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- Updated: April 28, 2016
ARLINGTON — The score was 2-2 going into the bottom of the sixth inning, and it looked as though Rangers starter Martin Perez was done for the night. So shortstop Elvis Andrus decided to have a word with Rougned Odor as the Rangers were getting ready to hit.
“I was talking to Odor, I said, ‘Martin has been pitching tremendous, and we haven’t been able to get him some runs to make him feel comfortable,'” Andrus said following Texas’ 3-2 win over New York on Wednesday night. Odor went up there and I said, ‘Get on base and I’ll get you in.'”
Odor and Andrus did just that, and the result was the go-ahead run. Odor drew a two-out walk and Andrus, true to his word, lined a 2-2 sinker into right-center for a triple.
Perez exited after six innings, Jake Diekman pitched two scoreless and Shawn Tolleson closed it out in the ninth. That allowed Perez to celebrate his first victory.
“He did a great job,” …
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