ARLINGTON Alen Hanson Jersey , Texas (AP) Jurickson Profar helped the Texas Rangers get a big win in a matchup of retooling teams, and hand the struggling Baltimore Orioles another low this season.Jurickson Profar hit a three-run home run and a run-scoring single as Texas scored 10 runs during the first two innings, Rougned Odor homered and walked a career-high five times, and the Rangers routed the Orioles 17-8 Thursday night.The Rangers – who traded pitchers Cole Hamels, Keone Kela and Jake Diekman earlier this week – saw 13 runs driven in by players age 25 or younger. A Texas team that has occupied last place in the American League West since April 9 has won five of its last six games for its best stretch since winning seven straight from June 16-23.”It’s great to envision what these guys are going to be,” Texas manager Jeff Banister said, ”but what they’re doing now is nice. It’s why we decided to go in the direction that we’re going.”Yovani Gallardo (6-1) won his third straight start but lasted only 5 1/3 innings despite having a 13-1 lead through four. Gallardo, who pitched for the Orioles in 2016, allowed five runs on nine hits, including home runs by Mark Trumbo and Caleb Joseph, plus two walks on a season-high 104 pitches.The 17 runs and 18 hits were season highs for Texas, while the Orioles allowed their most runs this year.The Orioles have lost 12 of their last 13 away games and are 13-41 on the road this season http://www.marinersfanproshop.com/authentic-edgar-martinez-jersey , worst in the majors. At 33-76, they’re on pace to finish with the league’s worst record for the first time since 1988.Baltimore was even more active at the non-waiver trade deadline, dealing second baseman Jonathan Schoop and pitchers Kevin Gausman, Zach Britton, Brad Brach and Darren O’Day.Andrew Cashner (3-10) retired only five batters, allowing eight runs on seven hits. He struck out one, walked one and had a wild pitch.”It was just one of those days,” said Cashner, who played collegiately at nearby TCU and pitched last season for Texas. ”I was just really struggling finding my pitches.”Odor, who hit .341 in July, hit a two-run homer into the right-field second tier in the sixth, his 11th of the year. His first four walks came in the first four innings.Joey Gallo hit his team-leading 27th home run for Texas in the seventh.Elvis Andrus had two singles and a double to extend his hitting streak to 13 games Ryon Healy Jersey , the longest active streak in the majors.Eddie Butler, acquired from the Chicago Cubs in the Hamels trade, earned his first career save by pitching the final 3 2/3 innings.”I’ll take `em however I can get `em,” Butler said.Tim Beckham had his second three-hit game in the last four.ANOTHER POSITION PLAYER PITCHESFirst baseman Danny Valencia was Baltimore’s final pitcher and faced one batter, striking out Gallo looking. Orioles manager Buck Showalter had not done that since summoning Ryan Flaherty from third base to pitch one inning in a 12-2 loss to Houston on August 20, 2016.Showalter’s decision was based in part on Valencia’s next start as a hitter being scheduled for Saturday.”It’s a tough call,” he said. ”I don’t like doing it at all.”ROSTER MOVES2B Jonathan Villar played his first game with Baltimore after being acquired Tuesday from Milwaukee. He became the Birds’ 10th leadoff hitter this season and went 2 for 5. To make room for Villar on the roster, INF Breyvic Valera was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk. … Texas signed former Orioles RHP Chris Tillman, who was released July 27, to a minor league contract.TRAINER’S ROOMOrioles: RHP Jhan Marinez left after pitching one inning citing a tight hamstring.Rangers: Manager Jeff Banister said there’s no concern about OF Nomar Mazara (sprained right thumb) even though he hasn’t played since July 14.UP NEXTFriday’s game will match rookie right-handers. Baltimore’s David Hess (2-5, 5.94 ERA) will make his first start since June 29 and hasn’t won since May 25. Texas’ Ariel Jurado (1-1, 4.22) replaced Cole Hamels in the rotation last Saturday and held Houston to one run in six innings.— PITTSBURGH (AP) Chris Archer kept hearing from friends and former teammates that the Pittsburgh Pirates were different. The proof came in the waves of people who approached the veteran pitcher as he walked the concourse at Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday morning just hours removed from an uncharacteristically aggressive trade that sent a jolt through a franchise http://www.marinersfanproshop.com/authentic-dee-gordon-jersey , a fan base and – Archer hopes – his own career.As strangers came up to welcome him to a town he barely knows and a team he’d only watched from afar, one thought kept running through his head.”Everybody knows who I am,” Archer marveled.Better get used to it.It’s not every year Pittsburgh’s typically cautious front office makes a serious splash at the trade deadline, as general manager Neal Huntington did by bringing in Archer and Texas Rangers closer Keone Kela to bolster a team that’s improbably wedged itself into contention as August begins.Their arrivals signaled a sea change of sorts for the Pirates. A winter after parting with stars Gerrit Cole and Andrew McCutchen and failing to sign even one major league free agent, the splurge for two of the best arms available – both of whom are under team control through at least 2020 – gave Pittsburgh two things it desperately needed: a talent upgrade and serious a dash of buzz.”They went through a lot of changes this offseason and got a lot of scrutiny but I feel they reversed that with the way that they played,” Archer said. ”And the ownership and the front office stepped up with the couple moves they made at the deadline so I’m stoked. It’s been a while since I played winning, meaningful baseball.”A long while.Tampa Bay reached the playoffs just once during Archer’s seven seasons, and that was back in 2013. He’s spent much of the last five years as one of the few fixtures on a team in perpetual flux while watching the Rays flip talented pitchers – from David Price to Matt Garza to James Shields – for prospects.Archer’s turn finally came Tuesday when the Pirates put together a package that included rookie outfielder Austin Meadows and right-handed reliever Tyler Glasnow for a two-time All-Star with plenty left to prove.”There’s different phases (to your career),” Archer said. ”You become a big leaguer and you’re content and you have a little success. I’m in the phase where I want to win and I think I’m in the right environment to do that and the commitment from the ownership and the front office is to win.”Archer, who turns 30 next month, was 3-5 with a 4.31 ERA for Tampa Bay this season.The Pirates entered play on Wednesday within three games of the second wild-card spot in the National League after finishing July on a 16-4 run that provided Huntington with all the evidence he needed to splurge. Archer will make his first major league start for someone other than Tampa Bay when he takes the mound on Friday night against St. Louis.Yeah, it’ll be a little weird at first. Archer doesn’t expect the feeling to last. He prides himself on his work ethic – he’s pitched at least 194 2/3 innings in each of the last four seasons – and now finds himself in a town that does the same.”It’s a blue-collar city Robinson Cano Jersey ,” Archer said. ”It’s roll up your sleeves and go to work. That’s how I was raised. My dad, he worked in hardwood floors his whole life.”Archer struck all the right notes on the first day of the rest of his baseball life.He took a quick tour of the city wearing the jersey of Pittsburgh Steelers star wide receiver Antonio Brown. He expects his warmup song to be ”Black and Yellow” by Pittsburgh-raised rap star Wiz Khalifa. He pointed out that he’s changing his number from 22 to 24 for the rest of this season out of respect to good friend McCutchen, who wore it for nearly a decade while helping return the Pirates to respectability before being traded to San Francisco in January.There will be time for Archer to carve his own niche. His contract includes club options that run through the 2021 season. He isn’t a rental. He’s here to stay. At least for a while. After all the anxiety, it’s a relief to start fresh in a place where he can set down a new set of roots.”It’s very nice to be wanted,” Archer said. ”That was the biggest relief after all the trade rumors was, these guys really want me. … I know one of the sayings for a long time here has been, `We are family.’ And I already feel like a part of the family.”—