Hicks homers twice, Rangers snap Seattle skid with 7-3 win

SEATTLE (AP) — John Hicks homered in his first two at-bats, Eli White added a three-run shot and the Texas Rangers snapped a 13-game losing streak in Seattle with a 7-3 victory over the Mariners on Saturday night.

Texas won in Seattle for the first time since July 23, 2019, and ended the longest active losing streak in an opponents’ park in the majors.

Hicks was the catalyst with his second career multi-homer game. A former prospect in the Mariners organization, he led off the third and fourth innings with home runs as part of a miserable return to the mound for Seattle starter Marco Gonzales.

Hicks’ first long ball was the start of a four-run inning capped by White’s line-drive homer that barely cleared the wall in left field for his fourth of the season.

Hicks opened the fourth with another towering drive that hugged the foul line but stayed fair and was the start of a three-run inning. Mitch Haniger had his second straight game with an error on a ball that should have been caught, and Adolis García’s double scored two more for the Rangers to end Gonzales’ night.

Texas starter Jordan Lyles earned his second straight win and had a third consecutive start of at least six innings and two earned runs or less. Lyles (4-5) allowed two runs over six innings, striking out six. He threw 124 pitches.

His only bad inning came in the third when Seattle loaded the bases with no outs and Ty France walked to force in a run. But the Mariners' rally died as Lyles got a shallow fly ball, a strikeout and a deep flyout to end the threat.

Kyle Seager hit his 15th homer for Seattle.

Gonzales (1-5) made his first start since June 20 after missing his last turn due to the birth of his first child. His command was an issue from the outset and when Gonzales missed it was generally in the...

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