Woo turns in 7 solid innings as Mariners edge Rangers 5-2

Woo turns in 7 solid innings as Mariners edge Rangers 5-2
Woo turns in 7 solid innings as Mariners edge Rangers 5-2

SEATTLE (AP) — Bryan Woo pitched seven solid innings, Rob Refsnyder homered on the first pitch of the bottom of the first and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 5-2 on Sunday.

JP Crawford and Randy Arozarena each hit two-run homers for the Mariners, who won for the second straight day to take two of three in the series after losing their previous four games.

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Woo (1-2) allowed a single to Brandon Nimmo to start the game, but retired the next 15 batters before Josh Smith singled in the sixth. Woo allowed two runs on four hits, struck out six, walked one and hit a batter. He has pitched seven innings in three of his five outings this season.

Gabe Speier pitched a scoreless eighth and Andrés Muñoz struck out in the ninth for his third save of the season.

Refsnyder gave the Mariners a 1-0 lead with a solo home run off MacKenzie Gore (2-2) for his first hit of the season and Seattle never trailed.

Crawford hit his two-run homer in the second and Arozarena hit his in the fifth, both off Gore, who allowed five runs and seven hits in five innings. He had five strikeouts and one walk.

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The Rangers scored two runs in the seventh with Josh Jung driving in Corey Seager with a sacrifice fly and Evan Carter doubling off Wyatt Langford. Woo retired Smith to end the threat.

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Rangers: Have a day off Monday before returning home to face Pittsburgh. Starting pitchers had not yet been announced.

Mariners: RHP Emerson Hancock (2-1, 2.28) starts against Athletics RHP JT Ginn (0-0, 3.31) in the first of a three-game series on Monday.

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