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- Updated: July 27, 2016
ARLINGTON — Rangers right-hander Nick Martinez’s rough outing in the team’s 6-3 loss to the A’s on Tuesday night was just another in a long string of tough outings for the rotation in July.
Martinez cruised through three innings, facing the minimum, but allowed three home runs before being lifted with no outs in the fifth.
“I felt the same all four innings, just a couple mistakes there that they capitalized on. I think that was the biggest thing,” he said.
Cole Hamels is the only starting pitcher who has recorded a win since June 26, and the staff has a 7.43 ERA over its last 20 games. They’ve been without left-hander Derek Holland and Colby Lewis since the end of June, and right-hander Yu Darvish is scheduled to make just his sixth start of the season Wednesday.
Perez was the last starter other than Hamels to pick up a win. He had been solid up until July, but has a 7.53 …
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