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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Joc Pederson homered twice to drive in four runs and Ezequiel Duran and Jake Burger also went deep for the Texas Rangers in a 7-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Monday. They took three of four in the series to stretch their AL West lead to 2 1\/2 games.<\/p>\n

All four homers came in the first three innings off George Kirby (8-9). The right-hander had been 9-1<\/a> with a 1.33 ERA in his previous 13 career starts against the Rangers.<\/p>\n

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