Cards Fall Again To Texas

ARLINGTON, Texas — — Marcus Semien extended his majors-best hitting streak to 25 games with a go-ahead double and Dane Dunning won again since taking injured ace Jacob deGrom‘s spot in the starting rotation and Texas beat the Cardinals 6-4.

Dunning is 3-1 with a 2.97 ERA in six starts since deGrom went on the injured list.

Nathaniel Lowe and Adolis García hit solo homers for the Rangers (40-20).

Rookie left-hander Matthew Liberatore (1-2) allowed five runs on seven hits.

Jack Flaherty (3-4, 4.55) starts for the Cardinals Wednesday, 6:10 with the pregame and the first pitch at 7:05 on KIRX.