Orioles get away from home, win 5-2 at Texas

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rio Ruiz and D.J. Stewart homered while Jorge López struck out eight in five innings, leading the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night.

No. 9 hitter Freddy Galvis had two extra-base hits and scored twice for the Orioles, who improved to 5-2 on the road this season. They were 1-6 in their first homestand, and had to play two doubleheaders against Seattle in the previous three days after a couple of postponements.

A week after getting no-hit by San Diego Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove, the Rangers didn’t have a hit off López (1-2) until David Dahl and Nick Solak started the fifth with back-to-back homers. Those were the only hits allowed by López, who had given up 11 runs over 8 2/3 innings in his first two starts.

César Valdez, the fourth Baltimore reliever, worked around two baserunners in the ninth for his third save in four chances. He struck out Jose Trevino, who fouled off three consecutive two-strike pitches before swinging and missing a changeup to end it.

Seven of the first 10 Rangers batters struck out, and they didn’t have their first baserunner until Joey Gallo drew a two-out walk in the fourth.

Galvis opened the third with a triple before leadoff hitter Cedric Mullins doubled him home, and Ruiz went deep off Mike Foltynewicz (0-3) in the fourth to make it 2-0. Anthony Santander hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth, scoring Galvis after he started the inning with a double, and Stewart's two-run homer made it 5-0.

Foltynewicz, who has made all three of his starts at home, allowed five runs and seven hits over five innings. He struck out six and walked one while throwing 82 pitches.

After Dahl hit his first Texas homer to start the fifth. Solak followed with an opposite-field drive just over...

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