Minor stays with Rangers and stops Mariners’ win streak, 9-7

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — All-Star lefty Mike Minor won for the first time in more than a month, with the Texas Rangers going ahead to stay after he had thrown his last pitch in a 9-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night.
After weeks of speculation that Minor could be traded, the deadline passed earlier in the day with him still in Texas. He trailed 5-3 when he left the mound after the top of the fifth, but Willie Calhoun’s three-run homer in the bottom of the inning pu