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Saturday 13 July 2019

Lynn gets MLB-best 12th win as Rangers beat Astros 5-0

Houston was held scoreless.
Texas was up 1-0 before
sluggers Nomar Mazara
and All-Star outfielder Joey
Gallo had strange hits.
Mazara had an infield sin-
gle when the ball spun off
his shattered bat at 44 mph
and barely got past the
mound, then Gallo drove in
a run with a double that ric-
ocheted hard off second
baseman Jose Altuve and
never got out of the infield.
Rougned Odor, still hitting
.198, made it 4-0 when
he drove in two runs with
the first of his two doubles.
Odor doubled again in the
third, and then scored on a
single by Jeff Mathis.
TKO TO CHIN
Astros shortstop Alex Breg-
man left with a lacerated
chin after a groundball
took a nasty hop and hit
the All-Star just below the
mouth in the third inning.
Bregman was shifted to-
ward the middle of the in-
field when he went to field
a grounder hit by Shin-Soo
Choo.
“It sounds like he got four
stiches in his chin. He was
bleeding when I got out
there,” Hinch said. “I’m sure
it hurt.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Astros: RHPs Brad Peacock
Texas Rangers starting pitcher Lance Lynn works against the Houston Astros during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, July
11, 2019, in Arlington, Texas. and Joe Smith threw in re-
Associated Press hab games for Double-A
By STEPHEN HAWKINS “It was a good game. We a seven-game division said. “He’s already got Corpus Christi at nearby
AP Baseball Writer scored runs, played good lead over Oakland, with such a heavy fastball that Frisco before joining the
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) defense. They didn’t score the Rangers (49-42) eight gets on you pretty quick. Astros for their first series af-
— Lance Lynn had more any runs, we won,” Lynn games back in third place. And once you add a little ter the All-Star break. Both
strikes thrown than words said in one of his longer re- Astros lefty Framber Valdez more velo to that, it’s go- could be activated soon.
used postgame to describe sponses to five questions in (3-5) didn’t make it out of ing to be a little bit harder Rangers: Hunter Pence, out
his major league-best 12th his postgame talk with re- the first inning, when Texas task.” since June 17 (right groin
victory, one that got the porters that lasted about jumped ahead with four Lynn has thrown at least 100 strain), started a rehab as-
Texas Rangers off to the 75 seconds. runs. pitches in 10 consecutive signment by going 0 for
kind of start their manager Lynn (12-4) won his fifth “We’ve seen this out of starts, the second-longest 3 with a walk as the DH
had hoped for coming out consecutive start, and is him,” manager AJ Hinch streak in the majors this sea- for Double-A Frisco. Man-
of the All-Star break. 8-1 over his last 11 starts. said. “The good version is son — Washington’s Max ager Chris Woodward said
The short answers have He scattered six hits (five really good. And the version Scherzer had 12 games in a Pence, who didn’t get to
become as common for singles and a double) and that struggles, it’s tough for row with at least 100 pitch- play in the All-Star Game
the big right-hander as his walked two while throwing him to manage innings and es until last month. after being voted in as the
impressive outings on the 75 of 110 pitches for strikes. get out of innings.” “That’s something that he AL starting DH, would prob-
mound. “He’s going to fill the zone Lynn, who signed a $30 mil- prides himself,” manager ably have another game
Lynn matched his season up, keep everybody on lion, three-year free agent Chris Woodward said. “I at Frisco.q
high with 11 strikeouts in their toes and try to get deal over the winter after don’t consider him like
seven strong innings and them to put the ball in play pitching for Minnesota and most pitchers. He’s got a lot
the Rangers beat the AL by throwing strikes,” catch- the New York Yankees last of old school ... if he were
West-leading Houston As- er Jeff Mathis said. “That’s year, is 8-0 in 10 home starts pitching back in the 70s or
tros 5-0 in the only game what we’ve come to ex- for the Rangers. 80s, he’d probably go 170
Thursday night when Major pect of him and he’s been “He seems to be throwing pitches. That’s just his men-
League Baseball resumed doing it lately.” harder this year,” Astros tality.”
its schedule. Houston (57-34) still has right fielder Josh Reddick Jose Leclerc and Chris
Martin each pitched an in-
ning to wrap up the fourth
linda.reijnders@cspnv.com shutout for the Rangers this
season. It was the sixth time