MLB: Corey Seager’s two homers guide Rangers past Pirates

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Corey Seager slammed two home runs to account for all of Texas’ offense as the Rangers earned a 4-3 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday in the opener of a three-game series at Arlington, Texas.

Marcus Semien had two hits and scored a run for the Rangers, who have won two in a row for the first time since a five-game winning streak from July 21-25.

Rangers starter Dane Dunning allowed three runs and five hits in four innings. The right-hander struck out four and walked one.

Jose Urena (4-8) followed with four innings of shutout relief, allowing two hits along the way. Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth, fanning the last two batters for his 22nd save of the season.

Jared Triolo hit a three-run homer and Billy McKinney and Joey Bart each had two hits and scored a run for the Pirates, who have dropped 12 of their past 14.

Pirates starter Luis L. Ortiz (5-4) gave up four runs and five hits in six innings. He struck out seven and walked one.

Seager clubbed a 449-foot homer to right on a 3-2 cutter with one out in the first to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead.

Jonah Heim lined a single to right field to lead off the third for Texas. One out later, Semien pulled a base hit into left and Heim continued to third, drawing a throw from left fielder Bryan Reynolds, which allowed Semien to move up to second.

Seager then stepped up and hit a high fly ball that fell into the second row of seats in right-center field for a three-run homer and a 4-0 lead.

Leading off the Pittsburgh fourth, Bart beat out an infield single down the third base line.

McKinney lined a two-out single up the middle later in the inning, bringing up Triolo, who pulled a line drive down the left field line that stayed inside the foul pole for a three-run homer that cut the Pirates’ deficit to one.

–Field Level Media

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