Rangers score twice in 8th inning for win over Mariners

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Texas Rangers' manager Jeff Banister laughs in the dugout during a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. Texas won 10-4. Photo: Associated Press/AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter

TIM BOOTH, AP Sports Writer

SEATTLE (AP) — Shin-Soo Choo’s sacrifice fly broke a tie in the eighth inning, Elvis Andrus followed with an RBI single and the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1 on Tuesday night to help their slim playoff chances.

The Rangers won their second straight after a five-game losing streak and pulled within 3½ games of Minnesota for the second American League wild card.

Pinch-hitter Carlos Gomez, slowed for the past week by a sprained ankle, led off the eighth with a double against Nick Vincent (3-3). Delino DeShields beat out a bunt single and Choo followed with a fly ball deep enough that pinch-runner Will Middlebrooks easily scored to give Texas the lead.

Andrus added a broken-bat single that scored DeShields.

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