Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners

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Texas Rangers

33-36, 17-19 Away

Final
2 - 3

Seattle Mariners

41-31, 25-12 Home

Castillo throws gem, Rodríguez drives in go-ahead run as Mariners beat Rangers 3-2

Castillo (6-7) gave up a pair of first-inning runs on an RBI double by Nathaniel Lowe and a run-scoring single by Wyatt Langford, but settled down nicely and retired 14 of the next 15 Rangers who came to the plate.

Castillo didn’t allow another hit after Langford’s until Adolis García doubled with one out in the sixth.

“I think that's me,” Castillo said. “That's who I am. When I'm able to locate pitches, I think those are the results you're going to get from me.”

The veteran righty, whose nickname is “The Rock,” allowed four hits and two earned runs in six innings, with seven strikeouts.

“Really proud of the Rock tonight,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. ”That first inning, it wasn't good. He was missing location big-time, and he just said, 'that's it.' He let it go and he got locked in, and it's exactly what we needed."

After the Rangers took the lead, Mitch Garver tied it up with a two-run homer in the bottom of the first.

Garver also had two walks in the game, and has started to turn the corner at the plate after a slow start to the season.

“I'm seeing the ball better, working walks, just getting my swing off on pitches that I can hit, and pitches I can't hit. If I can get my swing off on those pitches too, that's great," Garver said. "Any time I try to aim the ball or shoot the other way or do whatever, (I) just try to be athletic and let it happen.”

Seattle took the lead when J.P. Crawford scored on a fielder’s choice in the third inning. Rodríguez hit a groundball to third with runners on first and third, and Crawford trotted home as the Rangers got the force at second base.

Texas starter Andrew Heaney (2-8) went 4 2/3 innings, allowing three earned runs on six hits and three walks, with four strikeouts. He was relieved by José Ureña, who threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings.

Rangers manager Bruce Bochy was ejected in the bottom of the fourth inning. Mariners left fielder Victor Robles was called safe at first on a bunt and Bochy argued that he ran inside the baseline, before plate umpire Victor Carapazza tossed him.

Ryne Stanek pitched the ninth for his sixth save.

“No one is surprised it was a close game, low-scoring game," Bochy said. "Still a lot of strikeouts tonight. We came out and put two up right away, but after that we just didn't get much going at all.”

The first-place Mariners extended their division lead to 6 1/2 games, and are now 15-5 against AL West opponents.

With his eighth-inning walk, Corey Seager extended his on-base streak to 30 games.

ROSTER MOVE

Mariners: RHP Cody Bolton was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma, while RHP Emerson Hancock was sent down … RHP Matt Bowman cleared waivers and elected free agency.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Seager (hamstring) was back in the lineup at DH after missing Thursday’s game. … SS Josh Smith was out of the lineup Friday with what Bochy called “general tightness.”

Rangers: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (3-2, 2.68 ERA) will pitch Saturday for the Rangers, against Mariners RHP George Kirby (5-5, 3.81 ERA).

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Matchup Prediction

Mariners: 61.5%

Rangers: 38.5%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Duran grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Smith popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Smith hit for Taveras
	9th Inning	Langford doubled to left.
	9th Inning	Lowe grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Stanek relieved Muñoz

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		SEA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	14
11	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
10	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
136	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	11
34	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
1.5	Runs Created	3.7
.156	Batting Average	.267
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.367
.188	Secondary Average	.267
.206	On Base Percentage	.353
.456	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.720
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.4
1.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.1
20.0	Batter Rating	24.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.91
.094	Isolated Power	.100
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.118
.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
67.3	MLB Rating	78.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0