The Baltimore Orioles started out the second half of the season on Friday with a bang, thumping the Texas Rangers behind the historic night from Anthony Santander.
The Baltimore Orioles pounded the Texas Rangers 9-1 on Friday in an American League Division Series rematch at Globe Life Field.
With the win, the O's are now 59-38 on the season. They are in first place in the American League West. The Rangers are now 46-51 and remain 5.0 games back in the American League West. The Orioles win was fueled by an 11-hit outburst which included four home runs. Gunnar Henderson went 4-for-5 with three runrs scored while Anthony Santander went 3-for-5 with two homers and five RBI.Considering that Ripken Jr., Murray and Robinson are in the Hall of Fame, that's elite company to keep. The 29-year-old Santander is now hitting .242 with 26 homers and 63 RBI for the powerful O's lineup. He's got a .305 on-base percentage and is on pace to set a career-high in homers.
He's a free agent at the end of the season and continues to position himself well for a future payday.Rodriguez is 11-4. Scherzer is 1-2.Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University.
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