Anthony Santander homered twice and drove in five runs after Adley Rutschman and Colton Cowser had already hit two-run homers, and the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles beat the Texas Rangers 9-1 on Friday night in the first game out of the break.
Burnes , back on the same mound where he started the All-Star Game three nights earlier, struck out six and allowed one run over six innings. The right-hander limited Texas to two hits, but walked four while throwing 60 of 101 pitches for strikes. gave up six runs on three homers in his five innings. The Texas right-hander was 5-0 with a 1.99 ERA in his first 10 starts at home this season.led off the game with the first of his four singles before catcher Rutschman's 17th homer.
Santander, also an All-Star, hit his 25th homer in the fifth, two batters after another Henderson single. The batter in between was Rutschman, who hit a popup to shallow left, where third basemanhit a 434-foot homer to straightaway center in the second for reigning World Series champion Texas , which had won seven of nine before the break.
Burnes completed six innings in his 15th consecutive start, a career high for the four-time All-Star and the longest streak for an Orioles pitcher since Sidney Ponson's 16 in a row 20 years ago.was going through a workout Friday, and had tests to pass before can be activated from the seven-day concussion list. He was hit around the ear flap by a 97 mph pitch on July 12. Manager Brandon Hyde said the hope is that Kjerstad can return this weekend.
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