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The Orioles defeated the Texas Rangers 8-4 on Saturday night, with Grayson Rodriguez recording his AL-best 12th victory over six innings and Cedric Mullins becoming the eighth Baltimore slugger with 10 home runs this season.

With 16 more home runs than the New York Yankees, Baltimore now leads the major league in total home runs with 156, thanks to long ball hits by Jordan Westburg and Ryan O’Hearn.

The first team in the American League to 60 victories, the AL East-leading Orioles, took a four-run lead against Max Scherzer (1-3) to secure the victory. Due to arm fatigue, the three-time Cy Young Award winner left the game in the beginning of the following inning.

To cap off his evening, Rodriguez (12-4) struck out the side in the sixth inning. The right-hander retired 13 of the final 14 batters he faced after giving up just three hits and two runs in a four-batter span in the second inning.

“I believed that as the game progressed, he improved. Perhaps a little wobbly in the beginning, giving up a couple of runs there on balls in the middle of the plate, according to Orioles manager Brandon Hyde. “However, I felt that the fastball improved throughout the game and was stepped on a lot to get some outs. for us, went six strong innings. Ater Sidney Ponson in 2003, Rodriguez became the first pitcher for the Orioles to win 12 of his first 18 gamesf in a season.