The offense had a bit of a break out...
*they scored early - Saunders' single in the first drove in Guti
*they scored often - Ackley lead-off homer in the 3rd and then a walk and four singles = 5 more runs
*they broke a tie - Smoak's solo shot in the 8th
*they added on - Smoak's single drove in Kawasaki (pinch running for Jaso) for an insurance run
Jason had to battle his entire outing...
but, despite walking the bases loaded in the 3rd, he allowed only one run through five. Then came the 6th - and good old Mike Napoli - a 3-run homer got the Rangers to within two and got after Jason got the next out, he would be lifted in favor of Shawn Kelley who would get the third out. Though Kelley and Luetge combined to give up the tying runs.
The rest of the pen was great...
Kinney, Furbush and Wilhelmsen went 2 innings giving up TWO hits and NO walks
Oh, and The Bartender simply recorded his 27th save by getting FOUR outs
Brendan Ryan with another WebGem :-)
Seager and Saunders have been having a great road trip and great to see Smoak coming through vs. his old team.
A win tomorrow = a series win and a "season series" TIE (M's currently 7-8 vs. Texas)
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