Michael Young belted a grand slam and David Murphy hit a three-run homer as the Texas Rangers secured an 11-6 triumph over the Seattle Mariners Wednesday night.
Nelson Cruz, Vladimir Guerrero and Mitch Moreland added RBIs for the first-place Rangers, who snapped a brief two-game skid.
Murphy’s homer gave Texas a 6-5 lead in the fifth and Young’s seventh-inning slam broke the game open.
Scott Feldman (6-9) earned the victory with two innings of two-hit relief after starter C.J. Wilson allowed four runs on six hits in three innings - his shortest outing of the season.
Trailing 5-2, the Rangers sent 11 batters to the plate in the fifth, scoring five runs on six hits.
Seattle’s Franklin Gutierrez robbed Guerrero of a tying homer by leaping at the wall in center field, but following an intentional walk to Cruz, Murphy smacked his homer for the go-ahead runs. The Rangers would then add a run on Moreland’s single.
In losing his seventh consecutive decision, Seattle starter Doug Fister (3-8) was charged with seven runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Adam Moore hit a two-run homer and Jose Lopez had a two-run single for the Mariners.
Texas | Seattle | |
C.J. Wilson | Player | Doug Fister |
No Decision | W/L | Loss |
3.0 | IP | 4.2 |
3 | Strikeouts | 3 |
6 | Hits | 8 |
12.00 | ERA | 13.50 |
Texas | Seattle | |
Nelson Cruz | Player | Ichiro Suzuki |
2 | Hits | 3 |
1 | RBI | 0 |
0 | HR | 0 |
3 | TB | 3 |
.667 | Avg | .600 |