ARLINGTON, Texas -- Adrian Beltre knows he will make history with his next hit. So do all the Texas Rangers fans.
Beltre went 1-for-4 to get within one hit of 3,000 for his career in a 4-0 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night, with two groundouts after his single in the fourth. He was retired in the ninth when third baseman Manny Machado made a slick snag on his short-hopper before a sidearm sling to second base to start a double play.
"I was just trying to get a pitch to hit. It felt really cool the way the fans were getting into it," Beltre said. "Trying to get it over with? Yes. But I wasn't anxious at all. Or maybe I was. I don't know."
Beltre got loud cheers all night from the crowd of 44,658, including about 8,000 who bought tickets after he got two hits in Friday night's series opener. Another big crowd is expected for a hot Sunday afternoon as the Rangers' 38-year-old third baseman gets his next chance to become the 31st major leaguer -- and the first Dominican Republic native -- in the 3,000-hit club.
The only other active player in the 3,000-hit club is Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, who is tied with Hall of Fame player Craig Biggio for 22nd all time, at 3,060.
All four of Beltre's at-bats came against Kevin Gausman (8-7), who went 8⅔ innings to win his fifth consecutive decision in seven starts. The right-hander has allowed only one run over 33-plus innings in those wins. He struck out eight and threw 118 pitches.
"I've been part of some real cool things in baseball," Gausman said. "From the first, I could tell this was going to be a special night."
Zach Britton converted his AL-record 56th straight save chance and seventh this season. He relieved with two on and got Carlos Gomez to ground out, ending the Orioles' sixth shutout this season.
The Rangers, who had scored 28 runs in the previous three games, were held scoreless for the fourth time.
Trey Mancini and Caleb Joseph both hit solo homers in the second off Austin Bibens-Dirkx (3-1).
The closest Texas came to scoring was when young slugger Joey Gallo led off the third with a towering shot to straightway center field. Adam Jones got back to the 8-foot wall, leaped and extended his glove to catch the ball that looked like it would be Gallo's 26th homer.
After Orioles shortstop Ruben Tejada made an impressive backhanded stab deep in the hole and then threw him out to end the first, Beltre hit another grounder to the left side to start the fourth. That one got beyond the reach of Tejada and into the outfield. Beltre grounded out to short again in the sixth.
"I don't think that he was necessarily over-anxious or anything like that," Banister said. "He's typically an aggressive hitter, and I thought he had some good swings tonight."
Beltre, a five-time Gold Glove winner, had his career-best and franchise-record errorless streak of 62 games at third base end with a throwing error in the seventh. The error came when Beltre fielded a grounder by Machado and short-hopped the throw to first base. When Machado came back up in the ninth, he hit a foul pop on which Beltre ran a long way to make a highlight catch with his glove extended over his head.
"A tough play ... very close to being a terrific play. But he comes back with a good, solid defense. That's who he is," Banister said. "He has a way of just moving on, a professional player, big league player, future Hall of Famer."
IN HIS PLACE
Bibens-Dirkx, the 32-year-old rookie right-hander, started in place of righty Tyson Ross, who went on the 10-day disabled list with a blister on the index finger of his pitching hand after his start last Saturday. Bibens-Dirkx allowed four runs and six hits in five innings.
TOUCHED BUT NOT TAGGED
Tejada hit a dribbler down the first-base line in the second that somehow stayed in fair territory. After bobbling the ball with his mitt, Mike Napoli grabbed the ball with his right hand and reached back to try to tag the runner. Napoli's forearm appeared to hit Tejada in the rear but the ball was away from the body. The out stood on replay review after Banister's challenge.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Orioles: RHP Jeremy Hellickson's vehicle got rear-ended when he was on the way to the airport to join the Orioles after being traded from Philadelphia late Friday night. Manager Buck Showalter said the pitcher was OK, but his girlfriend had to go to the emergency room. Hellickson will now go to Baltimore instead of joining the team in Texas.
UP NEXT
Orioles: LHP Wade Miley (4-9) starts as Baltimore tries to close the season series 6-1 against Texas.
Rangers: Lefty Martin Perez is scheduled to make his 20th start of the season. The Rangers have scored one run total for Perez (5-8, 4.67) in his past two starts.
Beltre went 1-for-4 to get within one hit of 3,000 for his career in a 4-0 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night, with two groundouts after his single in the fourth. He was retired in the ninth when third baseman Manny Machado made a slick snag on his short-hopper before a sidearm sling to second base to start a double play.
"I was just trying to get a pitch to hit. It felt really cool the way the fans were getting into it," Beltre said. "Trying to get it over with? Yes. But I wasn't anxious at all. Or maybe I was. I don't know."
Beltre got loud cheers all night from the crowd of 44,658, including about 8,000 who bought tickets after he got two hits in Friday night's series opener. Another big crowd is expected for a hot Sunday afternoon as the Rangers' 38-year-old third baseman gets his next chance to become the 31st major leaguer -- and the first Dominican Republic native -- in the 3,000-hit club.
The only other active player in the 3,000-hit club is Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, who is tied with Hall of Fame player Craig Biggio for 22nd all time, at 3,060.
All four of Beltre's at-bats came against Kevin Gausman (8-7), who went 8⅔ innings to win his fifth consecutive decision in seven starts. The right-hander has allowed only one run over 33-plus innings in those wins. He struck out eight and threw 118 pitches.
"I've been part of some real cool things in baseball," Gausman said. "From the first, I could tell this was going to be a special night."
Zach Britton converted his AL-record 56th straight save chance and seventh this season. He relieved with two on and got Carlos Gomez to ground out, ending the Orioles' sixth shutout this season.
The Rangers, who had scored 28 runs in the previous three games, were held scoreless for the fourth time.
Trey Mancini and Caleb Joseph both hit solo homers in the second off Austin Bibens-Dirkx (3-1).
The closest Texas came to scoring was when young slugger Joey Gallo led off the third with a towering shot to straightway center field. Adam Jones got back to the 8-foot wall, leaped and extended his glove to catch the ball that looked like it would be Gallo's 26th homer.
After Orioles shortstop Ruben Tejada made an impressive backhanded stab deep in the hole and then threw him out to end the first, Beltre hit another grounder to the left side to start the fourth. That one got beyond the reach of Tejada and into the outfield. Beltre grounded out to short again in the sixth.
"I don't think that he was necessarily over-anxious or anything like that," Banister said. "He's typically an aggressive hitter, and I thought he had some good swings tonight."
Beltre, a five-time Gold Glove winner, had his career-best and franchise-record errorless streak of 62 games at third base end with a throwing error in the seventh. The error came when Beltre fielded a grounder by Machado and short-hopped the throw to first base. When Machado came back up in the ninth, he hit a foul pop on which Beltre ran a long way to make a highlight catch with his glove extended over his head.
"A tough play ... very close to being a terrific play. But he comes back with a good, solid defense. That's who he is," Banister said. "He has a way of just moving on, a professional player, big league player, future Hall of Famer."
IN HIS PLACE
Bibens-Dirkx, the 32-year-old rookie right-hander, started in place of righty Tyson Ross, who went on the 10-day disabled list with a blister on the index finger of his pitching hand after his start last Saturday. Bibens-Dirkx allowed four runs and six hits in five innings.
TOUCHED BUT NOT TAGGED
Tejada hit a dribbler down the first-base line in the second that somehow stayed in fair territory. After bobbling the ball with his mitt, Mike Napoli grabbed the ball with his right hand and reached back to try to tag the runner. Napoli's forearm appeared to hit Tejada in the rear but the ball was away from the body. The out stood on replay review after Banister's challenge.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Orioles: RHP Jeremy Hellickson's vehicle got rear-ended when he was on the way to the airport to join the Orioles after being traded from Philadelphia late Friday night. Manager Buck Showalter said the pitcher was OK, but his girlfriend had to go to the emergency room. Hellickson will now go to Baltimore instead of joining the team in Texas.
UP NEXT
Orioles: LHP Wade Miley (4-9) starts as Baltimore tries to close the season series 6-1 against Texas.
Rangers: Lefty Martin Perez is scheduled to make his 20th start of the season. The Rangers have scored one run total for Perez (5-8, 4.67) in his past two starts.
8:05PM,EDT,July 29,2017
Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington,Texas
Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington,Texas
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Baltimore - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx pitching for Texas | BAL | TEX |
| Jones hit a ground rule double to deep left center. | 0 | 0 |
| Machado grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Schoop grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Davis walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Trumbo struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Kevin Gausman pitching for Baltimore | BAL | TEX |
| Choo walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Andrus reached on infield single to shortstop, Choo to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Mazara grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, Andrus out at second, Choo to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Beltré grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx pitching for Texas | BAL | TEX |
| Mancini homered to center (459 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Smith grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| Joseph homered to center (403 feet). | 2 | 0 |
| Tejada safe at first on error by first baseman Napoli. | 2 | 0 |
| Jones grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Tejada out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Kevin Gausman pitching for Baltimore | BAL | TEX |
| Napoli lined out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Odor flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Gómez singled to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Gómez stole second. | 2 | 0 |
| Lucroy grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx pitching for Texas | BAL | TEX |
| Machado flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Schoop doubled to deep left. | 2 | 0 |
| Davis walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Trumbo walked, Schoop to third, Davis to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Mancini grounded into fielder's choice to second, Schoop scored, Trumbo out at second, Davis to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Smith singled to right, Davis scored, Mancini to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Joseph lined out to center. | 4 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Kevin Gausman pitching for Baltimore | BAL | TEX |
| Gallo flied out to center. | 4 | 0 |
| Choo singled to left center. | 4 | 0 |
| Andrus struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Mazara struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx pitching for Texas | BAL | TEX |
| Tejada grounded out to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Jones grounded out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Machado singled to shallow center. | 4 | 0 |
| Schoop flied out to left. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Gausman pitching for Baltimore | BAL | TEX |
| Beltré singled to left. | 4 | 0 |
| Napoli grounded into double play, third to second to first, Beltré out at second. | 4 | 0 |
| Odor singled to deep left. | 4 | 0 |
| Gómez struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx pitching for Texas | BAL | TEX |
| Davis hit by pitch. | 4 | 0 |
| Trumbo lined out to center. | 4 | 0 |
| Mancini lined out to second, Davis to third on throwing error by second baseman Odor. | 4 | 0 |
| Smith flied out to right. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Gausman pitching for Baltimore | BAL | TEX |
| Lucroy lined out to right. | 4 | 0 |
| Gallo struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Choo singled to right. | 4 | 0 |
| Andrus flied out to left. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Tony Barnette pitching for Texas | BAL | TEX |
| Barnette relieved Bibens-Dirkx. | 4 | 0 |
| Joseph struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Tejada struck out looking. | 4 | 0 |
| Jones struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Gausman pitching for Baltimore | BAL | TEX |
| Mazara struck out looking. | 4 | 0 |
| Beltré grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| Napoli struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Tony Barnette pitching for Texas | BAL | TEX |
| Machado safe at second on throwing error by third baseman Beltré. | 4 | 0 |
| Schoop struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Davis intentionally walked. | 4 | 0 |
| Trumbo struck out looking. | 4 | 0 |
| Mancini struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Gausman pitching for Baltimore | BAL | TEX |
| Odor grounded out to first. | 4 | 0 |
| Gómez struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Lucroy grounded out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Tony Barnette pitching for Texas | BAL | TEX |
| Smith grounded out to first. | 4 | 0 |
| Joseph grounded out to pitcher. | 4 | 0 |
| Tejada walked. | 4 | 0 |
| Jones grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Gausman pitching for Baltimore | BAL | TEX |
| Rickard in right field. | 4 | 0 |
| Gallo grounded out to pitcher. | 4 | 0 |
| Choo struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Andrus grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jose Leclerc pitching for Texas | BAL | TEX |
| Leclerc relieved Barnette. | 4 | 0 |
| Machado fouled out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Schoop walked. | 4 | 0 |
| Davis struck out looking. | 4 | 0 |
| Schoop to second on wild pitch by Leclerc. | 4 | 0 |
| Trumbo lined out to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Gausman pitching for Baltimore | BAL | TEX |
| Mazara walked. | 4 | 0 |
| Beltré grounded into double play, third to second to first, Mazara out at second. | 4 | 0 |
| Napoli walked. | 4 | 0 |
| Odor singled to shallow center, Napoli to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Britton relieved Gausman. | 4 | 0 |
| Gómez grounded out to second. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore Orioles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Jones CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .275 | .314 | .460 |
| Machado 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .238 | .306 | .426 |
| Schoop 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | .303 | .351 | .555 |
| Davis 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | .222 | .322 | .456 |
| Trumbo DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | .238 | .300 | .405 |
| Mancini LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .296 | .342 | .522 |
| Smith RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .264 | .344 | .460 |
Rickard RF
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .296 | .366 |
| Joseph C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .298 | .333 | .462 |
| Tejada SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .236 | .296 | .292 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 161 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Jones (14, Bibens-Dirkx); Schoop (27, Bibens-Dirkx) HR: Mancini (17, 2nd inning off Bibens-Dirkx 0 on, 0 Out); Joseph (5, 2nd inning off Bibens-Dirkx 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Mancini 2 (55), Joseph (20), Smith (23) 2-out RBI: Smith GIDP: Jones Orioles RISP: 1-11 (Machado 0-1, Schoop 0-2, Smith 1-2, Mancini 0-2, Joseph 0-1, Trumbo 0-3) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 3 (Davis-Tejada-Gausman, Machado-Schoop-Davis 2). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, TX |
| Attendance | 44,658 (92.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:08 |
| Weather | 94 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 12 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Bruce Dreckman, First Base - Chris Segal, Second Base - Mike Everitt, Third Base - Jordan Baker |
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