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Trio of Orioles taters not enough behind Miley
- Updated: August 5, 2016
BALTIMORE — In a battle for who would leave Camden Yards with the best record in the American League, the Rangers flashed their offensive firepower with seven extra-base hits in a 5-3 win over the Orioles, avoiding a series sweep.
With the victory, Texas (63-46) won the season series with Baltimore (61-46) and holds the tiebreaker for home-field advantage over the American League East leaders in the postseason.
The Rangers built a four-run lead against Wade Miley, who was making his Orioles debut after pitching against Texas three times with Seattle this season. Texas’ first five hits all went for extra bases, including Jonathan Lucroy’s first homer with the Rangers. Nine Texas hitters recorded a hit, and seven of them had at least one extra-base hit.
Miley allowed four runs in five innings, falling to 0-3 with a 7.36 ERA against the Rangers this year.
Rangers righty A.J. Griffin cruised through four scoreless innings, but the Orioles belted three solo shots off him in the next two frames to trim the deficit to a run. Though Griffin couldn’t complete six innings for the ninth straight start, Texas’ bullpen came on to shut out the Orioles over the …
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