Lewis homers, M's hand Rangers 10th straight road loss 3-2

SEATTLE (AP) — A couple good swings from Kyle Lewis and another terrific effort by Seattle's depleted bullpen extended the Texas Rangers' misery away from home.

Lewis doubled and scored Seattle’s first run, then hit a two-run opposite-field homer an inning later that proved to be the difference in the Mariners' 3-2 win over Texas on Friday night, the 10th straight road loss for the Rangers.

It’s been a quiet start to the season for Lewis, last year’s American League Rookie of the Year. He missed most of the first month recovering from a bruised knee and struggled at the plate the first couple of weeks.

His swing looked just fine against Texas starter Jordan Lyles. Lewis roped a ground-rule double that one-hopped the fence in center field leading off the second inning. He scored on Ty France’s RBI single.

An inning later, Lewis stayed with a curveball from Lyles and drove it out to right field for his fifth homer of the season. The ball barely cleared the fence and eluded the glove of right fielder Joey Gallo.

Lewis is 6 for 11 with two homers and four RBIs against Lyles.

“This past stretch of games has been really strong, hitting the ball really hard,” Lewis said. “Sometimes they've been running them down, catching them, but I've been hitting the ball really hard, seeing the ball well.”

Seattle has followed up a six-game losing streak by winning four of five.

The Rangers 10-game road losing streak is their longest since 2014. They haven’t won away from Arlington since May 6 at Minnesota.

“I don’t think there’s a magic recipe. I don’t think there’s anything that you can do. You just got to play better,” Texas manager Chris Woodward said. “That’s what we have to do to win a game.”

Lyles (2-4) settled down after Lewis'...

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