O's fall to Texas 4-3, have lost nine of their last 10 games

For the Orioles, it was another night when they could not score more than three runs as they suffered yet another loss on this road trip.

Texas pushed across a tiebreaking run in the sixth to beat the Orioles 4-3 at Globe Life Park. The Orioles fall to 63-66 with their ninth loss in their last 10 games. The Orioles have scored three or fewer runs in each of the nine losses and have scored just 25 runs in their last 11 losses.

The game ended in frustration for the Orioles when Manny Machado struck out with runners on first and third and two outs in the ninth. Home plate umpire David Rackley said Machado went around on a checked swing, and Machado was arguing as manager Buck Showalter came out to pull him away as the Rangers celebrated the victory.

The Orioles fall to 1-5 on the road trip that ends Sunday and to 2-10 in their last 12 games. They are 26-41 on the road and 1-5 this year versus Texas.

Texas scored with two outs and no one on to break a 3-3 tie in the last of the sixth. Elvis Andrus tripled to left off Ubaldo Jimenez, and Will Venable was intentionally walked. Reliever Mychal Givens came on, and No. 8 hitter Bobby Wilson doubled on his first pitch to left for the 4-3 lead.

After going 0-for-4 the first two innings with runners in scoring position, Texas scored three in the third to get the lead. Shin-Soo Choo's 25th double scored a run for the 1-0 lead. Two batters later, Adrian Beltre's two-run homer made it 3-0. Beltre hit No. 13 on an 0-1 fastball from Jimenez that found the middle of the plate.

The Orioles had scored just one run in 13 innings in the series when they scored three in the fifth to tie the game.

Steve Pearce led off with his ninth homer. He hit a 1-0 pitch out to left off Martin Perez, who had not allowed a homer in his first seven starts - covering 37 1/3 innings - coming into the game. Caleb Joseph singled with one out and went to third on a Dariel Alvarez double to left. That was Alvarez's first major league hit. A Paul Janish sac fly made it 3-2, and the O's tied it 3-3 on Machado's RBI single to center with two outs.

In his second big league game, Alvarez went 2-for-3 with a walk and run scored, and he is 2-for-6 to start his big league career.

Jimenez took the loss to fall to 9-9 with an ERA of 4.34. He allowed eight hits and four runs in 5 2/3 innings. Jimenez, who has allowed 11 runs in 11 1/3 innings in two starts on this trip, is 2-5 with an ERA of 7.50 in nine starts since the All-Star break.

Perez gave up three runs in 6 1/3 innings to get the win for Texas. He is now 2-3 with an ERA of 5.15. The Rangers (67-61) have won 21 of their last 29 games, and are 25-15 in the second half and 22-11 versus Amerian League East teams in 2015.

In the series finale on Sunday afternoon, Miguel Gonzalez (9-10, 4.78 ERA) faces left-hander Derek Holland (1-1, 4.73 ERA).