Manuel Margot Dives In Five As Padres Swamp Brewers; Rougned Odor Powers Rangers Over Seattle

Players of the Day for Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Odor: 2B, HR, 4 RBI

American League

The Texas Rangers roughed up Felix Hernandez and the visiting Seattle Mariners, taking the second game of their three-game series, 11-4, Tuesday night.

Hernandez was pounded for eight hits and seven runs over six innings, a large portion of the damage done by Rougned Odor, who doubled in two runs in the third inning and socked a two-run homer in the sixth, prompting Hernandez's exit.

The last-place Rangers handed the Mariners their sixth loss in their last eight games, dropping them 7 1/2 games behind Houston in the AL West. The Mariners gave up second place to the A's last week, and are in danger of dropping out of not just the division race, but the wild card hunt as well.

The Yankees hold the top wild card spot, with Oakland four games back. Seattle is two games behind the A's.

After Seattle took the first game of the series, 4-3, in 12 innings, Monday, Texas tied it with Tuesday's victory and will look for another win as the series concludes Wednesday afternoon, 2:05 pm EDT.

National League

Taking a little of the steam out of Milwaukee's post-season hopes, the San Diego Padres scored in every inning from the third through ninth, carving up the Brewers for an 11-5 win.

Margot: 3-5, 3B, HR, 5RBI

Second year center fielder, Manuel Margot, led the San Diego assault from his customary leadoff spot, going 3-for-5 with five RBI. Margot singled in two runs in the third to get the Padres on the board. In the fifth inning, he socked a solo homer, then, in the sixth, his sacrifice fly scored Franmil Reyes to make the score 5-5.

In the ninth, Margot tripled and scored on an error to complete the rout.

The win was just the fifth by San Diego since the all star break, but their second straight. On Sunday, they downed the Cubs, 10-6, but remain mired in last place in the NL West, 18 1/2 games off the pace.

The loss sent the Brewers down by 2 1/2 to the Cubs in the NL Central but still 1 1/2 better than Arizona in the wild card race.

Game two of the series in Milwaukee starts Wednesday, at 8:10 pm EDT.