Rangers use back-to-back home runs to get past Blue Jays
Josh Jung and Jonah Heim hit back-to-back homers, Adolis Garcia had his MLB-leading 10th outfield assist between three defensive gems, and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Saturday.
Corey Seager also homered, his 10th on a solo shot in the seventh, as the AL West-leading Rangers won for the third time in 10 games.
Jung, the AL rookie leader with 42 RBIs, had another two-run shot to the opposing right field that was turned over on judgment in the fourth inning when the replay showed the ball barely crossed the fence just outside the box. error came.
Garcia threw Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at the plate to end first after Guerrero’s RBI single gave the Blue Jays the lead.
The Texas right fielder made a jumping catch on the caution lane on a George Springer liner to end the fifth, then led off the sixth with a sliding catch on a Whit Merrifield blooper.
Dane Dunning (6-1) gave up six hits – four in the first inning – and two runs, including Daulton Varsho’s 12th home run, in six innings. Josh Sborz threw two scoreless innings and Will Smith threw about two hits in the ninth for his 12th save.
Varsho hits .308 in June 👀 pic.twitter.com/cwhoGOQNX7
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Richards (0-1) retired the first three batters he faced in the reliever’s second start of the season, then the next six on Heim’s homer before leaving on Garcia’s lead-off single in the fourth.
Right-hander Texan Jon Gray (6-2, 2.32 ERA) returns in the series finale after missing a start due to a blister. Gray is 5-1 with an 0.84 ERA in his past six starts. He is third in the AL in ERA. Toronto right-hander Chris Bassitt (7-5, 4.02) allowed a season-high 11 hits and eight runs in three innings in an 11-6 loss to Baltimore in his previous start.
