runs for the first time this year.
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Rangers RHP Kumar Rocker (1-2, 6.38 ERA) starts from 5 days. A’s LHP JP Sears (2-2, 3.13 ERA) is looking to set a franchise record with his 43rd straight start without one or more wild pitches than the 1972-73 catfish hunter.
