Rangers Fall In Baltimore

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BALTIMORE — Baltimore’s Wei-Yin Chen earned the win after coming off the disabled list earlier in the day, and Manny Machado got his league-leading 36th multi-hit game, propelling the Orioles to a 6-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night.

Chen (4-3) allowed one run on three hits over seven innings. He struck out four and walked three while lowering his ERA to 2.82.

Machado went 3-for-5 with an RBI triple. Nolan Reimold hit a three-run home run for the Orioles, who will look to salvage a series split Thursday after dropping the opening two games.

Texas starter Josh Lindblom (1-3) gave up six runs on nine hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out one.

Chen held the Rangers scoreless until Adrian Beltre’s RBI groundout in the sixth inning cut the Orioles’ lead to 6-1. However, Baltimore remained in control, and right-hander Tommy Hunter pitched two scoreless innings to close out the game.

Chen, who went on the disabled list May 12 with a strained right oblique, retired 12 of the first 13 batters he faced and did not allow a hit until Adrian Beltre singled with two outs in the fourth.

Baltimore jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the third. Machado hit an RBI triple and later scored on a wild pitch by Lindblom, who struggled with his command.

The Orioles then took control with a four-run fourth inning. Brian Roberts had a long RBI single that caromed off center fielder Engel Beltre’s glove and missed being a home run by just a few inches. Reimold followed with his homer that cleared several rows in left field.

Baltimore struggled with runners in scoring position, stranding 10 men on base.

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