Mazara shows talents at plate against Royals

KANSAS CITY — Who knows what really gets offered or rejected in all these trade discussions going back and forth in the month of July. The one thing reinforced on Saturday night amid all the non-waiver Trade Deadline rumors is that any club would love to have rookie outfielder Nomar Mazara.

But the Rangers are the ones who have him and seem to have no inclination of giving him up. They’d rather sit back and watch him do what he did in a 7-4 victory over the Royals at Kauffman Stadium.

Mazara went 3-for-4 for with a double, home run, a crucial walk and three RBIs in helping Texas snap a four-game losing streak and win for just the second time in eight games since the All-Star break. The Rangers remain 2 1/2 games ahead of the Astros in the American League West.

“It feels so good right now to get the [win],” Mazara said. “We’ve been working so hard to win games and it hadn’t been going our way. It feels great.”

Mazara may be starting to heat up again. By staying back on pitches and not getting too eager, he has eight hits in his last 17 at-bats over five games.

“He’s back to where he was in Spring Training …

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