Lowe, Taveras homer as Rangers beat Rockies for 3rd straight

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe wants to honor his late grandfather with how he plays for the Texas Rangers in the final month of season.

Lowe had a home run and an RBI single among his three hits and the Rangers hung on to beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Tuesday night, two days after Lowe's grandfather passed away. Texas has won three games in a row for only the second time since the end of June.

“I watched my grandfather take his last breath … and I was on the call when it happened,” Lowe said. “I just want to make him proud.”

Leody Taveras homered for the second game in a row for Texas, and Jordan Lyles (7-11) won for the second time in three starts despite allowing solo homers to Sam Hilliard, C.J. Cron and Ryan McMahon.

While the Rangers have the worst record in the majors since the All-Star break at 12-30, they can match their season-best winning streak if they take the series finale Wednesday. Their last series sweep was three games at home against Kansas City June 25-27, which preceded an off day and then a series-opening victory in Oakland.

“The team’s just competing as a team,” said Lowe, who’s hitting .410 in his last 10 games with a 5-for-5 effort at Cleveland on Aug. 24. “We had hits when we needed them and obviously scored enough to get the job done.”

The Rockies have lost the first two games of this series after sweeping Texas three straight at home in early June.

Lyles gave up six hits, struck out seven and walked one. The right-hander had retired 12 batters in a row before Cron and McMahon went deep back-to-back in the seventh inning. The three homers allowed by Lyles pushed his season total to a majors-high 36, two more than teammate Mike Foltynewicz.

Brett Martin, the second of three Texas relievers, came on with two on and one out in the...

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