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Fitful fourth derails solid outing by Holland
- Updated: May 17, 2016
OAKLAND — Rangers starter Derek Holland retired nine of the first 10 batters he faced on Monday. The only batter to reach was on an error and he was wiped out by a double play.
Then Holland hit Billy Burns on the foot with a pitch with one out in the fourth and set up a two-run fourth inning for the Athletics. Normally that shouldn’t have been too much to overcome but the Rangers managed just one run against rookie left-hander Sean Manaea in a 3-1 loss to the Athletics.
“Hitting the batter…that’s probably one he’d like to have back,” Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
That’s especially true since it came in a 1-2 count. That was the problem Holland had in that inning during an otherwise promising outing.
“I was really upset at that,” Holland said. “He’s on top of the [plate] and I’m trying to go inside. I’m not changing the way I pitch but it was a mistake. It took off from there.”
Burns was the first of five straight batters who combined to manufacture two runs for the Athletics. …
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