ARLINGTON, Texas — The best team in the American League West beat up on the Mariners’ best pitcher in 2016 with frightening ease. And the Rangers’ dominance over Seattle continued Monday at Globe Life Park.
Texas scored five runs and knocked Hisashi Iwakuma out of the game after three innings in a relatively easy 6-3 victory over the Mariners.
Iwakuma suffered through his third consecutive defeat while his team has lost three in a row and six of its past seven games. Seattle is 4-9 against the Rangers this season.
The Mariners continued to plummet in the American League wild-card race.