Rangers Dominate Orioles, Win Streak at Three

0:00It's March 31st. Welcome in. This is MLB News Today, where baseball meets AI. Texas Rangers took down the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Monday night, keeping their win streak alive at 3-game straight. Jack Lider dominated on the mound, striking out 8-6 solid innings while giving up just 5 hits and a walk. Jake Berder came up big with two runs batted in to seal the deal for Texas. Lider was on fire with five straight strikeouts at one point, though Colton-Cowzer flipped a called third strike into a hit after a challenge that loaded the bases late in the fifth, but leader fan Pete Alonzo to escape trouble. The bullpen locked it down from there with scoreless frames from Jacob Junis and Jalen Beeks and Tyler Alexander grabbing his second save with two. Strikeouts in the ninth. Fans saw some early back and forth action. Brandon Nemo scored first for Baltimore on a fielders choice, but Gunner Henderson tied it with his first homer of the year. Texas pulled ahead in the second on a double, walk single and sack fly from Berger and

1:03Jacques Pettersen going up 4-1. Chris Bassett struggled in his Orioles debut, throwing 100 pitches over four and a third innings, allowing four runs on six hits and four walks. Jake Berger added insurance in the ninth with a double and scored on Josh Smith's single. Tyler's head into Tuesday's matchup with the Orioles looking sharp, facing Zach Eflin in his season debut, while Texas has a name to starter yet. This series is heating up early.