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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Rougned Odor quickly atoned for his baserunning blunders with a big blast for the Texas Rangers.Odor, thrown out on the bases twice after hits, ended it with a two-run homer to give the AL-best Rangers an 8-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.Fitting for Rougned to be the guy that did it, coming off a couple of baserunning situations where he was aggressive trying to make things happen, and backfired on him, manager Jeff Banister said.After getting thrown out trying to stretch a single to right in the seventh, in between RBI singles by Adrian Beltre and Jonathan Lucroy, the veteran Beltre got the aggressive youngsters attention with a tap to the head in the dugout.Then in the ninth, after Beltres leadoff single off closer Edwin Diaz (0-3) in his second inning, Odor hit a 2-2 drive to the hill in center field for his 25th homer.I was too aggressive on the bases and it was not the right situation. (Beltre) talked to me and explained to me the situation, and I just want to say thank you to him because hes a great teammate. He teaches me little things, Odor said. In my last at-bat, I was just trying to help my team.Texas won its fourth straight and has a 10 1/2-game lead in the AL West over third-place Seattle, which has lost four straight. Houston remained 8 1/2 games back after winning earlier Tuesday against Oakland.Right after Beltres homer in the third put Texas up 4-0, Odor reached second on a double-error by Mariners starter James Paxton, who bobbled the soft comebacker and then made a throwing error. But Odor was thrown out trying to steal third base, which cost the Rangers a run since Lucroy singled right after that.The ball was right in front of Odor in the seventh when was easily thrown out by right fielder Shawn OMalley when trying to stretch his hit into a double in the seventh.Look, its a guy trying to make a baseball play. Hes aggressive, we know that, we love that about him, Banister said. There is a certain margin of error in some situations.Matt Bush (6-2), who gave up a go-ahead sacrifice fly to Robinson Cano in the eighth, came back with a perfect ninth.The Mariners overcame that early 4-0 deficit and pushed head against suddenly erratic All-Star lefty and AL ERA leader Cole Hamels with six runs over two innings.We were able to string some good at-bats together and get some runs on the board, said Kyle Seager, who drove in two runs and scored one. Thats a good team over there and theyve got a lot of fight. It kind of went back and forth. Unfortunately, they got the last blow.OUT OF THE ZONEHamels needed only 27 pitches to get through the first three innings, but his 35 in the fourth included three walks -- two with the bases loaded. His ERA rose from 2.67 to 2.91.SHORT HOPSAlex Claudio pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings between Hamels and Bush. ... Texas improved to 30-8 in one-run games with its sixth walk-off victory. ... Rangers pitchers havent allowed a homer in their last eight games, matching Miami for the longest streak in the majors this season.TRAINERS ROOMMariners: Paxton ripped a fingernail in the third, but still pitched five innings. ... DH Nelson Cruz was given the night off because of a nerve issue in his left hand that is making it difficult to grip the bat. X-rays and an MRI showed no structural damage. Cruz hurt his hand on a checked swing Sunday, and his taking medication to ease the inflammation.Rangers: RHP Colby Lewis allowed five runs and eight hits over 3 1/3 innings in a rehab start for Double-A Frisco. He threw 41 of his 60 pitches for strikes. Lewis (strained right lat) has been out since late June.UP NEXTMariners: Felix Hernandez (9-4) pitches against Texas for the first time since this years seasons opener, when he gave up only one hit but walked five in six innings in a 3-2 loss. He faced the Rangers five times last season.Rangers: Martin Perez (8-10) has lost his last two starts, allowing 12 runs in 11 2/3 innings. The lefty is 1-6 his last 10 starts. NMD On Sale .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. NMD Sale . Traditional contenders Brazil, Greece and Turkey drew the other three spots to complete the 24-team field for this summers tournament in Spain, basketball governing body FIBA announced Saturday at its meeting in Barcelona. https://www.cheapnmdoutlet.com/ .Y. -- Sabres forward Drew Stafford has witnessed plenty of turmoil during his eight seasons in Buffalo. NMD Clearance . Fellow centre Pavel Datsyuk remains out because of a concussion. Zetterberg has 11 goals and 19 assists for a team-high 30 points, and Datsyuk has a team-high 12 goals and 11 assists. NMD China . He was followed closely by David Clarkson, donning red, seconds later. Clarksons actions one night earlier, leaping off the bench in defence of Kessel during a pre-season game against the Buffalo Sabres, will cost him the first 10 games of the regular season. RIO DE JANEIRO -- China won its seventh gold in eight diving events at the Rio Olympics, showing off the superpowers depth with a less heralded champion in mens 10-meter platform.Chen Aisen claimed the title with 585.30 points Saturday night, displaying the greatest consistency throughout the six-round contest. Three times he topped 100 points on his dives, closing the contest with one that earned perfect scores of 10.I never thought I would get this medal for diving and I am still in a state of shock, he said through a translator.Chen hit a back 2 1/2 somersaults with 2 + twists, barely making a splash as he sliced the water for 108.00 points -- the highest score of anyone in the final.Theres a lot of young guns in this sport now, defending champion David Boudia said, and its cool to see them step up their game.Chen had never won a major international 10-meter individual title, having more success in synchronized platform, winning gold in Rio and at last years world championships. The 20-year-old diver gave China its first win in the event since 2004.Its because he didnt really think a lot so he performed well, said Chens teammate Qiu Bo, who finished sixth. His example gave me the feeling that I have nothing to be upset about because its the Olympic Games and its either him or me who gets the gold medal. Its all the same because we are all Chinese.German Sanchez of Mexico earned silver at 532.70 for his countrys first individual mens medal since Fernando Platas won silver on 3-meter springboard at the 2000 Sydney Games.This means everything. A few times people didnt believe in me. A few times people have talked bad about me and now this, Sanchez said. I kept hearing chants of `Mexico, Mexico and this really helped me out a lot. It felt like a Lucha Libre fight, which I love.Boudia took bronze at 525.25. The American was second going into his laast dive, but missed on a forward 4 + somersaults.ddddddddddddThis dive has been like a thorn in my side the past four years, Boudia said. My takeoff is absolutely perfect and I cannot find the bottom to save the life of me, obviously. I chose to do it at the very end of this competition because I wanted that pressure. I live off those nerves. It didnt go my way this time.His score of 68.45 was his worst of the night and he had to watch anxiously for nine other divers to finish before knowing hed gotten on the podium again.Youre doing 18 dives off a three-story building, your bodys beat up, youre tired, mentally exhausted, Boudia said. Im glad to be standing here with a bronze medal around my neck.Qiu earned silver four years ago in London, when Boudia narrowly defeated him. He was second after his first dive and then botched his second and fifth dives, leaving him too far back to medal again.Im a little bit upset about that, but I think it is necessary to have this kind of failure and pain, Qiu said through a translator. This shows the value of the medal and the value of my dream.Tom Daley of Britain, who was third in London, surprisingly didnt make the final. He led after the preliminaries, but finished last among 18 divers in the semifinals.The only gold the Chinese missed was in mens synchronized 3-meter, won by Britain. China settled for bronze to go with silvers in womens 3-meter and 10-meter. Wu Minxia became the most decorated female diver in Olympic history, winning synchro springboard for her fifth gold and seventh career medal.The U.S. finished with three medals, all in mens competition. Boudia and Steele Johnson took silver in synchro platform and Sam Dorman and Mike Hixon won silver in synchro springboard. ' ' '