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Darvish's Near No-No Clinches Series For Texas

Posted on July 18, 2018 at 02:59 AM.

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Yu Darvish was one strike away from a no-hitter Saturday at Safeco Field, holding the host Seattle Mariners hitless until two outs in the bottom of the ninth when No. 1 batter Jean Segura singled up the middle on a 1-2 count to break up the bid, as the Rangers won for the second straight day in a 7-0 shutout.

Darvish (2-1) lost the perfect game in the second inning when he hit Kyle Seager with a pitch, but he would not allow another baserunner until Segura's single in the ninth. He finished the game for his second career shutout and first complete game of the season, winning his second consecutive start. The Rangers ensured a series win over the Mariners (4-8) and climbed out of the AL West cellar with their second straight victory.

The Rangers also clobbered three home runs in the game, their second straight multi-home run game. Adrian Beltre (2), Rougned Odor (5) and Nomar Mazara (1) all hit long balls in the game. Texas chased a second straight Seattle ace before they could get through the sixth. After beating Felix Hernandez in the opener, the Rangers sent Hisashi Iwakuma (2-1) home with a loss after he entered the game with a 2-0 record and sub-1.00 ERA.

Texas will go for the interdivision sweep on Sunday with Cole Hamels facing James Paxton, who enters the game winless with a 5.73 ERA.

Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners
Apr 15, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (4-7)	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	7	13	0
Seattle (4-8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
W: Yu Darvish (2-1) L: Hisashi Iwakuma (2-1)

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Elvis Andrus, SS	5	0	2	3	0	0	0	.308
Carlos Gomez, CF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279
Adrian Beltre, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.167
Rougned Odor, 2B	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	.388
Nomar Mazara, DH	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.341
Jonathan Lucroy, C	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.286
Shin-Soo Choo, RF	4	2	3	1	0	1	0	.390
James Loney, 1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.290
Delino DeShields Jr., LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273
Jared Hoying, PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231
TEAM TOTALS	38	7	13	7	0	4	3
BATTING: 2B: Choo (4), Odor (2) HR: Beltre (2), Odor (5), Mazara (1) RBI: Choo (8), Beltre (3), Odor (7), Mazara (5), Andrus 3 (7) GIDP: Gomez, Loney

Seattle Mariners
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Jean Segura, SS	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.184
Jarrod Dyson, CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261
Nelson Cruz, RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
Robinson Cano, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234
Kyle Seager, 3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.341
Danny Valencia, DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333
Leonys Martin, LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222
Dan Vogelbach, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.206
Carlos Ruiz, C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
TEAM TOTALS	28	0	1	0	0	6	0
BATTING: HBP: Seager
FIELDING: E: Vogelbach (2)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Yu Darvish (W, 2-1)	9.0	1	0	0	0	6	0	2.42
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	1	0	0	0	6	0

Seattle Mariners
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hisashi Iwakuma (L, 2-1)	5.1	8	3	3	0	1	2	1.61
Steve Cishek	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	3.38
Casey Fien	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	6.00
Evan Scribner	1.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.12
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	13	7	6	0	4	3
PITCHING: WP: Scribner (2)