Mariners hand Rangers eighth straight loss

Austin Nola hit a three-run homer, and Marco Gonzales overcame a shaky first two innings as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Texas Rangers 7-3 Monday night. Kyle Seager also homered as the Mariners won for just the second time in their past 10 games. Rougned Odor hit a solo shot for the Rangers, who took their eighth consecutive loss.

Gonzales (11-8) pitched seven innings, allowing two runs on seven hits with no walks and four strikeouts. The left-hander retired 17 of the final 18 batters he faced. Lefty Roenis Elias got the final out for his 12th save of the season.

Rangers right-hander Adrian Sampson (6-7) gave up six runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings, with two walks and four strikeouts. The Rangers scored in each of the first two innings off Gonzales.

With two outs in the first, Elvis Andrus hit a ground-rule double down the right-field line, and Hunter Pence grounded a run-scoring single into left field. The Rangers loaded the bases with no outs in the second on singles by Odor, Asdrubal Cabrera, and Delino DeShields, the latter on a bunt. Gonzales struck out Tim Federowicz before Shin-Soo Choo grounded a run-scoring single to right field.

Gonzales got out of the jam as Danny Santana was caught looking at a called third strike and Andrus lined out to right, leaving the Rangers with a 2-0 advantage. The Mariners took the lead in the bottom of the inning. Omar Narvaez grounded a single to center with one out, and Tim Beckham walked. With two outs, Nola hit a three-run shot to left field, his third of the season.

The Mariners extended the lead to 5-2 in the fourth. Beckham led off with a double, and Seager walked. An out later, Dylan Moore reached on an infield single to load the bases. Mallex Smith then grounded a two-run single into right field. The Mariners tacked on a run in the sixth. Nola was hit by a pitch with one out and Moore singled down the right-field line. Left-hander Brett Martin replaced Sampson and struck out Smith, but J.P. Crawford grounded a run-scoring single to right to make it 6-2. Seager led off the bottom of the eighth with a solo shot, his seventh. Odor homered in the ninth, his 15th, off Cory Gearrin.