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Perez promises ‘consistency’ going forward
- Updated: May 18, 2016
OAKLAND — Martin Perez had his longest outing of the season on Wednesday when he went seven innings against the A’s. His other storylines were familiar in the 8-1 loss to Oakland.
The Rangers still can’t muster any run support for him, he still had a couple of ill-timed walks that cost him and he is still looking for his first win on the road this year.
Perez gave up three runs in the first inning, and the Rangers never recovered against A’s starter Rich Hill. Texas ended up getting swept in the three-game series. Perez allowed three singles in the first inning, but there were also two walks. They were the only walks he allowed on the day.
“The whole nemesis for him has been that one inning, and today it showed up in the first,” Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. “Location of pitches, deep counts, obviously high pitch count, all in the first and going down three [runs]. After that, he pitched well, …
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