Texas Rangers at Baltimore Orioles

· Major League Baseball

Texas Rangers

38-46, 18-27 Away

Final
11 - 2

Baltimore Orioles

53-31, 29-17 Home

Langford hits for cycle to help Rangers snap 6-game skid with 11-2 win over Orioles

Derek Hill homered twice and Andrew Heaney (3-9) struck out 10 in seven innings for the Rangers, who had dropped the first three games of the series to fall nine games under .500. The defending World Series champions never trailed Sunday, scoring multiple runs in the second, fourth, fifth and eighth innings.

Langford tripled in the fourth, doubled in the fifth and singled in the sixth. Then the 22-year-old outfielder hit a drive down the left-field line in the eighth for a three-run homer to make it 11-2.

“I was trying to hit a home run,” Langford said. “It kind of speaks for itself.”

It was the first career four-hit game for Langford, who was drafted last year by the Rangers with the No. 4 overall pick and made a swift rise to the majors to make Texas’ opening-day roster this season.

Cole Irvin (6-5) allowed five runs in 3 2/3 innings for the AL East-leading Orioles. Irvin was impressive to begin the season but has failed to make it through five innings in three consecutive starts for a Baltimore staff that has lost Kyle Bradish, John Means and Tyler Wells to season-ending injuries.

Hill opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the second. The Orioles answered with Ryan O'Hearn's RBI single, but the Rangers extended their lead in the fourth when Nathaniel Lowe, Andrew Knizner and Josh Smith hit RBI singles.

Baltimore's Heston Kjerstad made it 5-2 with an RBI double. Langford then doubled home a run, Lowe hit an RBI single and Hill added a solo homer.

“We've got some ground to make up,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. “Don't count this group out. I know we've had our struggles, our injuries.”

Orioles star Gunnar Henderson, who became the first player to commit to the All-Star Home Run Derby per an announcement during the game, struck out in all four plate appearances.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Rangers: Star shortstop Corey Seager did not play, a day after being hit on the left wrist by a pitch.

Both teams are off Monday. Texas begins a three-game home series against San Diego on Tuesday night. Nathan Eovaldi (4-3) starts for the Rangers.

The Orioles are at AL West-leading Seattle on Tuesday night, with Grayson Rodriguez (9-3) on the mound.

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Matchup Prediction

Orioles: 65.7%

Rangers: 34.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Cowser struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Kjerstad singled to right, Hays to third.
	9th Inning	Mateo fouled out to left.
	9th Inning	O'Hearn flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Hays singled to left.
	9th Inning	Jankowski in right field.

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
4	Hit By Pitch	1
13	Ground Balls	8
8	Strikeouts	12
11	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
11	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
40	At Bats	35
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	14
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
19	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
179	Pitches	125
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
27	Total Bases	9
48	Plate Appearances	36
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
7	Extra Base Hits	2
11.3	Runs Created	1.7
.325	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.675	Slugging Percentage	.257
.450	Secondary Average	.057
.438	On Base Percentage	.222
1.113	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.479
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
11.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.6
74.5	Batter Rating	19.0
13.3	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.73	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.47
.350	Isolated Power	.057
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.143
22.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
114.3	MLB Rating	69.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0