Feldman pitches Texas to a series-opening win
Texas right hander Scott Feldman picked up his 15th win, one off the AL lead, as the Texas Rangers beat the Orioles 5-1 Friday night to start a three-game series. Feldman entered with 12 2/3 scoreless innings and did not give a run until the sixth. On the night he pitched 6 2/3, allowing four hits and one run. He improved to 15-4, 3.62 on the season. Feldman became the first Texas pitcher since Bobby Witt in 1990 to win seven straight road decisions. In 14 road games on the year, he is...Texas right hander Scott Feldman picked up his 15th win, one off the AL lead, as the Texas Rangers beat the Orioles 5-1 Friday night to start a three-game series. Feldman entered with 12 2/3 scoreless innings and did not give a run until the sixth. On the night he pitched 6 2/3, allowing four hits and one run. He improved to 15-4, 3.62 on the season. Feldman became the first Texas pitcher since Bobby Witt in 1990 to win seven straight road decisions. In 14 road games on the year, he is 11-1, 2.80.
Dave Trembley talks with the media after the O's 5-1 loss to the Rangers
Losing pitcher Chris Tillman falls to 1-3, 4.66. He gave up seven hits and five runs over six innings. He matched season highs in runs and hits allowed. Marlon Bryrd's RBI single gave Texas a 1-0 lead in the first and they scored three in the 4th for a 4-0 edge. That inning featured a Chris Davis two-run double. When Nelson Cruz hit an opposite field homer to right in the 6th, Texas was up 5-0. It was his 31st homer. Brian Roberts, today batting third for the first time ever in the Majors, delivered an RBI single in the sixth for the Orioles. He went 1 for 3 in batting anywhere in the order except for leadoff for the first time since 2004. The Orioles have lost four in a row and fall to 2-6 on this ten-game homestand. Tex......5-8-1 Balt......1-4-0