Blue Jays vs Rangers Prediction, Odds, Picks - Aug. 17
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Jake Burger hit a pinch-hit RBI single in the 10th inning and the Texas Rangers ended their four-game losing streak with a 7-6 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
First baseman Jake Burger, who had a 1.097 OPS in August, was placed on the IL on Monday with a sprained left wrist. It is Burger’s third trip to the IL this season. The Rangers recalled outfielder Alejandro Osuna from Triple-A Round Rock to replace Burger.
Diamondbacks win two of three vs. Rangers behind Ketel Marte’s late heroics, staying within reach of the playoff hunt.
The Diamondbacks crushed the previously impenetrable Nathan Eovaldi at the Rangers and took a 5-0 lead, but Texas came back.
James McCann and Ketel Marte both homered with two outs in a four-run ninth inning for Arizona to beat the Texas Rangers 6-4.
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Rangers fall back to .500 after Phil Maton’s ninth-inning meltdown costs them vs. Diamondbacks
Texas Rangers right-hander Phil Maton struck out the first three Arizona Diamondbacks batters he faced on nine combined pitches Wednesday afternoon. It doesn’t register as an immaculate inning, though,
The Rangers, held to four hits, led 2-1 after three innings on sacrifice flies by Adolis García and Marcus Semien.
The Rangers successfully pulled off their biggest comeback of the season to beat the Diamondbacks 7-6 in the series opener on Monday night.
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The Texas Rangers finished a six-game week against the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Toronto Blue Jays with a 2-4 record, three late-game meltdowns, two position players injured and one big bad blowout loss.