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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Kendrys Morales busted out of his power drought in a big way. Morales homered twice and tied a career high with six RBIs to lead the Seattle Mariners past the Texas Rangers 9-2 on Tuesday night. The switch-hitting Morales, who has been hampered by a sore back, hit .235 with one home run in 25 June games before jumping on the Rangers for the 10th multihomer game of his career. "He lost his stroke there a little bit," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "I think its because he has been trying to do too much. But hes a good hitter who can do a lot of damage." Morales had a solo home run in the first and a three-run shot in the fifth off rookie Justin Grimm. Seattles designated hitter added a two-run single in the sixth to help the Mariners win for the first time at Texas this season. "I worked in the cage the last three or four days to make adjustments to feel more comfortable," Morales said through a translator. "I want to take an aggressive approach every time. Thats what it takes to be a winner." Joe Saunders (6-8) won for the first time in eight regular-season starts at Rangers Ballpark. The left-hander allowed two runs -- one earned -- and struck out five in 6 2-3 innings. Raul Ibanez, who hit 10 homers in June, had a solo shot for his 20th of the season as the Mariners opened a six-game road trip. The Mariners had 13 hits and scored their most runs since beating San Diego 9-0 on May 27. "I think the whole team swung the bats well," Ibanez said. "Even the outs that were made were good swings. It was a good collective effort." Grimm (7-6) gave up six runs and seven hits in four innings. He was chased in favour of Ross Wolf after Morales hit his second homer. The 24-year-old Grimm gave up a career-high three home runs and has a 9.31 ERA over his last six starts. "When talking about youth on the mound, youre going to get inconsistency," Texas manager Ron Washington said. "We have to get past the inconsistency." Grimm retired the first two batters of the game before Ibanez lined a 2-1 pitch over the fence in the right. Three pitches later, Morales followed with a solo drive to make it 2-0. "Their big bats in the order didnt miss," Washington said. Texas Leonys Martin dropped down a bunt single leading off the third to extend his hitting streak to 15 games, the longest active run in the majors. Martin scored two batters later on Elvis Andrus single. After Dustin Ackley had a run-scoring double in the fourth to push the lead to 3-1, the Mariners scored three runs in the fifth. Nick Franklin led off with a single and Ibanez reached on Ian Kinslers error at second base to set the stage for Morales. He hit the first pitch from Grimm into the seats in right, extending Seattles lead to 6-1. It was Morales first multihomer game since last Aug. 8 against Oakland. Morales, who went 3 for 5, capped his big game with a two-run single in the sixth to make it 8-1. It was the fourth time he had six RBIs in a game. He last drove in six on July 30, 2012, against Texas. Saunders, who won the 2012 AL wild-card game at Rangers Ballpark with Baltimore, came in 0-7 with a 9.91 ERA in the regular season at Texas. The left-hander was coming off his shortest start of the season when he allowed six runs in 1 2-3 innings June 25 against Pittsburgh. "This place has torn me up a few times," Saunders said. "Everybody knows they can hit the ball. I wanted to work down in the zone and try to get ahead, something I havent been doing, and throw strikes." Saunders got double-play grounders to end the fifth and sixth. After he recorded the first two outs of the seventh, Andrus and Nelson Cruz had consecutive singles to chase Saunders. NOTES: Texas RHP Colby Lewis (elbow) threw 37 pitches in the bullpen and is expected to have another bullpen session Thursday. ... 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No. 13-seeded John Isner and No. 21 Philipp Kohlschreiber were among six players who dropped out of the tournament on Tuesday, joining No. 12 seed Tommy Haas and two other players who withdrew on Monday.Shane Warne says Australias selectors got their team line-up wrong for the World Twenty20.Steve Smiths team were knocked out by India in a must-win showdown in Mohali on Sunday, leaving their hopes of winning a first World T20 trophy once again in tatters.Sky Sports expert Warne says the Aussies should have kept Aaron Finch and David Warner together at the top of the order, with Usman Khawja coming in at No 3. First of all, our selection was wrong in my opinion, Warne told Cricket Australias official website.I dont think we got that right, we messed around with it too much rather than sticking with whats been a proven formula and we probably didnt play well enough, which is the brutal truth.I know Khawaja was in unbelievable form and had to play but I would have batted him at No 3. I dont think they should have broken up Finch and Warner and I think it upset the balance of the team. Aaron Finch should not have been dropped, says Warne Those two guys had been batting together for a long time, they have done well in Twenty20, theyve done well in one-day cricket, and suddenly they got spilt up.And I just would never, ever have left Aaron Finch out. Even if he missed out in a few games, I think that Finch-Waarner partnership, its an intimidatory factor before a ball was bowled and people would have worried about Finch and Warner.ddddddddddddIts not to say they didnt worry about Khawaja, but I just think the other two are more destructive. John Hastings should have played against India, says Warne Warne also believes Australia should have picked Durham all-rounder John Hastings - an expert death bowler - instead of Josh Hazlewood in their final two games.Australia got a bit too funky with their selections, Warne said. I think John Hastings was picked in the squad as a specialist to bowl at the end but he got dropped for the game he should have played at the end (against India).To me, (Josh) Hazlewood is a guy that is a beautiful Test bowler, and its not that he cant bowl in these forms of the game, but I just think Hastings is a better option in a Twenty20 game because of his yorkers - we saw him in the Big Bash bowl his yorkers - hes just about the best we have.Also See:ICC World T20 fixturesICC World T20 squadsWATCH: Best of 2014 World T20Pick your Ultimate World T20 XI ' ' '