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Phil Maton Takes Second Straight Loss on Friday
Texas Rangers reliever Phil Maton suffered a blown save and took the loss for the second straight game on Friday. With the Rangers leading the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 in the eighth, they called on Maton to escape a jam with runners on first and third and no outs. Instead, Maton allowed the inherited runners to score and gave up an earned run of his own on a hit and two walks. He fell to 2-5 on the season and has yielded five earned runs on three hits with 5:3 K:BB in his past two appearances. Maton has still pitched well this year between St. Louis and Texas, having put up a 3.15 ERA with 57:19 K:BB in 45 2/3 innings, but he hasn't been able to seize the Rangers' wide-open closer's role since they acquired him on July 31.
Source: ESPN
Source: ESPN
