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06/20 18:34 CDT Manny Machado hits a 3-run homer in 10th and has 5 RBIs as
Padres beat Rangers 6-4
Manny Machado hits a 3-run homer in 10th and has 5 RBIs as Padres beat Rangers
6-4
By SCHUYLER DIXON
AP Sports Writer
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) --- Manny Machado hit a three-run homer, his 13th this
season, in the 10th inning and tied his season high of five RBIs, helping the
San Diego Padres rally for a 6-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday.
The Padres still have a chance to win their seventh consecutive series against
the Rangers after their 16th victory in the past 19 games against Texas. San
Diego came back from a 3-1 deficit in the eighth a day after losing the series
opener 9-7 despite scoring five runs in the top of the first.
Machado had an RBI double in the third, and his run-scoring groundout got the
Padres within 3-2 in the eighth before Jackson Merrill's tying single.
Jake Burger's two-run homer gave the Rangers a 3-1 lead in the seventh after
Texas had pulled even on consecutive doubles from Josh Jung and Wyatt Langford
an inning earlier.
Joe Ross (0-1), the sixth Texas pitcher, walked Samad Taylor while the speedy
No. 2 hitter was trying to bunt for the third time in the game to start the
10th. Machado lined a 2-0 sinker into the left field seats near the San Diego
bullpen.
Adrian Morejon (6-1) struck out five in two scoreless innings, and Mason Miller
earned his 20th save in 20 chances despite Langford's RBI infield single in the
10th. Miller struck out two as the Rangers fanned a season-high 17 times.
Texas scratched scheduled starter Nathan Eovaldi due to left knee soreness.
MacKenzie Gore moved up a day to replace him but was pitching on a regular
four-day rest. The left-hander allowed five hits and one run with six
strikeouts in six innings.
Fernando Tatis Jr. doubled in the third on a liner just out of the reach of
Langford in left-center field, and Machado's two-out RBI double glanced off the
fingers of the center fielder's glove in right center.
Up next
Neither team announced a starting pitcher for the series finale Sunday.
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