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05/13 22:38 CDT Danny Jansen's single gives Rangers a 6-5 win over Dbacks after
both teams score 3 runs in 9th
Danny Jansen's single gives Rangers a 6-5 win over Dbacks after both teams
score 3 runs in 9th
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Baseball Writer
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) --- Danny Jansen had a game-ending single with two outs
as the Texas Rangers rallied for a 6-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on
Wednesday night in a frantic ninth inning that included three-run rallies by
both teams.
Jansen capped the Rangers comeback when he grounded the only pitch thrown by
Juan Morillo into the left-field corner. Morillo relieved Paul Sewald (0-4),
who had converted his first nine save opportunities.
Ezequiel Duran had an RBI double and Jake Burger, whose three-run homer for
Texas in the fifth produced the game's first runs, tied the game with an RBI
single and chased Sewald.
Arizona had gone ahead 5-3 in the top half. Nolan Arenado's RBI double off
Jacob Latz, the sixth of seven Texas pitchers, tied the game at 3 and Ildemaro
Vargas lined a two-run single.
Cal Quantrill (2-0) took over after Latz failed to retire a batter.
Rangers shortstop Corey Seager struck out starting the ninth and finished 0 for
4, slipping into a career-worst slump.
Seager has gone seven games in a row without a hit. That is the longest hitless
span in the two-time World Series MVP's 12 big league seasons, as is the
0-for-27 span with 11 strikeouts over the last week. He has a .179 batting
average.
Diamondbacks left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who fouled a pitch hard off the
inside of his left knee in the fourth, had an RBI double in the sixth. Arenado
had a sacrifice fly in the seventh, and his double came after Corbin Carroll
led off the ninth with a double and Geraldo Perdomo walked.
Rangers starter Kumar Rocker walked four and needed 97 pitches to get through
five scoreless innings. Arizona right-hander Ryne Nelson, who gave up Burger's
homer, struck out eight without a walk over seven innings.
Up next
A day off for both teams before road games Friday night: Arizona at Colorado,
and the Rangers in Houston.
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