ARLINGTON, Texas -- Nick Tepesch and Robbie Ross helped the Texas Rangers hold off the Seattle Mariners.
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Mariners 4-3 on Wednesday. Ross, back in the bullpen after an unsuccessful stint
in the rotation, bailed Tepesch out of a seventh-inning jam. Neal Cotts, whose
ERA has ballooned from 1.11 in 2013 to 4.34 this season, had a strong eighth.
Joakim Soria, back in a closers role this year for the first time since 2011,
pitched a perfect ninth inning for his eighth save in eight opportunities. The
Rangers offence had three first-inning runs and Shin-Soo Choos leadoff home run
in the bottom of the fifth that broke a 3-3 tie. Choos fifth homer went into the
bullpen in left-centre. "Two strikes, I was in a rough spot. I think about more
(getting) on base," he said. "Got a home run that got up in that gust a little
bit, thats it," Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon said. "Its a tough ballpark to
pitch in, but I thought (Chris Young) did a pretty darn good job for us. Texas
turned two double plays. The second was on Ross second pitch after entering the
game with one out and runners on first and second for the Mariners. Pinch hitter
Stefen Romero grounded to Adrian Beltre, who stepped on third base and threw to
first to complete the inning-ending double play. "I was thinking, Gosh, here we
go! Im in a situation where I like to be. I was pretty amped," Ross said. "I
wanted to be out of that inning without those runs scoring." Tepesch (1-0)
allowed five hits and two walks in 6 1-3 innings for his first win since
defeating Houston 10-5 on July 5, 2013. The second-year pitcher threw a
career-high 112 pitches. It was his second start this season for the Rangers
after being recalled from Triple-A Round Rock, where he was 6-1. Texas manager
Ron Washington has noticed a difference. "He has an out pitch right now. Hes got
that slider working, and hes able to locate his sinker. With that going on and
commanding the baseball, I think theres the difference right there." Washington
visited Tepesch on the mound with one out in the seventh and Dustin Ackley
coming up. Tepesch assured the manager he was OK. Then he walked both Ackley and
John Buck. "I just wanted to know how he was feeling," Washington said. "Did he
think he had enough to get this lefty up there? Because I had a lefty ready. The
look in his eyes, he convinced me, and I had to end up getting Robbie to bail me
out." After that, it was Cotts striking out Robinson Cano, who had homered
earlier, and Seager, who entered the game with a .358 average in Arlington, with
a runner on second base in the eighth. Against former Rangers right-hander
Chris Young (3-2), Daniel Robertson led off the first with a walk and scored on
Elvis Andrus homer. Alex Rios singled home the third run. Seattle tied it in the
fourth. James Jones tripled and scored on Michael Saunders single. Cano then hit
his two-run homer. Center fielder Michael Choice ran back to attempt a catch,
but his glove hit the wall as the ball barely cleared it. Seattle had only one
baserunner against Tepesch in the first three innings: Seager on a leadoff
single in the second. He was erased in an unusual 4-5-3 double play. With Texas
defence shifted to the right, Smoak grounded to second baseman Luis Sardinas,
who threw to Beltre covering second. Beltres relay throw to first beat Smoak.
Young gave up seven hits and three walks in 6 1-3 innings. "You have those games
where if you can limit the damage early, you feel like youll pitch a good game,
and I gave up one too many in the first," Young said. NOTES: Rangers first
baseman Prince Fielder (neck) missed a fourth consecutive game, and centre
fielder Leonys Martin (stiff neck) was not in the starting lineup for the second
game in a row. Martin entered the game as a defensive replacement in the ninth.
... The teams split the two-game series.
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