New-look Rangers lineup putting it all together

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BALTIMORE — Even if the Rangers’ 5-3 win over the Orioles on Thursday doesn’t jump off the page as an offensive onslaught, it provided a glimpse of what their post-non-waiver Trade Deadline lineup can do.

Texas slugged a season-high six doubles as part of a season-high seven-extra-base hit attack — each knock coming from a different player. The Rangers managed just five runs because of a 3-for-16 showing with runners in scoring position, but the depth of their offense was on display nonetheless.

“Any time you have extra-base hits like that, you have guys that can put some numbers up offensively,” said Jonathan Lucroy, who hit his first homer with the Rangers. “I think any one of these guys in that lineup out there can do that. There’s a lot of different weapons and a lot of different ways we can hurt …

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