Miller leads Rangers to get victory over Phillies

Brad Miller hit a two-run unmarried in the tenth inning to provide the Texas Rangers a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night time.

Marcus Semien doubled and had two hits for the Rangers, who have won a season-excessive four in a row after sweeping the 2-sport collection with the Phillies.

Nick Castellanos doubled and had three hits for Philadelphia. The Phillies have lost four of five due to the fact that a four-recreation prevailing streak.

Philadelphia’s Zack Wheeler and the Rangers’ Martin Perez ever has been stellar in starting roles. Matt Bush (1-1) turned into given the win after getting the very last out of the 9th.

Texas’ Adolis Garcia began the more body on second base and went to 1/3 on Kole Calhoun’s flyout to deep right. After Mitch Garver walked, pinch-runner Eli White stole second. Pinch-hitter Nick Solak struck out earlier than Miller coated a 1-0 slider from Brad Hand (1-1) to properly attain Garcia and White.

“He’s so gritty and gutty you have been going to get something out of him there,” Rangers manager Chris Woodward said of Miller.

Joe Barlow gave up a run within the bottom of the 10th on Odubel Herrera’s pinch-hit RBI groundout however was given his third shop in as many probabilities.

It appeared like the Phillies had gotten at the board inside the sixth while Castellanos coated Perez’s first pitch to right. First-base umpire Erich Bacchus signaled that it become a home run, but the name turned into overturned after a video evaluation showed a fan reached over the railing and touched the ball even as it nevertheless was in play.

Castellanos went to second base alternatively after the double, however, the inning ended whilst Bryce Harper accompanied with a flyout to the left subject.

The Phillies finished with just six hits.

“We just have some guys that aren’t really clicking the way I think they’re going to through the course of the season,” Philadelphia manager Joe Girardi said. “We have some guys struggling right now and we have to find a way out of it.”

Stellar starters

Wheeler went 7 2/3 innings, giving up six hits and getting seven strikeouts, reducing his ERA to 4.10. Girardi became loudly booed while he lifted final yr’s NL Cy Young runner-up with two outs inside the 8th and just 78 pitches.

“He becomes simply properly these days,” Girardi stated.

Wheeler understood the hook, saying Girardi changed into just looking out for him.

Meanwhile, Perez went seven innings with four hits, 4 walks, and 4 strikeouts. The 31-yr-old left-hander’s ERA is at 2.25.