Gallo homers in 5-run 8th for Rangers in 7-4 win over Dbacks

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Joey Gallo hit a tying, two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Texas Rangers scored three more runs after that to snap a three-game losing streak with a 7-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.

“It’s a great sign that we offensively put something together and actually had a big inning,” Gallo said.

Gallo lined an opposite-field shot to left off Andrew Chafin (0-1) for his second homer of the season after Rougned Odor drew a leadoff walk. The Rangers then loaded the bases with two outs before Elvis Andrus hit a two-run single and Nick Solak added an RBI single.

“There is urgency, but there is no panic,” manager Chris Woodward said. “There was a calmness about us today. ... I felt like it we could just get one good at-bat, one big hit and kind of break things open, and that's exactly what happened.”

Todd Frazier hit his first homer and had two doubles for Texas, whose five-run inning accounted for only one run fewer than it had scored combined in their first four games in the new $1.2 billion stadium with a retractable roof.

“It’s huge because you try to keep that energy and that positivity, but when things aren’t going your way it’s tough to constantly be up all the time,” Gallo said.

Jonathan Hernandez (1-0) got the win despite giving up two runs in the eighth. Nick Goody worked a perfect ninth for his first save after regular closer Jose Leclerc experienced some shoulder tightness when warming up in the bullpen.

The Diamondbacks, held to one hit over the first six innings by Texas starter Lance Lynn, went ahead in the eighth on Eduardo Escobar’s RBI triple before he scored on David Peralta’s sacrifice fly to make it 4-2.

Arizona had runners on base in only one inning against Lynn, in the third when...

source https://www.chron.com/sports/article/Gallo-homers-in-5-run-8th-for-Rangers-in-7-4-win-15444282.php