ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers slugged four homers and swept a six-game homestand with a 6- get over the Miami Marlins on Sunday in a recreation in which they missing standout rookie third baseman Josh Jung with a fractured thumb.
Nathaniel Lowe, Marcus Semien, Ezequiel Duran and Adolis Garcia homered although Andrew Heaney permitted 4 singles in 5 2/3 shutout innings.
The 6-match successful streak and 4 homers matched Texas highs this period. The Rangers, who went into perform primary the key leagues averaging 5.78 runs for each video game, have hit several homers in 6 consecutive video games to match a franchise report.
Jung fractured the thumb on a bizarre enjoy in the top rated of the sixth inning with runners on first and second and nobody out. Jorge Soler strike a scorching, 110-mph liner straight at Jung. The ball bounded out of Jung’s glove, but he grabbed it and started out a double perform. He tagged the bag, then threw to Marcus Semien at 2nd. Jung then left the game.
“We’ll see a professional and see in which we’re at, what requirements to be performed, what ever,” Texas manager Bruce Bochy reported. “We just never know nonetheless.”
Jung went into participate in leading big league rookies in property operates (22), RBIs (67) and hits (117) and major AL rookies in operates (70) and additional-foundation hits (47). The 25-12 months-aged experienced started out all 107 Rangers online games this season.
The Rangers have been presently playing without All-Star shortstop Corey Seager, who was held out for the reason that of lingering results of a appropriate-thumb damage suffered last month. Bochy explained Seager, who hurt the thumb on July 21, may well also miss Monday night’s activity at Oakland.
Texas is also missing its best starter, All-Star pitcher Nathan Eovaldi, who is next in the AL in wins (11) and Era (2.69). He is on the hurt record with a forearm strain and has not pitched due to the fact July 18.
Texas, which hasn’t experienced a winning season considering that 2016, prospects the AL West by 2½ online games more than the Environment Collection champion Houston Astros.
The Marlins have misplaced 4 straight but with Cincinnati’s Sunday loss remain a half-activity our of the remaining NL wild card posture.
The engage in in which Jung was injured blunted a likely Miami rally when trailing 4-.
“I have not noticed a play like that ever in my huge-league profession,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker mentioned. “When you are on a streak like this, individuals performs occur.”
Lowe lofted a two-run drive to suitable field in the third inning that hardly landed in the residence bullpen. Semien’s homer sailed into the visitors’ bullpen in still left in the fifth inning. Duran led off the sixth with a homer to heart soon after entering the recreation in the best of the inning. Garcia, the AL’s leader with 89 RBIs, homered to centre foremost off the eighth for his 29th this period.
Heaney (9-6) gave up two hits in the 2nd inning, then retired 10 consecutive batters before leaving with two runners on in the sixth. He has a profession-finest scoreless streak of 15 2/3 innings.
Sandy Alcantara (4-10), the NL’s reigning Cy Younger winner, gave up 5 operates in six innings and authorized a few homers for the to start with time given that very last September. Alcantara is 1-4 in his final 7 starts off.
TRAINER’S Home
Marlins: OF-INF Jazz Chisholm Jr. was held out following leaving Saturday’s sport in the 3rd inning with a ideal hamstring cramp.
Quick HOPS
Marlins 2B Luis Arraez, the majors’ primary hitter at .375, singled in the sixth inning to prolong his hitting streak to 7 games. … Semien extended his on-foundation streak to 14 game titles. … Marlins RHP Geoff Hartlieb was selected from Triple-A Jacksonville and pitched the eighth inning. … Miami optioned RHP Ryan Weathers, who threw 95 relief pitches on Saturday, to Jacksonville.
UP Up coming
Marlins: RHP Eury Perez (5-3, 2.36 Era) will be recalled from Double-A Pensacola and get started Monday night’s game at Cincinnati versus Reds LHP Brandon Williamson (3-2, 4.85).
Rangers: RHP Dane Dunning (9-4, 3.14) will open a 6-game Bay Region vacation towards A’s LHP Ken Waldichuk (2-7, 6.52).
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