The Texas Rangers and Orioles combined for 39 runs in the first two games of their four-game series at Globe Life Park, but the bats quieted considerably Saturday night.
Rangers starter Mike Minor toyed with the Orioles lineup and his teammates did just enough against Baltimore starter Dylan Bundy to move to the brink of a sweep with a 3-1 victory before an announced crowd of 24,300.
Minor (8-6) worked through the Orioles lineup efficiently, allowing just four hits in seven innings and needing just 86 pitches to do it.