Rangers beat Orioles after neither deGrom nor Eflin makes it through 5th
BALTIMORE (AP) — Danny Jansen had three hits, including a three-run homer in the seventh inning that helped the Texas Rangers to an 8-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. Jacob deGrom allowed three runs in 4 2/3 innings in his first start of the season. The Texas right-hander was scratched Saturday because of neck stiffness.
He struck out seven without a walk against Baltimore, but he allowed a solo shot to Pete Alonso — his ex-teammate with the Mets — in the fourth and a two-run double to Gunnar Henderson in the fifth. Baltimore had to go to its bullpen even earlier when Zach Eflin left in the fourth because of elbow discomfort . Ezequiel Duran and Corey Seager also went deep for the Rangers, who have won four straight after losing their opener.
This is their first time starting 4-1 or better since 2012. Duran opened the scoring in the third with a solo homer off Eflin before Alonso tied it with his first homer since signing with the Orioles this past offseason. Eflin was lifted with two on and two out in the fourth.
Reliever Grant Wolfram got out of that jam but then allowed runs in the fifth on Wyatt Langford’s RBI triple and Seager’s run-scoring single. PHILLIES 3, NATIONALS 2 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Andrew Painter struck out eight in 5 1/3 innings in a fantastic major league debut , and Kyle Schwarber and Adolis Garcia homered to lead Philadelphia to a win over Washington. Jhoan Duran struck out two in a scoreless ninth for his second save.
Brandon Marsh made a nice running grab of James Wood’s deep drive to left field to end the game with the tying run on second base. The 22-year-old Painter lived up to the hype as the most promising Phillies pitching prospect to make his debut since Cole Hamels 20 years ago. The 6-foot-7 right-hander gave up four hits, one run, and walked one while throwing 84 pitches.
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