Felix Hernandez roughed up vs. Rangers
Mariners starter Felix Hernandez endured another rough outing as he suffered his fourth loss of the season Saturday against the Rangers.
Hernandez (5-4), who made his 11th start of the season, surrendered a run-scoring single to Jurickson Profar and a two-run double to David Murphy in the second. He served up a solo home run to Nelson Cruz in the fifth and was charged with five runs on 11 hits and one walk while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings of work.
Hernandez has allowed 11 runs -- 10 earned -- over his last two starts (11 innings). It's the most runs he has allowed between two starts since September of 2012. He will try to get back on track Thursday at San Diego. He went 1-1 with a 4.15 ERA in his last two starts against the Padres.